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College Highlights 2010
Check out our annual highlights video. This year, we shine a light on several new discoveries, from bat songs to HIV drugs, and introduce a few new initiatives, such as the Lab for Atomoscience and the Health Information Technology certificate program. This is the second video in an annual series. Videographer: Mason Jones.
Top scholars share dreams to change the world
Three natural sciences graduates — Lynne Chantranupong, Marissa Duswalt and Grace Eckhoff — are featured in this video where five graduating top scholars share their dreams and aspirations to change the world after commencement.
UTeach Institute’s Annual Conference Draws Educators from Across the Country
Improving math and science education in the U.S. and sharing experiences and successes implementing UTeach are topics to be discussed at the UTeach Institute's annual conference this week at The University of Texas at Austin.
'Out of Whack' Planetary System Offers Clues to Disturbing Past
The discovery of a planetary system “out of whack,” where the orbits of two planets are at a steep angle to each other, was reported today (May 24) by a team of astronomers led by Barbara McArthur of the McDonald Observatory.
Physicists Prove Einstein Wrong with Observation of Instantaneous Velocity in Brownian Particles
A century after Albert Einstein said we would never be able to observe the instantaneous velocity of tiny particles as they randomly shake and shimmy, so called Brownian motion, physicist Mark Raizen and his group have done so.
My Kid is a (HEALTH SCIENCE) Honors Student
When Bob Cheng found out that he’d been accepted into the new Health Science Honors program in the College of Natural Sciences, it added a whole new level to his excitement about coming to The University of Texas at Austin. “My grandparents were doctors. I’ve wanted to be a doctor for as long as I can remember,” says Cheng, a high school senior f...
Insight: May 2010
In this issue of Insight, the undergraduate newsletter of the College of Natural Sciences, we celebrate the end of the school year, the accomplishments of our graduating students, and the birth of a new chapter in the college’s story. We introduce you to the new Health Science Honors program. We feature profiles of two of our graduating student...
The Winners Are...
Every spring, the College of Natural Sciences celebrates its most outstanding graduating students by recognizing them as Dean’s Honored Graduates. It's the highest honor awarded to graduating seniors in the college. The accomplishments described in the following short profiles, of two of the 19 of this year's class of Dean's Honored Graduates, are...
FRI Awarded $1.6 Million by Howard Hughes Medical Institute
AUSTIN, Texas—The University of Texas at Austin has received $1.6 million from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) to expand the Freshman Research Initiative (FRI) in the College of Natural Sciences and get more first-year science students engaged in authentic research. The funding is part of a new round of grants from HHMI totaling $79 mill...
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