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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Appoints Michael Martinez as Assistant Vice President for Regional Innovation & Partnerships
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Appoints Michael Martinez as Assistant Vice President for Regional Innovation & Partnerships

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$2 Million Federal Appropriation to Expand Drone Research and Teaching at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Aerospace Center
$2 Million Federal Appropriation to Expand Drone Research and Teaching at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Aerospace Center

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Achieves Record $162.3 Million in Research Expenditures
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Achieves Record $162.3 Million in Research Expenditures

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Study Findings Could Help Make AI Voices More Natural-Sounding
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Study Findings Could Help Make AI Voices More Natural-Sounding

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City of El Paso, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, EPISD Share Early Results of El Paso Computes Initiative More than 250 teachers and 150 students have received computer science, AI education
City of El Paso, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, EPISD Share Early Results of El Paso Computes Initiative

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High Levels of Chagas Disease Parasite Found in Bugs Near U.S.-Mexico Border Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ study suggests increased potential for local spread of Chagas disease
High Levels of Chagas Disease Parasite Found in Bugs Near U.S.-Mexico Border

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Researcher Finds Potential New Treatment for Aggressive Ovarian Cancer
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Researcher Finds Potential New Treatment for Aggressive Ovarian Cancer

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Names Joseph Roth Associate Vice President for National Security Programs, Classified Research
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Names Joseph Roth Associate Vice President for National Security Programs, Classified Research

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Dinosaur Discovery Extends Known Range of Ancient Species
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Dinosaur Discovery Extends Known Range of Ancient Species

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Awarded $500,000 Grant to Protect Nuclear Plants with AI-Driven Cybersecurity
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Awarded $500,000 Grant to Protect Nuclear Plants with AI-Driven Cybersecurity

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City of El Paso, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Strengthen Partnership to Drive Advanced Manufacturing and Aerospace Innovation, Expanding High-Quality Jobs
City of El Paso, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Strengthen Partnership to Drive Advanced Manufacturing and Aerospace Innovation, Expanding High-Quality Jobs

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Study Reveals How Financial Pressure Shapes NFL Officiating
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Study Reveals How Financial Pressure Shapes NFL Officiating

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El Paso Computes: Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, City, EPISD Team up to Teach El Paso Kids Coding, Artificial Intelligence
El Paso Computes: Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, City, EPISD Team up to Teach El Paso Kids Coding, Artificial Intelligence

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Geologist Earns Grant to Map the Moon, Prepping Astronauts for Landing
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Geologist Earns Grant to Map the Moon, Prepping Astronauts for Landing

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Fly Like a Bird: Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Engineers Seek to Translate the Mysteries of Bird Flight into Aircraft
Fly Like a Bird: Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Engineers Seek to Translate the Mysteries of Bird Flight into Aircraft

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Names James P. Carney Executive Director of W.M. Keck Center for 3D Innovation
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Names James P. Carney Executive Director of W.M. Keck Center for 3D Innovation

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ President: Research at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Remains Strong
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ President: Research at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Remains Strong

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Study: Drinking Coffee at Night Increases Impulsive Behavior
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Study: Drinking Coffee at Night Increases Impulsive Behavior

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Researchers Boost Microalgae Biofuel Yields with Nanotechnology
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Researchers Boost Microalgae Biofuel Yields with Nanotechnology

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Education Professor Earns U.S. Fulbright Scholar Award
Education Professor Earns U.S. Fulbright Scholar Award

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Ciudad Juárez Sees Higher Wages, Pivots to More Computer and Medical Manufacturing, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Research Finds
Ciudad Juárez Sees Higher Wages, Pivots to More Computer and Medical Manufacturing, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Research Finds

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Researchers Reveal Alcohol Impacts Decision-Making in Males More Than Females
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Researchers Reveal Alcohol Impacts Decision-Making in Males More Than Females

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Being an Adult Moth is No Picnic, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Research Finds
Being an Adult Moth is No Picnic, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Research Finds

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Antidepressant Use in Teens Contributes to Increased Pain Sensitivity in Adulthood
Antidepressant Use in Teens Contributes to Increased Pain Sensitivity in Adulthood

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Students, Alumni Earn Prestigious Goldwater and National Science Foundation Fellowships
Got Knee Pain? Stimulating the Vagus Nerve Through the Ear May Help

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Launches Artificial Intelligence Think Tank to Address Regional Challenges
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Professor Ranked Among Top Three Real Estate Researchers Worldwide

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REAS Center Powers Research and Student Success
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ’S REAS Center Powers Research and Student Success

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Researchers Test New, More Reliable Method to Detect Chagas Disease
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Researchers Test New, More Reliable Method to Detect Chagas Disease

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Launches Artificial Intelligence Think Tank to Address Regional Challenges
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Launches Artificial Intelligence Think Tank to Address Regional Challenges

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Celebrates Opening of Advanced Manufacturing and Aerospace Center
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Celebrates Opening of Advanced Manufacturing and Aerospace Center

