Division and Alumni News

Chemistry earns $180,000 grant

The TWU Chemistry and Biochemistry division has been awarded a $180,000 grant from The Welch Foundation to fund undergraduate and graduate student research.

The grant will provide $60,000 a year beginning June1, 2025, running through May 21, 2028. In addition to student research, it provides funds for research by faculty and fellowships for undergraduate and graduate students.

Celebration of Science returns Oct. 17-18

TWU's annual Celebration of Science will take place Oct. 17-18 in the Scientific Research Commons and the Ann Stuart Science Complex.

KEM club earns award

TWU's Kappa Epsilon Mu club was awarded the Student Communities Award honorable mention for 2023-2024 from the American Chemical Society.

Stankus wins crowd choice at UT Science Slam

Matthew Stankus, a TWU undergraduate biochemistry major under the direction of Mary Anderson, PhD, won crowd choice at the University of Texas Austin 2024 Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium's Science Slam event for his talk "Regulation of Glutathione."

NSF awards $250,000 grant to TWU chemistry

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $250,000 grant to Shiru Lin, PhD, of the TWU Chemistry and Biochemistry division.