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17�Թ� is pleased to announce that Robert (Bert) Wagner, Ph.D., has been selected as the new executive director of campus operations.

The Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center – Southeast, a federally funded research center housed at 17�Թ�, recently received $460K in funding from the National Institute of Standards and Technology for the year 2020-21.

The 17�Թ� Department of Communication and Media recently announced the recipients of their inaugural high school film contest.

EnerG-ID Solutions Corporation of Denver, CO, recently teamed up with the 17�Թ� Center for Midstream Management and Science to pursue EIDS’s Data Advancement Program.

The College of Engineering hosted two popular summer camps, Lamar Introduction to Engineering Camp and Project Engineer, virtually this year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

17�Թ� Center for Midstream Management and Science is pleased to announce members of its inaugural Industry Advisory Board.

Two members of 17�Թ�’s faculty have been selected to present during a virtual webinar, “Addressing Racism in Communication Sciences and Disorders Education.”

Culinary students enrolled in 17�Թ�’s Culinary Arts Program have new state-of-the-art equipment.

17�Թ�’s Resilience and Recovery Research Group is hosting a full-day conference Aug. 4.

17�Թ� graduate student, Kendyll Sher, has been selected for a competitive clinical internship at MD Anderson in Houston.

Your Environmental Specialist, an environmental compliance and testing company focused on helping gas station owners and operators comply with environmental regulations , has landed some big innovative projects this spring as a tenant of 17�Թ�’s Center for Innovation, Commercialization and Entrepreneurship.

17�Թ�'s Center for Midstream Management and Science has launched Profiles in Midstream and named Chun-Wei Yao its first honoree.

Assistant Professor of Accounting and Business Law, Marina Ruseva, was honored with the Federation of Business Disciplines Award for her dissertation research, “Executive Equity Compensation and Corporate Tax Behavior: The Role of Cash ETR Persistence.”

Although offering a face-to-face microbiology lab this summer wasn’t possible due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tasking a few students with a microbiology experiment in a lab was not only successful but relevant to the mask, no mask debate.