News and Highlights

Wednesday, 05 June 2013

Michael Rose Receives Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award

Congratulations to Dr. Michael Rose on receiving a 2013 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award. The award is intended to enrich the research and professional growth of young faculty and result in new funding opportunities. Dr. Rose will receive $5,000 from Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) and a matching award from the University of ...

Friday, 31 May 2013

Professors Emeriti Raymond Davis and James Boggs Have Passed Away

Professor Emeritus Raymond Davis passed away Wednesday, May 29th, 2013. Dr. Davis retired from the University of Texas at Austin after 40 years of teaching. During this time, he received an impressive number of awards for his outstanding teaching, including the Chancellor's Council Outstanding Teaching Award (1980-81), the William David Blunk Memor...

Friday, 31 May 2013

Michael Rose Receives Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research

Congratulations to Dr. Michael Rose on being selected to receive a 2013 Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research. Dr. Rose will receive $500k over 3 years to fund his project, "A New Hybrid Molecular/Materials Approach to Semiconductor Surface Passivation for Application in a Solar Fuels Device."   The Young Investigator Aw...

Tuesday, 21 May 2013

Katherine Willets Receives DOE Office of Science Early Career Research Program Award

Congratulations to Dr. Katherine Willets on receiving a 2013 Early Career Research Program award from the Department of Energy. The program supports the development of individual research programs of outstanding scientists early in their careers and stimulates research careers in the disciplines supported by the DOE Office of Science. The 61 select...

Thursday, 09 May 2013

Brent Iverson Appointed Dean of Undergraduate Studies

Professor and department chairman Brent Iverson has been appointed dean of the School of Undergraduate Studies (UGS) by Executive Vice President and Provost Steven Leslie. Iverson will take the post vacated by former Dean Paul Woodruff last fall and filled for the past year by Interim Dean Larry Abraham. The appointment is effective July 1.  ...