Doing Research that Matters
Students from countries all around the world come to UT to research and address critical issues facing the international community.
Category: Social Sciences
Critical Race Perspective
A new program helps prepare graduate students to live and work in an increasingly diverse world.
Lifetime of a Brain
Psychology faculty are working to unlock the mysteries of the brain to understand how humans change over a lifetime.
Strong Hall Residents Over the Moon
In a corner of Strong Hall, UT’s new state-of-the-art science facility, the past and the future coalesce to form the Visualization Lab, informally known as the “Mission Ops Room.” The...
Social Justice, Forensic Science Drives Steadman
As a graduate student at the University of Chicago, Dawnie Steadman was restless. She wanted to understand how anthropology could help communities, but was not sure where to start. One...
Diversity of Disciplines: Sustainability Program
Mike McKinney is always up for a challenge. When the environmental studies program he developed became part of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences in 2011, he was on...
Diversity of Maps: GIS Outreach Initiative
Michael Camponovo and Nathan McKinney joined the staff of the Department of Geography in August 2016 for one reason: to build the geographic information system (GIS) program. “Our goal is...
Diversity of Growth: Reading the Tree Rings
Henri Grissino-Mayer is not a psychic; he’s just good at reading tree rings. More than 30 years ago, he wanted to learn a technique that would tell him about past environments, climates,...
Diversity of Preparation: Math Camp
Students interested in studying one of the STEM majors of science, technology, engineering, or math, must have finely honed math skills in order to be successful. Unfortunately, not all students...
Diversity of Conflict: Anthropological Perspective
Tricia Hepner is the director of a unique program that explores aspects of conflict and disasters in the human experience across three sub-disciplines of anthropology: cultural, biological, and archaeological. The...
Being the First: Honoring the Past, Looking Ahead
Assistant Professors Shannen Dee Williams and Brandon Winford are making their mark in the history department and seeking resources to make UT one of the best departments in the region to study African-American history.
College Scholar Receives Prestigious Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship
Anita Clay is another student success story from the College Scholars Program. The exceptional students in this program continue to prove that they are among the most talented, interesting, and highly- achieving students at UT
