Mapping the Quantum Landscape
by Catherine Longmire Steve Johnston, professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, wants to save time. And though he never met them, Elizabeth and Jim Bains are going to...
Category: Natural Sciences
The Mamantov Legacy
by Jane S. Gulley Maggie Mamantov enters her lecture hall fast and purposefully, distributing graded quizzes and queuing up the slides. Her skirt flaps over the beetles tattooed on her...
Rising Scholars
by Jennifer Brown Some students begin their college careers knowing they want a good education but unsure about what comes next, while others move into their dorms with the next...
One of UT’s First Female Computer Science Students Honored by Sons’ Gift
When Mary K. Cook graduated from UT in 1967, she was one of only two women studying computer science in UT’s Department of Mathematics. Today, the Mary K. Cook Mathematics...
Tiny Fish Makes Big Splash
On October 4, 2022, the snail darter, Persina tanasi Etnier, was removed from the endangered species list nearly 47 years to the day after being listed October 9, 1975. The...
New Research Cluster to Focus on AI
In 1968, Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke introduced HAL 9000, a sentient, artificial general intelligence computer that controls the Discovery One spacecraft in 2001: A Space Odyssey. In the...
Research Round-Up
Faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences engage in world-class research, scholarship, and creative work that expands the frontiers of knowledge to create a more just, prosperous, and sustainable...
Faculty Spotlights
Nicole Eggers, an assistant professor of history, is an expert on African history and is fluent in Swahili. She received the College of Arts and Sciences 2020 Faculty Academic Outreach Service...
Spotlight on Diversity
As a college and institution of higher learning, it is our mission to promote intellectual inquiry and effective civic engagement within the context of respect for diversity. Our ability to...
Unlocking Knowledge for Public Good
The UT partnership with The Conversation helps faculty share their research and expertise with the public. In 2021, faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences published 15 articles, two...
Graduate Student Spotlights
Graduate students in our college choose from more than 50 programs when they join the UT community. We offer strong curricula and our faculty mentors provide supervision and opportunities for...
The Pandemic Puzzle
Nina Fefferman loves puzzles. Not the 5,000-piece jigsaw puzzles some of us attempted to piece together during lockdown, but the puzzle of trying to explain the world around her. As...
