UT Austin Ranks No. 19 in World for High-Impact Science Research - No. 8 among all U.S. universities
http://news.utexas.edu/2015/06/23/u...m_medium=referral&utm_campaign=UTAustinSocial
For those who question the need for research universities (and want to turn them into cheap diploma mills), basic scientific research has long been of key importance in the development of really revolutionary new ideas and products. Early basic research on human cell biology, on electronics, or on radio waves has ended up producing genetic therapies, semiconductors and computers, or GPS systems. Those early scientific studies didn’t foresee these inventions, but this basic research allowed later researchers to start thinking about potential applications. The bar code, congestion charging, the cervical Pap smear and the internet all emerged from work done at America's pre-eminent research universities such as the University of Texas. They stand at the center of America's intellectual and technological global leadership.
Something to keep in mind given the growing divide between research and teaching and the new reality that these great factories of talent, ideas and technologies are threatened from without and within by government meddling and myopic anti-intellectualism.
http://news.utexas.edu/2015/06/23/u...m_medium=referral&utm_campaign=UTAustinSocial
For those who question the need for research universities (and want to turn them into cheap diploma mills), basic scientific research has long been of key importance in the development of really revolutionary new ideas and products. Early basic research on human cell biology, on electronics, or on radio waves has ended up producing genetic therapies, semiconductors and computers, or GPS systems. Those early scientific studies didn’t foresee these inventions, but this basic research allowed later researchers to start thinking about potential applications. The bar code, congestion charging, the cervical Pap smear and the internet all emerged from work done at America's pre-eminent research universities such as the University of Texas. They stand at the center of America's intellectual and technological global leadership.
Something to keep in mind given the growing divide between research and teaching and the new reality that these great factories of talent, ideas and technologies are threatened from without and within by government meddling and myopic anti-intellectualism.
