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Two Assistant Professors Win CAREER Awards from National Science Foundation
The CAREER awards are intended to recognize promising young faculty and support their research with five years of funding.
Freshman Research Initiative Students Published in Nature Genetics
The groundbreaking Freshman Research Initiative (FRI) program at The University of Texas at Austin helped a pair of students put a coveted feather in their cap quite early in their academic careers: the chance to say they’ve been published in a top-tier scientific journal from the prestigious Nature Publishing Group.
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Biomedical, Chemical Engineering Professor George Georgiou Named UT Austin Inventor of the Year
UT Austin's 2014 Inventor of the Year award was presented to Georgiou by the Office of Technology Commercialization.
Trapping a Bacterium in a Laser Beam Aids Study of Biofilms
Biofilms are responsible for most chronic infections and are notoriously resilient and hard to treat.
Possible Explanation for Human Diseases Caused by Defective Ribosomes
A new study, which uses a genetic approach to examine this paradox, suggests ribosomopathies are caused by a sequence of mistakes at the molecular level.
Three Natural Sciences Faculty Selected to Receive President's Associates Teaching Excellence Awards
The award recognizes faculty members who have achieved a consistent level of excellence in teaching undergraduate students.
Eight Natural Sciences Faculty Receive 2013 Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Awards
The awards program is one of the nation's largest monetary teaching recognition programs in higher education, honoring outstanding performance in the classroom and dedication to innovation in undergraduate instruction.
