The award will enhance the training of undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers.
More than 10,000 students each year take introductory courses in biology, chemistry, statistics and psychology at The University of Texas at Austin. Success in these large-enrollment courses can make or break a student’s entire college trajectory and eventual career path.
From studying stars and the Higgs boson to understanding fish ecology, DNA repair and cancer drugs, these innovative faculty members build on the college’s reputation for groundbreaking research and research-based teaching.
Professors are beginning to replace expensive, cumbersome textbooks with technology.
Payne will be responsible for faculty promotion and tenure, recruiting and retention, annual faculty reports and faculty development.
The fellowship is designed to meet the needs of beginning teachers from the onset of the credentialing process through the critical early years of their careers.
Free, weeklong camp in the Department of Computer Science showcases the potential of a rewarding career in technology to selected Texas high school girls.
A brief history of the McDonald Observatory and the National Science Foundation.