Posts in Month: January 2016

January 19th, 2016

Upcoming Due Dates for Limited Submissions

Phone on Calendar

Below are some of the limited submissions with internal deadlines in February and March. To be considered for these opportunities, please send a letter of intent (LOI) to Beth Keithly by the internal deadline. The LOI for any internal limited submission needs to be a one-page document (it may be a bit longer or shorter, but …read more

January 12th, 2016

Q&A: Thoughts on New Elements Added to Periodic Table

Dr. Bruce Gnade

Last week, it was announced that four new elements would be added to the periodic table, a collaboration from researchers in Russia, Japan and the U.S. Elements 113, 115, 117, and 118, which will complete the seventh row, are superheavy elements, that have an atomic number greater than 104. UT Dallas Vice President for Research, Dr. …read more

January 11th, 2016

NABI Develops Broader Impacts Guiding Principles

National Alliance for Broader Impacts logo

The National Association for Broader Impacts (NABI) Broader Impacts Working Group has developed a guiding document for the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) broader impacts (BI) criterion. Released on December 8, 2015, this document exists to assist NSF program managers, proposal reviewers, and review panels in evaluating the BI component of NSF proposals and to assist …read more

January 5th, 2016

Media Artist Explores Digital Labor, Teaches Humanity

xtine Burrough

For media artist, author, and UT Dallas Associate Professor xtine Burrough, art-making is altruistic and multidimensional. Her eye for deconstructing and reconstructing media to generate new perceptions of form and function are blended with classroom experience and corporate knowledge as a former Web Designer. xtine’s conceptional, instructional, and technical skills from these experiences combine to a bring a greater meaning to her art, as well as fuel her desire to teach.