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TWU's Landdeck speaks at Smithsonian

Watch TWU history professor Katherine Landdeck's speech at the Smithsonian Institute's Amelia Earhart Lecture.

Smithsonian to honor Katherine Landdeck

The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum invited Texas Woman's University history professor Katherine Landdeck, PhD, to be the speaker at the premier lecture in aviation history, the Amelia Earhart Lecture.

Telling the stories of an immigrant community

Author Cristina Henríquez has spent her life in two worlds, the America of its native-born citizens and the America that is the dream of the immigrant, and she's dismayed that what passes for immigration debate misses the reason behind immigration debate. Henríquez will visit TWU for the eighth annual Jamison Lecture this Thursday, April 13, 2023, at 7 p.m. in the Phyllis J. Bridges Auditorium in the Student Union at Hubbard Hall.

Shakhsari to discuss unrest in Iran at CAS Global Event

Sima Shakhsari, chair of the department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies at the University of Minnesota, will be the featured speaker at the CAS Global Perspectives event, "Women, Life, Freedom: The Iranian Movement," on April 6 at 11 a.m. in CFO room 205.

TWU alumna overcomes hardships on journey to Austin

Dawna-Diamond Tyson's life has been a bit of a rollercoaster. But with a master's degree in political science from TWU in hand, Tyson is at the 88th regular session of the Texas Legislature as a policy analyst for José Menéndez, state senator from San Antonio.