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Top 5 – Reasons to love coaching debate
Alumna, communication instructor, and debate team coach Megan Smith explains why she continues to love debate.
Virtual auditions for ‘Church and State’ end Jan. 11
Virtual auditions for Church and State, the spring production of The Louisiana Tech Theatre Department, began Jan. 5. Submission deadline is 6 p.m. Jan. 11.
Biology grad student earns Sigma Xi grant
Caroline Rinderle, a student in the Master of Science in Biology program, was named a recipient of Sigma Xi’s 2020 Grants in Aid of Research (GIAR). She was one of only 101 grant recipients and the only student from the State of Louisiana to receive this highly competitive award.
New Frontiers opens new year with lecture on patient care
The New Frontiers in Biomedical Research will continue its COVID-19 series into the winter quarter with the first of two lectures focused on patient care taking place at 3:30 p.m. CST Monday, Jan.11, 2021 live on WebEx.
The year in review – 2020 at Louisiana Tech
This year was defined by crisis and opportunity at Louisiana Tech University. Through the pandemic, social unrest, and statewide storms, the Tech Family came together and entered 2021 stronger than ever.
Double degree translates into prestigious internship for Political Science, French grad
Hannah Josephson, a double major in Political Science and Modern Language (French) with a minor in history and a member of Louisiana Tech’s Class of 2020, has been chosen for a prestigious internship as a lingual analyst for Nonviolence International-NY (NVINY), an organization dedicated to advocating for nonviolent solutions through peace education and international advocacy.
From Point A to Point B: How supply chains will impact vaccine distribution
The logistics of how everyday necessities get onto the shelves of the local store probably didn’t enter the mind of most Americans—that is, until the global COVID-19 pandemic began to spread across the United States. Rumors of toilet paper shortages filled social media, and suddenly “it’s a supply chain issue” was part of our vernacular.
Gift from Tech grad puts 100 years of music history into students’ hands
M.E. (Davis Smart) Miller (English Education, ’70; English, ’73) recently donated a treasure trove of vintage popular and classical sheet music, books, and trade magazines dating back as far as the 1860s and up through the mid-1970s to the Louisiana Tech University School of Music.
Vandenbrink wins Thora Halsted Young Investigator Award
Dr. Joshua Vandenbrink, Assistant Professor in the School of Biological Sciences, was recently given the Thora Halsted Young Investigator Award by the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR). Vandenbrink conducts research on space biology and plant movement in his Louisiana Tech lab.
Student-researchers power through pandemic, achieve publication goal
In a quest to continue scholarly activity during laboratory shutdowns during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Jamie Newman and her students completed a literature review that was recently published in Stem Cells and Development.