World-Renowned Lizard Expert Eric Pianka To Appear on Nova's "Lizard Kings"
Lizard expert and University of Texas at Austin Professor Eric Pianka will appear on an upcoming Nova documentary called "Lizard Kings."
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Cool Class: Field Ecology
In some classes, students are assigned readings from a big textbook; others are assigned computer problems or chemistry formulas. But there’s probably only one course at the university in which students are assigned an entire acre of land filled with trees, wildflowers, buzzing insects and birds: Dr. Larry Gilbert’s field ecology class at the Brack...
Q&A with President of the Natural Sciences Council
Matt Allen, president of the Natural Sciences Council What is the Natural Sciences Council? Our purpose is to act as a forum for communication between students and the administration, faculty, and staff of the College of Natural Sciences. We also play kickball, organize events (like Natural Sciences Week), do service activities, and hang out t...
New Math Placement Exam for Incoming First-Years
There’s a new rite of passage for students who are accepted into the College of Natural Sciences. It involves a piece of artificial intelligence software called ALEKS (for Assessment and LEarning in Knowledge Spaces).
First-Year Jessica Gardea
For Jessica Gardea, the first few months of college have included a few surprises. One surprise was how difficult some of her classes have been. “Classes were pretty shocking at first,” says Gardea, who ranked third in her class of 600 at Franklin High School in El Paso. “I wasn’t quite as prepared as I thought I was. I’m getting the hang of thing...
In Computers We Trust?
The growing need for cybersecurity leads scientists in the Department of Computer Science to develop systems that better protect us online.
Discovery of Enzyme Structure Points Way To Creating Less Toxic Anti-HIV Drugs
By discovering the atomic structure of a key human enzyme, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have pointed the way toward designing anti-HIV drugs with far less toxic side effects.
Two Alums Receive Distinguished Alumnus Awards
The Texas Exes announced that two College of Natural Sciences alumni, Vice Admiral Vivien Crea and Mr. Lee Godfrey, are recipients of the 2009 University of Texas Distinguished Alumnus Award.
Q&A with Chemist Lauren Webb
Lauren Webb, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, arrived at The University of Texas at Austin in the fall of 2008.
On the Trail of H1N1 Flu
Within twenty-four hours of learning that a new H1N1 flu was infecting people in Mexico this past April, Lauren Ancel Meyers was creating an informal survey on Facebook to track how people (her friends, it turns out) were reacting to the pending pandemic. Were they changing their travel plans? Had they pulled their kids from school? The Facebook ...
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