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As IBM marks its first century, Austin remains in a key role

06/15/2011 - Collaborations with the Department of Computer Science have been key to the success of IBM in Austin and beyond. Read More

Two UTCS Faculty Earn the Regents’ Outstanding Teachers Award

06/15/2011 - The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System has recognized Professor Calvin Lin and Senior Lecturer Mike Scott for outstanding teaching. Read More

Texas Dominates in Study of Best Cities for 2011 Job Growth

06/08/2011 - Texas cities claimed the top 6 positions in a study released by Forbes.com and NewGeography.com. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos came ranked fourth. Read More

Dads' Association Centennial Teaching Fellowship Awarded to Senior Lecturer Michael Scott

06/03/2011 - Senior Lecturer Michael Scott is one of four faculty members at The University of Texas at Austin selected to hold a Dads' Association Centennial Teaching Fellowship during the 2011-12 fall semester. Read More

Which college degrees earn the most money?

05/31/2011 - Those who major in computer science will typically make 50% more over the course of their lifetime than those who major in the humanities, arts, education or psychology. Read More

Professor Inderjit Dhillon Receives SIAM Outstanding Paper Prize

05/26/2011 - Professor Inderjit Dhillon, together with Justin Brickell, Suvrit Sra and Joel Tropp have been selected to receive the award of the 2011 Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Outstanding Paper Prize for their paper entitled, "The Metric Nearness Problem," which appeared in the SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications (SIMAX). Their paper is one of the three winning papers. Read More

2011 UTCS Ph.D. Hooding Ceremony

05/25/2011 - UTCS honored new Ph.D. graduates at its annual hooding ceremony. Each new graduate received a short testimonial from his or her graduate research advisor. The new doctors were then hooded by UTCS Professor Lorenzo Alvisi. Afterwards, a reception was held for graduates, faculty, friends and family. Read More

The Value of a Degree: Median Earnings by Major and Subject Area

05/23/2011 - A recent study of the economic value of several undergraduate degrees by major was recently published by Georgetown University. Engineering graduates ranged fro $55K to $120K, the best of the majors evaluated. Computer and mathematics grads were also rated highly, $50K to $98K. Read More

Computer Science Overtakes Accounting as Major With Top Offer Rate for the Class of 2011

05/19/2011 - More than 56 percent of computer science majors who have applied for a job have received an offer making it the major with the highest offer rate from the Class of 2011, according to results of a new survey conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). Read More

One Way to Study the Schizophrenic Brain: Build One

05/16/2011 - Researchers at Yale and the University of Texas used a neural network -- a computer brain -- to test out medical theories of what causes schizophrenia. The result was a computer brain that can't tell the difference between stories about itself and fanciful stories about gangsters, and claims responsibility for terrorist acts. Read More