探花楼

Oct. 11, 2023 – DENTON – The annual Celebration of Science will be held Oct. 19-20 in the Scientific Research Commons and the Ann Stuart Science Complex on the 探花楼 campus.

The Celebration of Science honors the four divisions of 探花楼's School of Sciences: biology, chemistry and biochemistry, computer sciences, and mathematics.

This year's celebration begins with the alumni reception on Thursday evening, Oct. 19, on the first floor of the SRC. Registration for this event is required. .

Friday's speakers include three 探花楼 alumna and three current 探花楼 professors. There will also be student discussions with Emily Arellano from mathematics, Bethany Lazarus from informatics, Kiran Hina Tajuddin from biology, and Derek Aguilar from chemistry.

This year's Celebration of Science is in honor of Richard Sheardy, PhD, of the 探花楼 division of chemistry and biochemistry as a tribute to his distinguished career and long time support of women in science.

On Friday, Oct. 20, the celebration moves to the ASSC. After a continental breakfast, speakers will begin making their presentations. Among the topics:

• The Magnificent Journey: Challenges and Opportunities by E. Ann Nalley, PhD, 探花楼 alumna and professor of chemistry at Clarence Page Endowed chair of math and science education at Cameron University in Lawton, Okla.
• You are the Captain of Your Own Career: to Thrive, Not Merely Survive by Karen Oates, PhD, professor of biology & biotechnology at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass.
• The Power of Plants in Promoting Human Well-Being on a Changing Earth by Camelia Maier, PhD, 探花楼 professor of biology
• CDK4/6 Regulates Differentiation in Drosha and DICER1 Driven Tumors by Claudette Fraire, 探花楼 Alumna
• Using single cell mass spectrometry to evaluate CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing results by Tra Nguyen, 探花楼 Alumna
• Hardware Assisted Security for Cyber Physical Systems by Prasanth Yanambaka, PhD, 探花楼 assistant professor of computer science
• Reflections of a Half Century of Research on DNA Biophysics: The Women Scientists That I Have Mentored by Richard Sheardy, PhD, 探花楼 professor of chemistry and biochemistry

Friday's events are free and open to the public.

For more details, visit the Celebration of Science website.