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Lee is the Director of Communications for the college. He holds a B.S. in Biology from UT and an M.S. in Entomology from UW-Madison. He lives in East Austin with his partner, their dog, and a garden full of plants and bugs.

Going a Long Way for UTeach

Mary Long was there when UTeach was born in 1997. In fact, she helped create the science and math teacher preparation program from scratch and was UTeach’s first Master Teacher. Since then, she and others have worked hard to make the program the success it is today, with more than 500 graduates and growing. Long retired recently, but her support o...Mary Long
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Professor Ted Huston Named Fulbright Scholar

Ted Huston, professor of human development and family sciences, will travel to Croatia during the Spring 2010 semester as a Fulbright Scholar.

How 3-D vision works

Neurobiologist Alex Huk describes one way that the brain perceives 3-D motion.

Study: ‘Dead Zone’ Effects on Fish

Study: ‘Dead Zone’ Effects on Fish

Whether a large area of low oxygen water called the “dead zone” in the northern Gulf of Mexico could cause declines in environmentally and economically important fish populations is the subject of a new study by University of Texas at Austin marine scientist Peter Thomas.

Caught in the Act: Population of Butterflies Appears to Be Splitting Into Two Species

Caught in the Act: Population of Butterflies Appears to Be Splitting Into Two Species

Breaking up may actually not be hard to do, say scientists who've found a population of tropical butterflies that may be on its way to a split into two distinct species. The cause of this particular break-up? A shift in wing color and mate preference.

Green Becomes Red

Misha Matz traces the evolution of coral fluorescence by resurrecting proteins from the past.

Better Drugs to Fight Flu is Goal of $1.5 Million NIH Project

University of Texas at Austin and Rice University scientists have won a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to scrutinize the influenza A virus for clues that could lead to more effective antiviral drugs.

World-Renowned Lizard Expert Eric Pianka To Appear on Nova's "Lizard Kings"

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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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.

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 ...H1N1_flu_blue_web