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Researchers Develop Portable, Blood-Based Device that Detects Colon Cancer
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Researchers Develop Portable, Blood-Based Device that Detects Colon Cancer

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Researchers Partner with Bhutanese Scientists to Study Glacial Flooding
Common Malaria Drug Repurposed to Fight Cancer

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Faculty Pursue Research, Creative Projects During Development Leave
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Reasserts Prestigious R1 Research Status Under New Carnegie Classification Criteria

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Awards Six New U.S.-Mexico Collaboration Fellowships
Katja Michael Becomes First Female Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Researcher Named to National Academy of Inventors

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Engineers Model Electric Grid Demand for EVs to Charge While in Motion
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Engineers Model Electric Grid Demand for EVs to Charge While in Motion

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Faculty Pursue Research, Creative Projects During Development Leave
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Professor Wins Prestigious Research Award from American Psychological Association

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Awards Six New U.S.-Mexico Collaboration Fellowships
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Researchers Secure $2.8M NIH Grant to Advance Understanding of Addiction-Related Decision-Making

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Appoints First Associate Vice President for Scientific Computing and AI
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ appoints first associate vice president for scientific computing and AI

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HSRU Alliance Awarded $9.3M DoD Grant
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Reasserts Prestigious R1 Research Status Under New Carnegie Classification Criteria

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Study: Propensity to Addiction Starts from First Drug Use Experience
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Study: Propensity to Addiction Starts from First Drug Use Experience

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Researchers Partner with Bhutanese Scientists to Study Glacial Flooding
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ researchers partner with Bhutanese Scientists to study glacial Flooding

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Faculty Pursue Research, Creative Projects During Development Leave
Faculty Pursue Research, Creative Projects During Development Leave

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Awards Six New U.S.-Mexico Collaboration Fellowships
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Team to Investigate Climate Change Impact on Pecan Orchards

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President Wilson Announces New Research Program, Hiring 69 More PhDs
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Student Develops Award-Winning Method to Desalinate Water

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Awarded $2.5 M NIH Grant to Study Nicotine Dependence in Women
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Researchers Develop Low-Cost Device that Detects Cancer in an Hour

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Awards Six New U.S.-Mexico Collaboration Fellowships
27 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Faculty Named World’s Top Researchers

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President Wilson Announces New Research Program, Hiring 69 More PhDs
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Postdoctoral Researchers Form Association

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Awarded $2.5 M NIH Grant to Study Nicotine Dependence in Women
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Study: Zooplankton Play Limited Role in Cleaning Contaminated Water

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Awards Six New U.S.-Mexico Collaboration Fellowships
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Establishes Collaboration with DoD, NSA to Help Enhance U.S. Semiconductor Workforce

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President Wilson Announces New Research Program, Hiring 69 More PhDs
President Wilson Announces New Research Program, Hiring 69 More PhDs

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Awarded $2.5 M NIH Grant to Study Nicotine Dependence in Women
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Awarded $2.5 M NIH Grant to Study Nicotine Dependence in Women

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Awards Six New U.S.-Mexico Collaboration Fellowships
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Awards Six New U.S.-Mexico Collaboration Fellowships

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What Happens to Your Brain When You Drink with Friends?
What Happens to Your Brain When You Drink with Friends?

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Receives $2.3 Million to Help Migrant Farm Workers Complete High School
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Receives $2.3 Million to Help Migrant Farm Workers Complete High School

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$4.5M Grant to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Health Increases Nurses, Health Professionals
$4.5M Grant to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Health Increases Nurses, Health Professionals

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Employment Key to Veteran Wellbeing, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Study Finds
Employment Key to Veteran Wellbeing, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Study Finds

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Nanoplastics and ‘Forever Chemicals’ Disrupt Molecular Structures, Functionality
Nanoplastics and ‘Forever Chemicals’ Disrupt Molecular Structures, Functionality

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ students Gloria Chavez, Laura Tovar, Carla Irigoyen, Karen Gonzalez, Alejandra Martinez, Valeria Velarde, Prajina Edayath along with Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ professors and researchers Priyadarshini Pennathur, Ph.D., and Arunkumar Pennathur, Ph.D., are conducting a wide range of industrial engineering and health research in one of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's newest labs: Physical, Information and Cognitive Human Factors Engineering Research Lab, housed in the College of Engineering.
Faculty Launch Research Lab Exploring Human Performance Engineering

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Students in a somatics class taught by Melissa, Melpignano, Ph.D. (not pictured), share their knowledge with community members. Melpignano, an assistant professor of dance in the College of Liberal Arts, is the principal investigator in a project supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts that will examine the impact of a movement-based and somatics cross-training intervention on health care providers in the Paso del Norte region.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Researchers to Design Movement-Based Training to Support Local Health Providers

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Jorge Gardea-Torresdey, Ph.D. examines a chile grown in an on-campus greenhouse used for research
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Leaps into the Future with New X-ray Facility at Cornell

