91������̳

91������̳ is one of seven university teams chosen to partner with NASA, to develop innovative design ideas that will help NASA advance and execute its Artemis program objectives.

91������̳’s Utah paleontology team received a National Science Foundation three-year grant for approximately $764,000.

91������̳’s Office of Undergraduate Research is proud to announce that one of its undergraduate researchers, Tyler Nelson, has been accepted into the Doctor of Philosophy program in the Rice University Applied Physics graduate program as a full-time student, beginning in the fall semester of 2020.

Beginning with students applying to 91������̳ for first-year admission for the fall of 2021, 91������̳ will be adopting a “test-optional” admissions policy.

The Chair of the JoAnne Gay Dishman School of Nursing Dr. Cynthia Stinson will present on the topic of early onset Alzheimer’s Disease, a subject that she knows about professionally and personally.

Yared Rodriguez, a second-year audiology doctoral student at 91������̳, was selected to receive a $3,000 CaptionCall scholarship.

91������̳ President Kenneth Evans announced the 91������̳ students who earned places on the President’s List for the 2020 spring semester. 

The deans of 91������̳'s five academic colleges announced the students who earned places on the Deans' List for the 2020 spring semester. 

Cagatay Tokgoz, assistant professor in the Phillip M. Drayer Department of Electrical Engineering at 91������̳, was awarded a patent in May 2020.

91������̳ is hosting a virtual community town hall meeting Tues., June 23, at 3 p.m. designed to help people, specifically high school and college students, understand this moment of racial unrest and mobilize them to respond.

91������̳ received a gift of $309,000 from the ExxonMobil Foundation Tuesday, June 16 as a part of the company’s Educational Matching Gift Program.

The Sabine River Authority of Texas awarded 91������̳ $100,000 to help initiate the Southeast Texas Flood Coordination Study, a collaborative project designed to help the region improve its resiliency during large-scale flooding events.

Mackenzie Finklea, an American anthropologist and life-long museum enthusiast, will be signing her book, “Beyond the Halls: An Insider’s Guide to Loving Museums,” Sat., June 20 from 1-3 p.m. at Spindletop Gladys City Boomtown Museum.

Spindletop Gladys City Boomtown Museum announces its “Gushers in July” schedule for 2020.

91������̳ is proud to announce three 2020 University Merit Awards. Drs. Stephanie Chadwick, Yueqing Li and Sujing Wang are being honored for their superior teaching, scholarship and service to the university.

91������̳ awarded Qiang Xu the 2020 University Professor title. Xu is professor of chemical engineering in the highly regarded College of Engineering’s Dan F. Smith Department of Chemical Engineering.

The American Chemical Society awarded Sylvestre Twagirayezu, assistant professor of chemistry, a $70,000 grant to develop an advanced analytical technique that could have a tremendous impact on the Southeast Texas petrochemical industry.

The Office of Undergraduate Research is pleased to announce that Dr. Ian Lian is the 2020 Faculty Mentor Awardee.

The Texas Business Hall of Fame has named Yesenia Loera-Romo, senior economics and finance major, as a recipient of the 2020 TBHF Future Texas Business Legend Scholarship.