Annual Women’s Health Forum and Research Showcase Dr. Hannah M. Cates will present “Using the Central Dogma to Study Addiction” as the keynote address of the seventh annual Austin College Women’s Health Forum and Student Research Showcase on Thursday, December 3 at 4:30 p.m. Her presentation will be open to the Austin College community via… [Read More]

Austin College junior Andrew J. Pak was awarded “best student presentation” for his research poster delivery at the international conference of the Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, held October 28-30. His research in biology was “The interaction between SARS-CoV-2 and the ACE-2 Transmembrane Receptor, and a Proposal of the Use of a Pseudovirus as a… [Read More]

Austin College Featured in The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges 2021 Edition Austin College has again been named one of the nation’s most environmentally responsible colleges by The Princeton Review, which included the College in its Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges: 2021 Edition. The latest version of the guidebook profiles 416 colleges. The Princeton Review chose the… [Read More]

J’Lee Bumpus, Austin College associate professor of mathematics, will present “The Mathematics of Blockchain: Ensuring Data is Verifiable, Unchangeable, and Anonymous” on November 11 at 5 p.m. via Zoom. The lecture is part of the Bernice S. Melvin Sabbatical Series hosted by the College’s Robert and Joyce Johnson Center for Faculty Development and Excellence in… [Read More]

Dr. Claire M. Wolnisty, Austin College assistant professor of history, has written a new book, A Different Manifest Destiny: Southern Identity, Citizenship, and Survival in Nineteenth-Century South America. The book, available in hardback or ebook versions, was just published by the University of Nebraska Press. Wolnisty, who joined the Austin College faculty in Fall Term 2019, specializes in… [Read More]

The Austin College Pre-Law Society will host “Colloquium on Civil Discourse and American Democracy: The Lawyer and American Public Life” on Thursday, November 12, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. via Zoom. Wyatt Hill, Class of 2021 and Pre-Law Society president, said all interested Austin College alumni and members of the College community are invited… [Read More]

Austin College, Grayson College, and GoGetTested Team Up on COVID Testing to Keep Each Campus Safe Local college students return to campus; no-charge PCR testing makes it work How can schools keep students and faculty safe while holding classes on campus? PCR testing is key, say Austin College and Grayson College officials — so they’re working with GoGetTested.com to… [Read More]

Austin College’s 2020 Todd A. Williams Executive-in-Residence Lecture will be presented via Zoom on October 16 at Noon by Melissa Thompson ’84, senior vice president for talent acquisition at the Nielsen Company in Dallas. View the Recorded Presentation Austin College President Steven P. O’Day will join Thompson for a “fireside chat” on “Moments that Matter: A Career Conversation,” in which the guest… [Read More]

Dr. Keith Kisselle, Austin College associate professor of biology and environmental science, will present “Threats to the Canadian Boreal Forest: My Sabbatical with the National Resources Defense Council” on October 7 at 5 p.m. via Zoom. The lecture is part of the Bernice S. Melvin Sabbatical Series hosted by the College’s Robert and Joyce Johnson… [Read More]

Austin College senior Nancy Pineda-Gama of Dallas, Texas, has been awarded a 2020 IME BECAS/ HACEMOS Dallas Scholarship for this academic year. Successful applicants evidenced academic achievement, personal strength, and leadership. The scholarship is designed to assist Mexican students and/or students of Mexican origin residing in the United States. The recipient selection process included consideration… [Read More]