Division and Alumni News

The vast and the curious

10/25/22

There is a dimension unknown to all but an uncommon few. It is vast, yet fits within the nucleus of a single cell and challenges the human mind's concept of the finite. It is found in every living creature on Earth and within its matrix is the blueprint of each organism, but until very recently it existed beyond human comprehension. It is the world of the infinitesimal.

It is also the classroom of Texas Woman's University biology professor Catalina Pislariu, PhD.

Celebration of Science returns to TWU Oct. 20-21

10/6/22

After being suspended since 2019 due to the pandemic, the Celebration of Science returns to Texas Woman’s University Oct. 20-21. The main event is on Friday, Oct. 21, in the Ann Stuart Science Complex and includes presentations by six speakers, headlined by Sherine O. Obare, PhD. Friday’s event is free and open to the public.

TWU's Cantu earns NIH grant

9/29/22

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a grant to Daisy Cantu, a graduate student in the Texas Woman's University biology division.

The grant of $34,635 is for Cantu's project, "Sex Differences in Stress-Exacerbated Orofacial Pain in a Rat Model of Temporomandibular Joint Disorder."

TWU biology faculty, students give presentations

8/18/22

Several Texas Woman's University biology faculty and students spent part of their summers giving presentations at conferences around the country.

TWU Herbarium is growing collection

8/1/22

A natural library on the Texas Woman’s Denton campus is providing valuable resources for various scientific projects as well as for educational activities and community outreach and service.

Camelia Maier, director and curator of the The Dr. Bettye Myers Butterfly Garden, said the herbarium has acquired new specimens, especially from the Carroll Abbott Memorial Wildflower Sanctuary area of the showcase garden by the Texas Pond.