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UTeach Featured As National Solution at NBC’s Education Nation Summit

UTeach Featured As National Solution at NBC’s Education Nation Summit

The College of Natural Sciences UTeach program was featured as one of ten programs from around the country that have implemented focused solutions in their communities, and have seen demonstrable success as a result.
Six Assistant Profs Win CAREER Awards from National Science Foundation

Six Assistant Profs Win CAREER Awards from National Science Foundation

The awards, which total more than $1.5 million, recognize promising young faculty.
Researchers to Develop Software to Improve Discovery of Low-Cost, Sustainable Energy Materials

Researchers to Develop Software to Improve Discovery of Low-Cost, Sustainable Energy Materials

Potential uses include economical battery materials to capture solar energy and materials that convert water to hydrogen using sunlight.

College Congratulates Newly Promoted Faculty

College Congratulates Newly Promoted Faculty

The College of Natural Sciences congratulates its faculty members that have demonstrated high distinction in teaching, research and service to the university and their field of study. Below are the faculty members that have received promotion in 2012.

Systems Biologist Receives $2.5 Million Pioneer Award for Genome Research

Systems Biologist Receives $2.5 Million Pioneer Award for Genome Research

Marcotte’s project focuses on what he sees as the next step in “next-generation” genome sequencing technology.

Literacy Program Expands Tutoring to 2,000 Children in Austin and Manor

Literacy Program Expands Tutoring to 2,000 Children in Austin and Manor

Kids will be building fundamental literacy skills through a partnership led by college's ACE (A Community for Education) program, part of the Dana Center.
Brackenridge Field Lab Resident Manager Retires After 45 Years

Brackenridge Field Lab Resident Manager Retires After 45 Years

John Crutchfield helped establish BFL as one of the premier urban field research stations in the country.

Nuclear Waste-Burning Technology Could Change the Face of Nuclear Energy

Nuclear Waste-Burning Technology Could Change the Face of Nuclear Energy

Physicists awarded a U.S. patent for an invention that could someday be used to turn nuclear waste into fuel, thus removing the most dangerous forms of waste from the fuel cycle.

New Physics Professor Talks About Finding the Higgs Boson

New Physics Professor Talks About Finding the Higgs Boson

New assistant professor Peter Onyisi was part of the team in Switzerland that confirmed the existence of the Higgs boson particle. Physicist Peter Onyisi arrives as a new assistant professor in the College of Natural Sciences with an extraordinary feather already in his cap. He was part of the team at CERN working with the Large Hadron Collider ...
Mathematics Faculty Receive $2.5 Million Grant to Advance Education in Geometry and Topology

Mathematics Faculty Receive $2.5 Million Grant to Advance Education in Geometry and Topology

The award will enhance the training of undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers.