Division and Alumni News
TWU researchers attend green chemistry conference
8/8/22
Faculty and students from Texas Women's University Chemistry and Biochemistry attended the 26th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference held in Reston, Virginia, in June.
TWU biochemistry student lands internship
6/22/22
Texas Woman's University biochemistry student Derek Aguilar has secured a summer internship with Oakwood Chemical.
Aguilar is expected to complete his bachelor's degree in biochemistry from TWU this December, and then pursue his master's of science in chemistry at TWU.
Dr. Robby Petros joins International Network for Outcome-Based Education advisory board
11/22/21
Assistant Professor of Chemistry Dr. Robby A. Petros was recently selected for the International Network for Outcome-Based Education (IN4OBE) advisory board. According to the IN4OBE website, "his effort focused on methods for collecting data that could drive rational decision-making toward improving learning outcomes and student success in his sophomore-level course in Organic Chemistry... He is collaborating with other investigators at TWU to transform teaching in all undergraduate science courses, which has already garnered more than $3.5 M in support from the National Science Foundation."
IN4OBE exists to elevate and transform the paradigm of time-honored, conventional thinking and practice in the world’s education systems – from national policies to classroom interactions, and from the earliest years of life to mature adulthood.
Couple creates scholarship to honor legacy of longtime chemistry professor
11/16/21
Jay-lin Jane-Topel, MS ’78, and her husband, David Topel, have established a new endowed scholarship to honor the life of a beloved Texas Woman's chemistry professor.
The Dr. James Johnson Scholarship Endowment in Chemistry has been created to honor the memory of the longtime educator. Johnson attended the University of Minnesota for his undergraduate and graduate degrees in chemistry and received his doctoral degree in organic chemistry from the University of Missouri. He taught for more than 40 years in higher education, retiring as professor of organic chemistry at Texas Woman's in May 2019. He passed away July 5, 2019.
Congratulations to our TWU PRIME scholarship awardees of 2021-2022
9/1/21
Eight undergraduate students received a TWU PRIME scholarship over the academic year of 2021-2022. TWU and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry offer other scholarship opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students.