Tag: Department
May 3, 2011
Jackson School Students Take Top 3 Poster Prizes at AAPG Annual Meeting
Students from the University of Texas at Austin’s Jackson School of Geosciences won the top 3 prizes in the Student Poster Competition at the annual…
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Scientists Explore Connections Between Climate, Land Use and Dead Zones
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and colleagues will use a three-year, $1.5 million grant from NASA to develop computer models to study…
Read MoreApril 14, 2011
Texas Team Wins 2011 Imperial Barrel Award Competition
A team of geoscience students from The University of Texas at Austin beat finalists from 11 global regions to win the Imperial Barrel Award, the…
Read MoreApril 1, 2011
Six Assistant Professors Win CAREER Awards from National Science Foundation
Six assistant professors at The University of Texas at Austin received Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) awards totaling nearly $3 million from the National Science…
Read MoreMarch 30, 2011
UT Austin Takes 1st Place at Imperial Barrel Award Regional Competition
A team of geoscience students from the University of Texas at Austin has taken first prize in a regional round of the Imperial Barrel Award,…
Read MoreMarch 25, 2011
McAndrews Takes 2nd Place at the SPE HSSE Conference Student Paper Competition
Energy and Earth Resources (EER) graduate student Kristine McAndrews placed second in the student paper competition at the SPE Americas E&P Health, Safety, Security, &…
Read MoreMarch 24, 2011
Highlights of Paleontology at UT Austin
2008: Early hominid Lucy CT-scanned 2001: Fossil fetus of an Elephant bird CT-scanned and reconstructed without breaking egg shell 1999: Non-vertebrate Paleontology Lab established 1997:…
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Why Do We Need Paleontology?
Paleontology has been a central part of geology since British scientist William Smith first showed that geological strata could be identified based on the fossils…
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Enduring Excellence: Breadth and Depth Mark UT Austin’s Paleontology Program as One of the Best
At a time when university paleontology programs are being downsized or eliminated, The University of Texas at Austin’s is thriving. The program recently added Julia…
Read MoreMarch 3, 2011
Jackson School Inducts Four Legends into Hall of Distinction
March 3, 2011 The Jackson School established its Hall of Distinction in 2005 to recognize individuals who are or were strongly affiliated with the school…
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