As a sophomore in engineering at Louisiana State University, Tinsley Oden, director of the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (ICES), says he remembers rushing out of his dynamics class to shoot arrows and swing pendulums. Read more about Dr. Oden and his contributions in establishing the field of computational mechanics…

Dr. Bert O’Malley, chair of molecular and cellular biology at Baylor College of Medicine, has been selected to receive the 2014 Dale Medal from the Society for Endocrinology. It is the Society’s highest award given to a scientist who has changed the understanding of endocrinology in a fundamental way. Read more about Dr. O’Malley and his research…

Three Texas universities—University of Houston, Texas A&M University, and the University of Texas at Austin—will launch a new safety institute designed to help offshore drilling regulators keep pace with rapidly evolving technology for extracting oil and gas from the sea floor. Read more about the new Ocean Energy Safety Institute…