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The Ten Best Jobs in America Today

The top four out of the Ten Best Jobs in America Today are based on degrees offered by the School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics.
(source: Careercast.com)

Surgeon Started Career Journey in UT Dallas Class 3 Decades Ago

Dr. Usha Rajagopal In her office, just a block from San Francisco's famed Union Square, plastic surgeon Dr. Usha Rajagopal BS'82 is at the pinnacle of a career that began with a cell biology class at UT Dallas. "This was an incredibly demanding class," she explained. "It was taught by Dr. Jost Kemper, who was equally demanding but in a highly encouraging way. I learned so much in that class, about cell biology and also about myself." read more

Largest Ever Cohort Named to Fall Dean's List

UT Dallas For the fall 2011 semester, 792 undergraduate students made the dean's list at UT Dallas. It is the single largest group named to the list in the University's history, up by more than 100 students over fall 2010 and up 27 percent since fall 2007. Dr. Sheila Amin Gutierrez de Pineres, dean of Undergraduate Education at the University said the increase is directly tied to the University's enrollment growth. read more

Company's Investment Benefits Geosciences Students

Chris Cheatwood A $600,000 gift from Irving-based Pioneer Natural Resources will allow the Department of Geosciences in the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics to send more UT Dallas students to outdoor laboratories. Pioneer's contribution will elevate several aspects of the geosciences program, which immerses students in the study of the composition, structure and history of the Earth and the universe. read more

Prof's Theory Could Improve Shelf Life of Electronics

Dr. KJ Cho Research by UT Dallas engineers could lead to more efficient cooling of electronics, which would pave the way for quieter and longer-lasting computers, cell phones and other devices. Much of modern technology uses silicon as semiconductor material. But research recently published in the journal Nature Materials shows that graphene conducts heat about 20 times faster than silicon. read more

Announcing the George McMechan Student Support Fund

George McMechan serves as Director of both the Center for Lithospheric Studies and the Geophysical Consortium (an industrial affiliates program) at UT Dallas. He has 36 years of experience in geophysical research in academia, industry and government. (read more)

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