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You Are What Your Father Ate
Environmental influences experienced by a father can be passed down to the next generation, “reprogramming” how genes function in offspring, scientists at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) have discovered.
Better Animation Through Body Part Recycling
For all the power that computers have brought to the process of animation, it remains the human eye that’s the best judge of whether animated things moving in space look real. “People intuitively know exactly what to draw to evoke realism,” says Don Fussell, professor of computer science. “Computers don’t have that luxury.” What computers can do,...
Changing the Game: The FRI Revolution
A quick rundown of the first half-decade of the Freshman Research Initiative (FRI) reads more like a college administrator’s wish list than like an actual university program.
Peerage
Hundreds of students a year are now trained to help their fellow students thrive in the classroom, in the laboratory, at the advising and career services offices, and in small academic communities like TIP and the Emerging Scholars Program.
The Snakes Among Us
VIDEO: Studies of the snakes in Waller Creek help us understand urban biodiversity and appreciate the creatures with which we share our campus, even the slithery ones.
Sleepless Honey Bees Miscommunicate, Too, Research Shows
In the busy world of a honey bee hive, worker bees need their rest in order to best communicate the location of food to their hive mates.
Alum Rear Admiral John Butler Named Honorary Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Retired Rear Admiral John D. Butler, USN, and Lockheed Martin Space Systems executive, receives the honor of Commander of the British Empire from British Ambassador Sir Nigel Sheinwald during an investiture ceremony Dec. 9 at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C. Photo: British Embassy. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has conferred the hono...
Computer Science Faculty Named 2010 ACM Fellows
Alvisi, Dahlin and Mooney have been recognized for their contributions to computer science that have provided fundamental knowledge to the field and generated innovations in industry.
Taylor Hall in Legoland
Students and staff from Department of Computer Science constructed a model of Taylor Hall entirely out of Lego's. Taylor has been demolished to make way for the new Gates Computer Science Complex. Check out the surprise ending to this video. The model is amazing!Read It Now
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