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Biology faculty appointed to national organizations
Sam Atkinson has been named a member of the U.S. Army Crops of Engineers Environmental Advisory Board and Lee Hughes has been named an American Society for Microbiology Distinguished Lecturer.
Posted on: Mon 29 April 2013
New bachelor's degree to focus on state's environmental needs
Texas has a strong need for ecologists who can find answers to problems created by growth and new demand on natural resources. The undergraduate degree in Ecology for Environmental Science is the first to be offered in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.
Posted on: Tue 09 April 2013
Biochemist Chapman advances cotton plant research
Kent Chapman has received renewed funding from Cotton Incorporated for two on-going cotton plant projects. One project concerns development of low-protein varieties of cotton, and another studies methods to make seedlings more cold-resistant. Both support environmentally sustainable production.
Posted on: Mon 18 February 2013
Donor's trust to support biological sciences department
Rancher Maurine Pearson, who died in 2012, made a trust distribution of more than $88,000 to support biological sciences. She developed a friendship with Provost Warren Burggren after she donated emu eggs to be used in research. A conference room will be named in her honor.
Posted on: Thu 24 January 2013
Brianna Ridge, senior biology major
Brianna Ridge died Dec. 30. Services will be Jan. 12 in Galveston.
Posted on: Thu 03 January 2013
New laboratory named Center of Innovation by Waters Corp.
The Metabolomics and Metabolic Signaling Pathway Research Laboratory overseen by Vladimir Shulaev will support students and faculty as they study the chemical make-up of living organisms. The lab is one of 20 in the world selected for the corporation's innovation designation.
Posted on: Thu 27 September 2012
Portrait Gallery: Kelly Reyna, director, UNT Quail
Kelly Reyna is on a mission to preserve and improve the Northern bobwhite quail population. Away from the office, he’s not exactly away from the office. He enjoys hunting, fishing and being outdoors.
Posted on: Wed 05 September 2012
Internationally recognized scientist joins research cluster faculty
Richard A. Dixon, a world-renowned specialist in metabolic engineering of plants and a member of the National Academy of Sciences, will join UNT in 2013. Recruitment for prominent research faculty began in 2008, when the cluster model was established.
Posted on: Wed 05 September 2012
Faculty mentor helps students excel
Jannon Fuchs' charges regularly earn top honors in prestigious national science competitions.
Posted on: Tue 17 July 2012
Undergraduate student selected for prestigious national research program
Amy Schade credits her freshman biology classes for her interest in viruses, which she will study this summer as part of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s 2012 Exceptional Research Opportunities Program.
Posted on: Wed 16 May 2012
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