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Program Addresses Gender Equity in Computing

"Tool Time" at First Bytes AUSTIN, Texas--About 50 high school women from across Texas will attend the fifth annual First Bytes Residential Summer Program, created by the Department of Computer Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin to enhance gender equity in technology and computing fields. Nationally, women represent around 60 percent of ...
College & Campus

Chemist Hackerman Dies

Dr. Normal Hackerman. Photo: Marsha MillerFormer University of Texas at Austin President Norman Hackerman, an internationally noted professor of chemistry, researcher and academic administrator, died Saturday evening at Scott & White in Temple, Tx. He was 95. Hackerman led the university from 1967 to 1970, when he left to become president of Ri...
College & Campus

Aldrich and Burger Appointed to University-Wide Council

Dr. Rick Aldrich Dr. Doug BurgerAUSTIN, Texas--Dr. Richard Aldrich, chair of neurobiology, and Dr. Douglas Burger, associate professor of computer sciences, have been appointed to a newly formed university-wide council to advise the president and develop a strategic and business plan for the university. The Policy and Planning Advisory Council wi...
Computer Science

The Virtual Brain

"The sensation of looking around seamlessly is an important fictionalization created by the brain." Making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Walking on the sidewalk. Picking up trash. Avoiding 6-foot tall virtual purple rectangles. Learning how humans complete these simple tasks and millions of other ordinary activities is fundamental to understa..."The sensation of looking around seamlessly is an important fictionalization created by the brain."
Molecular Biosciences

Rasika Harshey Elected to the American Academy of Microbiology

AUSTIN, Texas--Dr. Rasika Harshey, professor of molecular genetics and microbiology, has been elected a fellow in the American Academy of Microbiology. Harshey has made seminal contributions to two important areas of microbiology. Her work on phage Mu has elucidated difficult to decipher DNA transposition mechanisms, both in vivo and in vitro. Har...
College & Campus

Seeding a Revolution

Wildflower Center ecologist Dr. Mark Simmons suited up for a control prairie burn. It was on one of those glorious, warm winter days in Austin that I made my way to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, 279 acres of nature trails, savanna research plots and native plant gardens a few miles south of campus. The center recently became a part of Th...Wildflower Center ecologist Dr. Mark Simmons suited up for a control prairie burn.
College & Campus

Natural Sciences Spring '07 Commencement

The College of Natural Sciences is proud of our graduating seniors, and we feel confident that these highly motivated, intelligent young people will change the world for the better throughout their lives. It's been great having them here and providing them with some of the tools they will need for success. At commencement this year, our graduates ...
College & Campus

Q & A: David Laude, undergrad dean

In his ten years as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, David Laude has been instrumental in affecting many changes that have transformed undergraduate education in the College of Natural Sciences. His fingerprints are on programs and initiatives like UTeach, the Texas Interdisciplinary Plan, the Undergraduate Research Forum, the Freshma...David Laude
Marine Science

Q & A: Jim McClelland, marine scientist

Focus on Science: The amount of freshwater in the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans has been increasing. Why is that a big deal? Jim McClelland: Changes in salinity of the oceans could alter ocean circulation patterns, and ultimately, climate. If you add more freshwater, you change the density of the ocean surface water such that it’s less like...Jim McClelland
College & Campus

Life on the Outside: David Hillis

If you’re looking for Professor David Hillis on most weekends, point your compass West-Northwest and drive out of Austin for about one and a half hours through some of the most beautiful land in Texas. When you get to the community of Fly Gap, look for a ranch with a name that only an evolutionary biologist would choose: the Double Helix. There...David Hillis. Photo by Matt Lankes.