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Education UT Austin

UTeach’s Perfect Equation

UTeach They say every child is a natural scientist — questioning the world around them, exploring their surroundings at every turn. Yet despite this natural propensity, student test scores in the areas of math and science have been on a steady decline in the United States — a trend many believe endangers our ability to […]

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Healthcare research

Our Best Defense: Fighting Emerging Diseases

It’s not often that an academic figure holds a place in pop culture, but Dr. C.J. Peters, professor of pathology and of microbiology and immunology, and biodefense director of the Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, has turned that trick. In 1989, when he was […]

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life

Interview: Lawrence Barrientes, LBJ State Park

Oral History, Lawrence Barrientes, Rocky Creek,Texas