Archive for: research

 

UT Biologist Discovers Source of 50-Year Cholera Pandemic

In the early 1960s, a drug-resistant cholera pandemic broke out for the seventh time in history, afflicting millions and killing hundreds of thousands every year...

 
 

Justifying the Expense: Study Shows the Returns of UT Degree

College graduates have a lot to worry about: where to work, where to live, how much money they will make, and so on. But thanks to a recent national study, UT grads...

 
 

Teachers Think White Girls Can’t Do Math, UT Research Shows

Annie Oakley may have sung “Anything you can do, I can do better” to her sharpshooting male opponent in 1946’s Annie Get Your Gun, but even today,...

 
 

Exxon CEO Speaks Up for Research in Higher Ed

Rex W. Tillerson, BS ’75, Life Member, is the CEO of ExxonMobil Corp. This column first appeared in the Dallas Morning News. Few public policy issues are more...

 
 

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Texas Scientists Grow the Tree of Life

You may think the Tree of Life was settled a long time ago, but scientists continue to refine, and sometimes radically alter, our understanding of how species are...

 
 

Darrell Royal’s Wife Announces Alzheimer’s Research Fund

Flanked by Lance Armstrong and Matthew McConaughey, Darrell K Royal’s wife, Edith Royal, announced the creation of the Darrell K Royal Research Fund for Alzheimer’s...

 
 

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Star Power

Neil deGrasse Tyson, MA ’83, is the public face of science. But he says his success has nothing to do with UT. “Hey, aren’t you the scientist?” The...

 
 

Lost Boys: UT Panel Explores Crisis of Race & Gender [Watch]

Nearly half of young men of color age 15 to 24 who graduate from high school are unemployed, incarcerated, or dead. That sobering statistic (from a 2010 College...

 
 

UT Researchers Use Proteins to Deliver At-Home Drugs Safely

While most people cringe at the thought of giving themselves a shot, the ability to self-administer drugs has become a top priority in the science world—which...

 
 

UT’s McDonald Observatory Key in Discovery of ‘Goldilocks’ Planet

The news about the existence of a possibly habitable earth-like planet blew up yesterday, after being announced at a NASA conference in Moffett Field, Calif. The...

 
 
 
 
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