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November 3, 2009 The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) at Texas Tech University will host the 6th annual international conference on Advances in Textiles, Machinery, Nonwovens and Technical Textiles, (ATNT) 2009. For more information, click here. |
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September 29, 2009 Dr. Jaclyn Cañas has been identified as a semi-finalist in the Lubbock Economic Development Alliance’s competition for the “20 Under 40” Award. The announcement appeared in the newspaper and is posted on our “News Bulletin Board”. They identify Dr. Cañas as a member of “The Institute of Environmental and Human Health, Texas Tech University” which gives us even more recognition. Also, there are quite a few significant names that appeared in the newspaper, so she is in good company. The finalists will be identified in mid-October and we wish her well to win this award. |
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September 2, 2009 Greg Zychowski, a graduate student in the Department of Environmental Toxicology at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH), has been awarded the NOAA Nancy Foster Scholarship. More information can be found at NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . |
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August 31, 2009 Texas Tech Provost Bob Smith was the Chief Guest and keynote speaker for JASHNN-09, an annual gala of TTU's India Student Association (ISA) on August 29, 2009, at TTU. Dr. Ronald J. Kendall, Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Toxicology, and Director of The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) gave a presentation on TIEHH's research successes and international outreach, particularly to India. Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar, Associate Professor of Environmental Toxicology and Faculty Advisor to ISA briefed the gala attendees about TTU efforts with India and India-US relationships. Appachi Arunachalam, research staff at TIEHH and President of ISA kick-started the gala. The event attracted 600 people from the Texas Tech and Lubbock communities, and included a cultural extravaganza. More information can be found at http://www.dailytoreador.com/news/jashnn-09-celebrates-indian-pride-and-closes-cultural-gap-1.1849186#5. Video Clip in Daily Toreador |
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July 17, 2009 Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar, Associate Professor of Environmental Toxicology at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health delivered invited lecture to B. Tech students at Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, South India on July 17, 2009. In addition, he was invited to participate as an invited guest in the valedictory function of “AICTE sponsored Staff Development Program,” on July 18th and delivered the felicitation speech. Bannari Amman Institute of Technology is a premier engineering institute in India, which just received Grade A from National Assessment and Accreditation Council of India. |
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July 8, 2009 To view the newsletter, click here. |
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July 7, 2009 To view the newsletter, click here. |
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June 5, 2009 Deborah Carr and Adcharee Karnjanapiboonwong, graduate students in the Department of Environmental Toxicology at Texas Tech University, have each received a grant of up to $5,000 from the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) to support their research. Carr’s proposal is titled “Biotransformation of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) at an Effluent Land Application Site,” and Karnjanapiboonwong’s proposal is titled “Occurrence of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) at an Effluent-dominated Wastewater Application Site: Estrogens, Triclosan and Caffeine.” Both students are advised by Dr. Todd A. Anderson. |
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May 29, 2009 Dr. Todd Anderson, Professor of Environmental Toxicology, has been given the West Texas Association for Women in Science Champion of Women (C.O.W.) Award. The award is given to a male faculty or staff member at Texas Tech who has gone the extra mile to support women in science. Dr. Anderson was nominated by current and former female students, including students from 17 years ago when he was a post-doc at Iowa State University. |
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May 13, 2009 On May 13th, 2009, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) held the ceremony for the Texas Environmental Excellence Award in Education. The ceremony took place in Austin, the state capitol of Texas. It was a great honor for all members of TIEHH. For the full article, click here. |
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April 30, 2009 The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) has been selected to receive the 2009 Texas Environmental Excellence Award in the area of education by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). TIEHH was selected for this award through the TCEQ organization and a State of Texas Blue Ribbon Panel established by the Governor’s office. The institute will be recognized by Gov. Rick Perry and the Commissioners of TCEQ at the Texas Environmental Excellence Awards Banquet May 13 in Austin. Click here to view the News Release. |
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April 23, 2009 TIEHH celebrated its annual Spring Banquet on April 23, 2009 at the International Cultural Center's "Hall of Nations". The keynote speaker for the event was Chris Pepper. Outstanding Masters Student WCS – Shawna Nations Outstanding Staff – Greg McClelland Special Thanks from Dr. Kendall New student officers for 2009-2010 were also announced. TIEHH Student Association Officers LE-SETAC Student Officers |
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April 21, 2009 Venkata Kolli, a doctoral student at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health, received a $2,300 Summer Dissertation /Thesis Research Award from the Texas Tech University Graduate School. Venkata is under the advisement of Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar. |
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April 15, 2009 Students were able to display original research through 15 minute presentations, be judged by a panel of judges (from other departments), and compete for prizes. The top three student presentations as ranked by the panel of judges will receive monetary prizes from the TIEHH Student Association. Tox Expo Winners: |
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February 9, 2009 The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) at Texas Tech University announces a partnership with Enercon Industries Corp. that will combine each organization’s expertise to develop technology to advance the functionality of nonwovens and technical textiles. To view the press release, click here. |
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February 2, 2009 Monique Long, a Master's student under the advisement of Dr. Jaclyn Cañas, has been awarded an Environmental Chemistry Graduate Student Award from the Division of Environmental Chemistry of the American Chemical Society. The award is in recognition of Monique's outstanding potential for future contributions to the field of Environmental Chemistry. |
