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Research Office

Vice President for Research and Economic Development
Vishwanath "Vish" Prasad

Senior Associate Vice President for Research
Ruthanne Thomas

Associate Vice President for Research
Kenneth Sewell

URCM

Vice President for University Relations, Communications and Marketing
Deborah Leliaert

Associate Vice President for University Relations, Communications and Marketing
Marty Newman

Assistant Vice President for University Relations, Communications and Marketing
Kelley Reese

Senior Director of Communications Systems and Creative Services
Kenn Moffitt

Editors
Julie Elliott Payne
Randena Hulstrand
Jill King

Writers
Ernestine Bousquet
Jessica DeLeón
Nancy Kolsti
Adrienne Nettles
Brooke Nottingham
Buddy Price
Ellen Rossetti
Julie West
Leslie Wimmer
Alyssa Yancey

Designers
Steven Altuna
Kit Young
Sean Zeigler

Photographers
Michael Clements
Jun Ma
Gary Payne
Jonathan Reynolds
Angilee Wilkerson

Online Communications
Michelle Hale
Eric Vandergriff

Project Traffic
Amy Kious
Laura Robinson

Departments

President's Note

Transformative research and education

Initiatives

Student research and sustainability

Awards

Timoshenko Medal, ACS awards, international leadership

News Briefs

I-Corps, black holes, new clusters, Lone Star Professor

Faculty Researchers

Experts in engineering, computer science, poetry, environmental studies, instrumental studies

Student Researchers

Mercury legislation, math algorithms, library education, media ethics, neuroscience, consumer behavior

Faculty Books

Politics, natural language processing, sociology

End Note

Research momentum and support