The School conducts graduate and undergraduate degree programs and research in the natural sciences, mathematics, and science education.
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Founders North FN 3.120
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nsm@utdallas.edu
NSM Awards Recognize Exemplary Teaching and Staff Service
The School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at UT Dallas recently honored three individuals for teaching excellence and service. The 2013 Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award went to Dr. Mohammad Akbar, senior lecturer in the Department of Mathematical Sciences. Rodrigo Vinluan, a graduate student in the Department of Chemistry, received the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award. read more
Green Fellows Learn Lessons from Research Experience
UT Dallas electrical engineering major Michelle Corn describes her junior year as "an amazing experience." Through the Green Fellows Program, Corn was one of a dozen UT Dallas students who recently completed a semester of full-time research with faculty mentors at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. "I had the opportunity to be in an operating room during brain surgery and to work in a neuro-oncology laboratory, which is completely outside my area of study," Corn said. read more
Solar Flares May Disrupt GPS Systems, Researcher Says
If your GPS navigation system goes on the fritz in the coming days, you might have the sun to blame. Early this week, the sun released three X-class solar flares, the strongest type of flare. Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predict a 40-percent chance of more X-class flares in the coming days, some possibly pointed toward the Earth. read more
Professor Uses Language of Math to Describe Natural Phenomena
Dr. Dmitry Rachinskiy, a professor of mathematical sciences who recently joined the UT Dallas faculty, applies principles of mathematics to natural systems to better understand problems and phenomena in biology, physics, chemistry, technology, geosciences and economics. read more
