Four Faculty Among 2019 NSF Early-Career Award Winners
Four faculty members have received Faculty Early Career Development awards from the National Science Foundation for 2019.
Mathematician Develops Model to Control Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species
An applied mathematician at UT has developed a partial differential equation model to find the desired flow rate to reduce invasive populations.
Lunar Science Pioneer Posthumously Honored with Special Journal Issue
A special issue of the geochemistry journal Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta is a tribute to Professor Lawrence Taylor, a founding figure in what would become UT’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.
Get Your Game Face On: Study Finds It May Help
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Michael Phelps was caught on camera glaring as he prepared for the men’s 200-meter butterfly final. The look became an example of a concept that has long been familiar in sports: game face.
Grad Student Wins Research Award to Have KSO Musicians Play His Works
At 46, in the midst of a successful career as a commercial musician, music director, teacher, and performer, Dennis Belisle decided to enroll in UT’s School of Music to pursue a new dream—being a composer.
Veterans Resource Center is Safe Haven, Social Hub for Student Vets
Daniel Sassone spent 13 years in the US Army before coming to UT to pursue a degree in communications studies. He ended his military career after enduring a tragic year of loss—his wife, child, and father all died within a year of each other.
Microbiologist Karen Lloyd Awarded $2.5M Grant for Permafrost Research
As permafrost thaws, microbes break down the newly available carbon in the soil, possibly resulting in a flux of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.
Study: Fire-Spawned Fungi Hide in Other Organisms
When a wildfire obliterates a forest, the first life to rise from the ashes is usually a fungus—one of several species that cannot complete its life cycle without fire.
UT to Develop Protocol for Examining Burned Remains for Blunt-Force Trauma
Two anthropology faculty members have been awarded a grant to develop a protocol to correctly identify blunt-force fractures made before death from burned human remains.
Orionid Meteor Shower Expected to Peak Tonight
Tonight will be the ideal time to view the annual Orionids meteor shower.
UT Professor Awarded NIH MIRA Grant for 3D Genome Structure Research
UT biophysicist Rachel Patton McCord has been awarded a $1.84 million Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award from the National Institute for General Medical Science to investigate how the 3D folded structure of the human genome reacts to physical stress in health and disease.
Writing Center to Be Named for Judi Herbert
More than 50 years ago, Judi Herbert graduated from UT with a bachelor’s degree in English. On Friday, October 11, the Writing Center, housed in UT’s College of Arts and Sciences, will be dedicated in recognition of her long history of support for the center and the university.