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When not hiking or traveling together, husband-and-wife research duo and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ professors Emre Umucu, Ph.D. and Beatrice Lee, Ph.D. conduct valuable research on supporting student veterans. Their work received the ARCA Research Award from the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Professors Receive Award, Recognition for Veteran Research

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When not hiking or traveling together, husband-and-wife research duo and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ professors Emre Umucu, Ph.D. and Beatrice Lee, Ph.D. conduct valuable research on supporting student veterans. Their work received the ARCA Research Award from the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Breaks Research Expenditures Record

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When not hiking or traveling together, husband-and-wife research duo and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ professors Emre Umucu, Ph.D. and Beatrice Lee, Ph.D. conduct valuable research on supporting student veterans. Their work received the ARCA Research Award from the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Celebrates Advanced Manufacturing and Aerospace Center Construction Milestone

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When not hiking or traveling together, husband-and-wife research duo and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ professors Emre Umucu, Ph.D. and Beatrice Lee, Ph.D. conduct valuable research on supporting student veterans. Their work received the ARCA Research Award from the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Ranked 6th in World for Real Estate Research

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When not hiking or traveling together, husband-and-wife research duo and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ professors Emre Umucu, Ph.D. and Beatrice Lee, Ph.D. conduct valuable research on supporting student veterans. Their work received the ARCA Research Award from the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Researchers Win Inaugural Award to Support Lithium Extraction Technology

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When not hiking or traveling together, husband-and-wife research duo and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ professors Emre Umucu, Ph.D. and Beatrice Lee, Ph.D. conduct valuable research on supporting student veterans. Their work received the ARCA Research Award from the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Wins Inaugural NSF Regional Innovation Engines Award for up to $15M Over Two Years

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When not hiking or traveling together, husband-and-wife research duo and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ professors Emre Umucu, Ph.D. and Beatrice Lee, Ph.D. conduct valuable research on supporting student veterans. Their work received the ARCA Research Award from the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Welcomes New Faculty Members for 2024-25 Academic Year

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When not hiking or traveling together, husband-and-wife research duo and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ professors Emre Umucu, Ph.D. and Beatrice Lee, Ph.D. conduct valuable research on supporting student veterans. Their work received the ARCA Research Award from the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Rocket Team Soars to New Heights in Third Year at Spaceport America Cup

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When not hiking or traveling together, husband-and-wife research duo and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ professors Emre Umucu, Ph.D. and Beatrice Lee, Ph.D. conduct valuable research on supporting student veterans. Their work received the ARCA Research Award from the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association.
Texas Tech Health El Paso, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Announce New MedFuture Cohort, Part of Our Region’s Next Generation of Physicians

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When not hiking or traveling together, husband-and-wife research duo and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ professors Emre Umucu, Ph.D. and Beatrice Lee, Ph.D. conduct valuable research on supporting student veterans. Their work received the ARCA Research Award from the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Pharmacy Researchers Develop Potential Treatment for Fibrosis

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When not hiking or traveling together, husband-and-wife research duo and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ professors Emre Umucu, Ph.D. and Beatrice Lee, Ph.D. conduct valuable research on supporting student veterans. Their work received the ARCA Research Award from the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association.
Four Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵs Selected for Prestigious Fulbright Program

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Names Shery Welsh Executive Director of Aerospace Center
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Names Shery Welsh Executive Director of Aerospace Center

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When not hiking or traveling together, husband-and-wife research duo and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ professors Emre Umucu, Ph.D. and Beatrice Lee, Ph.D. conduct valuable research on supporting student veterans. Their work received the ARCA Research Award from the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association.
Research and Innovation Honors 2024 Awardees at Annual Research Ceremony

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When not hiking or traveling together, husband-and-wife research duo and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ professors Emre Umucu, Ph.D. and Beatrice Lee, Ph.D. conduct valuable research on supporting student veterans. Their work received the ARCA Research Award from the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Students, Alumni Earn Prestigious STEM Fellowships

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When not hiking or traveling together, husband-and-wife research duo and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ professors Emre Umucu, Ph.D. and Beatrice Lee, Ph.D. conduct valuable research on supporting student veterans. Their work received the ARCA Research Award from the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Study: Prairie Voles Display Signs of Human-like Depression

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When not hiking or traveling together, husband-and-wife research duo and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ professors Emre Umucu, Ph.D. and Beatrice Lee, Ph.D. conduct valuable research on supporting student veterans. Their work received the ARCA Research Award from the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Faculty Named Senior Members of National Academy of Inventors

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When not hiking or traveling together, husband-and-wife research duo and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ professors Emre Umucu, Ph.D. and Beatrice Lee, Ph.D. conduct valuable research on supporting student veterans. Their work received the ARCA Research Award from the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association.
A Virus Could Help Save Billions of Gallons of Wastewater Produced by Fracking

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