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Seven Southwestern Faculty Members Awarded Prestigious Sam Taylor Fellowship Grant
Grants ranging from $1,100 to $1,830 will allow faculty to pursue graduate study or postgraduate research.
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Stories from 2016
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Seven Southwestern Faculty Members Awarded Prestigious Sam Taylor Fellowship Grant
Grants ranging from $1,100 to $1,830 will allow faculty to pursue graduate study or postgraduate research.
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Living the Glamorous Life
Three southwestern students transform their residence hall rooms into fascinating homes away from home.
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President Burger’s Article “Why Teachers Must Nurture Curiosity And Confidence To Inspire Students” Featured on Huffington Post
Educators have a responsibility to insure that students’ natural curiosity and confidence are nurtured and encouraged through their curricula, not despite their curricula.
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Southwestern Senior Gains Rare Undergraduate Experience at Menil Collection
Taylor Bailey changes career path from art therapy to art conservation, lands door-opening summer internship opportunity through Southwestern connection.
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Southwestern English Professor David Gaines Reflects on Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize
English professor loves sharing his knowledge of Bob Dylan, and applauds Dylan’s Nobel Prize.
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Art and Political Science Major Recognized as One of 15 Emerging Artists with Disabilities
VSA, the international organization on arts and disability, selects Southwestern senior’s artwork for national traveling exhibition.
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Personalized Approach Ranks Southwestern’s Office of Career Services No. 12 in the Nation
Career Services offers a unique, one-on-one “Boutique Model” that keeps the office winning a myriad of awards, and leading students to successful careers.
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Southwestern Junior Researches Wireless Technology over Summer
Computational mathematics and physics double major spends summer developing ways to create 5G cellular technology at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
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Kinesiology Students Investigate the Underwater Dolphin Kick
SCOPE students spend summer poolside researching the segmental and joint movements involved in dolphin kicking among various age groups.
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Southwestern Senior Experiments with Lasers, Explores Exoplanets this Summer
Physics major is researching with lasers alongside nation’s top scientists at National Institute of Standards and Technology.
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Southwestern Student Awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship
Prestigious scholarship affords computer science major the opportunity to extend her stay abroad.
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“Captains Academy” to Help First-Generation Students Achieve Academic Success
Mentor program will hold monthly meetings, offer resources to guide first-generation students.
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Computer Science Majors Develop Artificial Intelligence for Video Games
SCOPE project focuses on developing intelligent agents using video games and creating visual patterns on a computer screen.
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Student Takes Life-Changing Trip to Africa, Climbs Mt. Kilimanjaro
Young Life’s Climb for Change program takes Southwestern senior to new heights.
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Students Investigate Possible Factors of Endometrial and Breast Cancer Progression
SCOPE participants study how a disruption in cell-to-cell connections could potentially lead to tumor metastasis.
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Students Research Antioxidant Levels in Growing Basil
SCOPE students grow, harvest basil to analyze antioxidant properties as plant matures.
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Alumna Gains Hands-on Experience at the Library of Congress
Prestigious internship affords 2016 graduate rare opportunity to work with historical objects.
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Southwestern’s Special Collections Receives Reed Papers as Gift
Rare Texas papers of Michael Reed, named “Patriarch of the Robertson Colony” by Malcolm McLean, finds new home in Special Collections.
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Southwestern Chorale Takes France
Southwestern student Alison MacAluso details her Spring Break trip to France with the Southwestern Chorale.
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Cupcake Wars to END7 Saves Thousands of Lives in 2016
HEAT hosts second annual Cupcake Wars to raise money and awareness for END7.
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Southwestern Students Create Energy Efficient Water Recycling System
Southwestern physics majors use energy efficient water recycling to protect Fountainwood Observatory equipment from Texas heat.
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Transfer Student Receives First Southwestern S-STEM Scholarship
Math major and transfer student, Tilea West, is awarded S-STEM scholarship and will serve as a campus ambassador and STEM leader.
