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Computer Science

Computer Scientist, Cryptography and Security Expert Awarded Sloan Fellowship

AUSTIN, Texas—Brent Waters, assistant professor of computer science at The University of Texas at Austin, has been awarded a 2010 Sloan Research Fellowship. Sloan Research Fellowships are awarded every year by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise. The two-yea...Brent Waters
In the News

Dana Center Receives Grant from Gates Foundation

The Gates Foundation has committed $19.5 million to the development and piloting of new instructional tools and assessments.
In the News

Texas Expecting an Abundant Array of Wildflowers

Texas should have a colorful spring, with recent rains bringing an abundance of wildflowers and blooms already popping up, Wildflower Center experts say. Read the full story.
College & Campus

Oncology Researcher Joins Faculty to Study Link Between Obesity and Cancer

Dr. John DiGiovanni has joined the pharmacy and nutritional sciences faculty and will conduct research at the soon-to-open Dell Pediatric Research Institute.
College & Campus

The Orange Jackets

As fully “vested” active members of the Orange Jackets—a select group of 40 undergraduate women dedicated to the principles of scholarship, leadership and service—Vicki Chang and Elaine Sedenberg have a number of responsibilities. They’re official hosts of the university and are called on to greet and charm guests at various university functions. T...
In the News

Want a job? Get a computer science degree

The Department of Computer Science is named one of the 10 hot computer science schools in this article about increasing enrollments in the field. Bruce Porter, chair of the Department of Computer Science, comments on the trend. Read more here.
College & Campus

Debating Health Care Reform at the Capitol

College of Natural Sciences students joined students from Austin Community College in a mock hearing on health care reform legislation at the Texas Capitol on Saturday, Feb. 13. The students filled the roles of Democratic and Republican members of Congress, and heard expert testimony from witnesses like Jose Camacho, executive director and general ...Students at mock congressional hearing for health care reform
Integrative Biology

Coastal Birds Decline on Mustang Island

Tony Amos’s almost daily bird counts over the years have revealed a troubling decline in 10 of the 28 most common species of Mustang Island’s coastal birds.
College & Campus

Astronaut Sally Ride speaks on "Keeping Girls Interested in Science"

Dr. Sally Ride, America's first woman in space and now professor of space science at the University of California at San Diego, will give a talk on the topic of science education - "Keeping Girls Interested in Science."
College & Campus

Kyle in Kiwiland

Although most natural sciences students who study abroad end up doing so over the summer—often through one of the university’s Maymester programs—biochemistry major Kyle Marshall wanted a more immersive experience. He didn’t want to lose a step in his academic progress, however, so he needed to find somewhere that had classes that would meet the re...