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How College Students Drink

How College Students Drink

When considering college students and their drinking patterns through college, not everyone is the same, says Dr. Kim Fromme, Professor of Clinical Psychology and member of the Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research.

DNA-Targeting Molecule Has Potential to Help Treat Genetic Diseases and HIV

DNA-Targeting Molecule Has Potential to Help Treat Genetic Diseases and HIV

The molecule is an important step along the path to someday creating drugs that can go after rogue DNA directly.

Hubble Study Challenges "Cosmic Fireworks" as Largest Driver of Galaxy Growth

Hubble Study Challenges "Cosmic Fireworks" as Largest Driver of Galaxy Growth

University of Texas at Austin astronomers studied 166 of the most massive galaxies present only a few billion years after the Big Bang.

Studying Chemistry in Spain

Studying Chemistry in Spain

Science students can study abroad amidst rigid graduation plans.

Op-ed: Learning by Doing

Op-ed: Learning by Doing

Having freshmen perform research doesn’t just improve undergraduate learning, it convinces more students to become science majors.

Students Start-Up for Credit

Students Start-Up for Credit

1 Semester Startup is an interdisciplinary course that supports undergraduates with startup ideas.
Leading the Way on Course Transformation

Leading the Way on Course Transformation

Natural Sciences pilots high-tech courses.

UTeach Institute Commits to Double UTeach Programs to 50 Nationally by 2017

UTeach Institute Commits to Double UTeach Programs to 50 Nationally by 2017

The institute has committed to doubling the numbers of students enrolled in UTeach programs nationwide, from 5,000 to 10,000, by 2017, through partnership with 100Kin10 movement.

Game Changer: Lauren Ancel Meyers

Game Changer: Lauren Ancel Meyers

Mathematical biologist Lauren Ancel Meyers takes on global pandemics as part of the Longhorn Network's Game Changers series.

The Graphic Novelized Life of Richard Feynman

The Graphic Novelized Life of Richard Feynman

In this special edition of the Life Science Library’s Science Study Break series, nuclear engineer, librarian, and comics writer Jim Ottaviani discusses his graphic novel biography of the Nobel Prize-winning nuclear physicist Richard Feynman.