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TWU joins AWS Academy to supplement computer science program

Texas Woman's University has joined AWS Academy, Amazon Web Service's online training and certification courses in a variety of computing skills.

TWU holds robotics camp for girls

Texas Woman's University's Computer Science, Future Classroom Lab and Education of the Deaf programs joined forces to hold Camp CoDE for Girls this summer.

Four deaf students – one from Denton and three from Dallas – and their teachers participated in the inaugural Camp CoDE (Computing in Deaf Education), which was held in June at the Future Classroom lab on the TWU Denton campus. The students built and coded their own robots.

A medical detective story

TWU biology doctoral student Erica Garcia is investigating the strange relationship between breast cancer and human cytomegalovirus, attempting to solve a mystery that could lead to better treatment of breast cancer and better outcomes for patients.

"The thought that I could improve lives is a big motivation," Garcia said.

TWU receives grant for STEM

Texas Woman's University is one of 17 recipients of grants distributed through the Governor's Summer Merit Program to Texas universities and community colleges for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) summer youth camps.

TWU biochemistry student lands internship

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.