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December 3, 2008 Next Generation Military Wipe Announcement was made during the Press Conference on Dec 3, 2008, 11 AM, Merket Almuni Center, TTU. Researchers at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health, collaborators, Congressional leaders and TTU administrators unveiled the next generation military wipe. The wipe was evaluated by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory using real chemical warfare agent. US Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Chancellor Hance, President Bailey, Dr. Adam Love, from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Carey Hobbs, president of Hobbs Bonded Fibers, and other dignitaries participated. TTU News Release |
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November 16, 2008 The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry is pleased to announce Shawna Nations as the recipient of the 2008 SETAC/EA Engineering Jeff Black Award. This award is in recognition of Nations’ work in environmental science and her contributions to SETAC. Nations is currently working on her master’s degree at Texas Tech University under the instruction of George Cobb where she has demonstrated exceptional skills as both a leader and researcher. She leads an effort to obtain aquatic toxicity information needed for the effective regulation of nanoparticles and collaborates regularly with students at two other universities to ensure their day-to-day procedures are compatible. In addition to her dedication to research and education, Nations also is an active member of SETAC. She presented at the SETAC North America 28th Annual Meeting in Milwaukee and the SETAC South Central Meeting in Houston. Her presentation in Houston won the best platform presentation and earned a $600 travel award to the SETAC North America 29th Annual Meeting in Tampa. She has served as president of the Llano Estacado Student Chapter of SETAC and has led many events while holding that office. EA Engineering contributed $1,000 to the 2008 award, which was matched by the Society. This award is given to a SETAC member who is a student or an entering student pursuing a master's degree in a field of study encompassed by the Society. SETAC is a not-for-profit, worldwide professional society founded in 1979 consisting of individuals and institutions from an array of scientific fields including environmental toxicology and chemistry, biology, ecology, earth sciences, atmospheric sciences, health sciences, hazard and risk assessment, environmental engineering and life-cycle assessment. For more information on the Society, visit setac.org. |
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October 10, 2008 Congressman Randy Neugebauer visited TIEHH to recognize and acknowledge the accomplishments, critical importance and future research direction of the Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. National Program for Countermeasures to Biological and Chemical Threats, a multidisciplinary academic research program conducting cutting-edge work to investigate and develop new strategies and technologies to protect military operating forces. The Zumwalt Program has distinguished itself as the premier biological and chemical countermeasures academic research program in the United States through consistent and reliable delivery of high-quality, multidisciplinary research findings and technologies to the U.S. Army for seven years. The Zumwalt Program has consistently proven itself as a highly significant and valued resource for both national and regional agencies, and has recently published a highly-acclaimed textbook on the topic titled “Advances in Biological and Chemical Terrorism Countermeasures”. To view the Press Conference, click here. |
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TIEHH Nanofiber Research Work Reaches a Milestone and Crosses 100 Citations |
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TIEHH Research News Release - Local Mosquito Populations and West Nile Virus To view the news release, click here. |
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TIEHH Scientist Receives International Award PSG College of Technology is a premier engineering college in Coimbatore, India, and has recognized Dr. Ramkumar for his continuous efforts in promoting technical textiles in India, as well as serving as an ambassador in India for Texas Tech University and the United States. |
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Drs. Jaclyn Cañas, Stephen Cox, and Trey Brown were recently awarded a $1.08 million, 5 year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to implement the Plains Bridges to the Baccalaureate (PBB) Program at Texas Tech University in partnership with South Plains College. Drs. Jay Driver (South Plains College), Philip Anderson (South Plains College), John Zak (Biological Sciences), Jorge Salazar-Bravo (Biological Sciences), Juan Muñoz (College of Education), and Zenaida Aguirre-Muñoz (College of Education) also aided in securing the funding. Dr. Jaclyn Cañas is the PBB program director at TTU and Dr. Jay Driver is the program coordinator at South Plains College. The PBB program is aimed at providing tools for success in college to underrepresented students in the sciences and helping those students to successfully transfer from South Plains College to Texas Tech University. The first 12 students will begin the PBB program in Fall 2008. |
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May 16, 2008 A group of students and faculty attended the annual South Central SETAC Regional Chapter meeting in Houston. We had 6 poster presenters (Kathryn Brausch, Jiafan Wang, Rodica Vadan, Beibei Qi, Joshua Pierce, and Jennifer Cole) and 2 platform presenters (Shawna Nations and Monique Long). TIEHH definitely had a strong nanotoxicology presence at this meeting which was the theme of the meeting. Our two platform presenters placed and received a travel award to national SETAC in Tampa. Please extend your congratulations to them!! Shawna Nations -1st place |
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May 14, 2008 Les McDaniel, a doctoral student in the Department of Environmental Toxicology/The Institute of Environmental and Human Health, has received an ARCS (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists) Scholarship for 2008-2009 from the ARCS Foundation. Les is under the advisement of Dr. George P. Cobb, Professor in the Department of Environmental Toxicology. |
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May 14, 2008 Richie Erickson, a Master’s student in the Department of Environmental Toxicology/The Institute of Environmental and Human Health, has received an ARCS (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists) Scholarship for 2008-2009 from the ARCS Foundation. Richie is under the advisement of Dr. Stephen Cox, Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Toxicology. |
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Dr. Philip N. Smith, Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Toxicology at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH), has received a State of Texas Accelerated Research Program Award in the amount of $80,000. Dr. Smith's project is entitled, "Assessment of Airborne Anabolic Hormones from Confined Animal Feeding Operations." |
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Dr. Céline Godard-Codding, Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Toxicology at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH), has received a research grant from the PADI Foundation, which supports underwater science, education and environmental projects. Dr. Godard-Codding's project is titled, "Establishing skin cell lines from the endangered loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta): creating new tools for investigating the effects of environmental pollutants." |