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Two Natural Sciences Students Named Goldwater Scholars
AUSTIN, Texas — Lynne Chantranupong and Sean Simmons, undergraduates in the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin, are among the 278 students nationally who have been named Goldwater Scholars for the 2009-2010 academic year. The scholarships are awarded annually to outstanding second- and third-year college students enro...
Battle of the Brains
A team of undergraduate computer scientists is on its way to Stockholm, Sweden this weekend to compete in the World Finals of the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC). The "Battle of the Brains," which is organized by the Association for Computer Machinery and sponsored by IBM, challenges three-person teams to solve a set of complex...
Synthesizing the Natural
Dionicio Siegel, assistant professor of chemistry, looks to nature for scientific inspiration. For Dionicio Siegel to synthesize compounds in the lab that may someday help treat neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, he has to rely on the work of a specialized class of people. Their job, essentially, is to go mucking around in the woods. “T...
Resistance Fighter
Biology major Grace Eckhoff in the Naval Academy Medical Research Unit lab in Kabul. When Grace Eckhoff went to Afghanistan last summer to study multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) infection rates, it was a kind of return to her childhood. Eckhoff, a Dean's Scholars Honors Biology major and Plan II Honors major, grew up in Haiti, where ...
Nutrition Junior Named Truman Scholar
Marissa Duswalt, a junior nutrition and Plan II honors major at The University of Texas at Austin, has been selected as a 2009 Truman Scholar.
UTeach Named Top 50 Innovation in American Government
UTeach Natural Sciences was named one of the Top 50 Innovations in American Government today by Harvard’s Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation.
Blast from the Past: John Mallet
When The University of Texas at Austin first opened in September 1883, the faculty was only eight people, each one a professor in a different department. One of these men was John William Mallet, a professor of physics and chemistry, who was collectively elected as Chairman of the Faculty. (The office of university president was not created until ...
Life on the Outside: Brent Iverson
Although Brent Iverson runs and goes scuba diving to keep in shape and relax, he can’t help but make them part of his organic chemistry class. Students can get out of being tested on the systematic nomenclature of molecules (which is as fun as it sounds) on two late-semester tests if 15 percent of the class participates in a 5-kilometer run. Ivers...
Worthingtons Support Education in Biodiversity
Professor Larry Gilbert and Roger Worthington (B.A. ’83, J.D. ’86) Alums Roger Worthington (B.A. ’83, J.D. ’86) and Ann Worthington (B.A. ’88, J.D. ’91) have donated $500,000 to establish the Lawrence E. Gilbert, Jr. Excellence Endowment, an endowment for the benefit of Brackenridge Field Laboratory (BFL) and research and education in ecology an...
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