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Chemistry

Chemist Honored by ACS

Peter Rossky, professor of chemistry, is the first recipient of the American Chemical Society Physical Division Award in Theoretical Chemistry for his outstanding contributions to physical chemistry. Rossky will be invited to present a plenary lecture at the Telluride School on Theoretical Chemistry during the summer, where he will receive the awa...rossky_web
College & Campus

National Science Organization Honors Four University of Texas at Austin Professors

AUSTIN, Texas — Four faculty members at The University of Texas at Austin have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). AAAS fellows are chosen annually by their peers to recognize their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. The University of Texas ...
Physics

Markert Wins Hamilton Book Award

AUSTIN, Texas — The winners of this year's University Co-op Robert W. Hamilton Book Awards, among the highest honors of literary achievement given to published authors at The University of Texas at Austin, were announced Wednesday, Oct. 22, at the Four Seasons Hotel. Michael H. Granof, chairman of the University Co-operative Society, hosted the e...
Marine Science

Finding Giant Deep Sea Protists

Biologist Misha Matz found giant deep sea protists that provide new insights into the evolution of animals. This is the story of their discovery.
Astronomy

Galactic Luminaries to Converge on University of Texas Tuesday

AUSTIN, Texas — More than 130 astronomers from nearly a dozen countries and more than 30 institutions will meet in Austin next week to brainstorm about the evolution of galaxies — those vast cities of billions of stars that are the “bricks” making up the cosmos — and the mysterious “dark matter” that is their largest component. The conference, cal...
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College & Campus

School of Human Ecology Established

Director of the new School of Human Ecology stands in the courtyard of Gearing Hall, a building long associated with studies of human development, family sciences, nutrition, and textiles and apparel at The University of Texas at Austin. Photo: Christina Murrey. AUSTIN, Texas—The new School of Human Ecology has been established at The University of...
College & Campus

Chemistry & Biochemistry Clinches "Everybody WINS" Award

The Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry was given the "Everybody WINS" award by Women in Natural Sciences (WINS) for 2008. The award is given annually to the department that most successfully uses current best practices to recruit and retain women and underrepresented minority faculty. According to Dr. Lynne McAnelly, program director of WINS,...
Chemistry

$5 Million Grant to Fund Renewable Energy Research

The Center for Electrochemistry (CEC) at The University of Texas at Austin has received a $5 million grant from the Houston-based Welch Foundation to start the Renewable Energy Initiative (REI), a multi-disciplinary, collaborative effort to promote advances in renewable energy technologies. The initiative, says CEC Director Dr. Allen Bard, has thr...
College & Campus

$12.5 million National Science Foundation grant to fund UTeachEngineering program for educators

AUSTIN, Texas—The University of Texas at Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering, College of Natural Sciences and College of Education have been awarded $12.5 million by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to prepare educators to teach engineering to Texas high-school students. “With this grant, the NSF is building on the university’s successful ...
Molecular Biosciences

Chemist Mahal Receives NIH New Innovator Award

AUSTIN, Texas—Dr. Lara K. Mahal, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, is one of 31 researchers nationally to receive a 2008 New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She will use the 5-year, $1.5 million grant to decode how sugar molecules on cell surfaces encode information such as cell type and health. This m...