Posts Tagged ‘Bill Powers’

UT Austin Ranks Among World’s Best in Scientific Productivity

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UT Austin Ranks Among World’s Best in Scientific Productivity

The Nature Index, a new ranking from the prestigious journal Nature, rates The University of Texas at Austin No. 26 among the world’s most productive scientific research institutions.

UT Austin ranks No. 15 among all U.S. universities and No. 7 among public universities.

The ranking, which includes nonacademic institutions, is based on research … Read the rest »

Praise from Powers

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Praise from Powers

In noting some of the university’s top achievements over the past year in the State of the University Address, President Bill Powers highlighted Grant Willson winning the Japan Prize (minute 13:11) and the Department of Chemical Engineering being named after John McKetta (minute 27:34).

Powers went on to describe John McKetta as “one of the … Read the rest »

University of Texas Ranked No. 30 Among World Universities

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University of Texas Ranked No. 30 Among World Universities

The Center for World University Rankings has ranked The University of Texas at Austin No. 30 in its inaugural list of the world’s top 100 universities. The ranking combines seven factors — educational quality, faculty quality, alumni employment, patents, publishing, faculty research citations, and influence.

The factor that most moved the university into the top … Read the rest »