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Texas State launches a National Academy of Inventors chapter and hosts a former NSF director on innovation
Former NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan told students that starting a company is one outcome, not the only measure of success. An overview of the university’s innovation ecosystem — and the F-1 line when taking part in it.
Student Experience
A Texas State senior leads a study: does a resident dog help women in recovery feel more connected?
Morgan Gaither is the study’s principal investigator while still an undergraduate. No results yet — data runs to February. And what the announcement leaves out: the programme that placed her is an NSF REU, open only to US citizens and permanent residents.
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Texas State’s card economist: people still overbid, even when handed the calculation
Dr. Jesse Backstrom uses Pokémon and sports card markets as an economics laboratory. Hundreds of auctions at 20 card shows show how strong the winner’s curse is. One LeBron card went from $40,000 to $4,000 to $18,000. Not investment advice.
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Texas State’s Vietnam representative visits recruitment partners in Ho Chi Minh City
The representative met MAY, Blue Sea and StudyLink to update partners on programmes, admissions policy and advising materials. Plus a few ways students and parents can check the information they are given.
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Texas State anthropologist Kate Spradley named a 2026 MacArthur Fellow for identifying the dead at the border
One of 20 fellows for 2026, with $800,000 over five years to use as she chooses. Her Operation ID has identified and repatriated nearly 300 people. And a detail announcements rarely keep: the programme’s main grant was just ending.
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Why females and males age differently — Texas State looks for the answer with fish and genomics
Women live longer, but the extra years often bring more disease. Dr. Peggy Biga and two doctoral students study why in fish, as part of a multi-university NSF initiative. This is foundational science — there is no anti-aging drug at the end of this road.
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Twenty years of tracking a snake found only in Texas — and the move from documenting its decline to reversing it
Since 2006 Dr. David Rodriguez’s team has documented the Brazos water snake’s decline. Now, with the Houston Zoo and TPWD, they will breed and release 5–10 young per site each year. The co-lead is a postdoc — and an honest word about field research.
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An NSF CAREER award for construction materials you can recycle — and commercialisation training built in for engineering PhDs
Dr. Xijun (Jeff) Shi of the Ingram School of Engineering has NSF’s most prestigious award for junior faculty. The announcement gives no amount; NSF records show $611,453 over five years — above the $500,000 Engineering floor. Plus one F-1 line worth knowing.
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A $2.1 million NIH award for one question: why does a microbe that helps one individual fail another
Dr. Lauren Fuess has a five-year NIH award to study why a partnership succeeds in one individual and fails in another. We checked the NIH database — and explain why funding that runs to 2031 is the detail a prospective PhD student should notice.
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Teaching a computer to read 1.5 million Peruvian parish records — and the two Texas State master’s students behind it
A history professor, more than 1.5 million handwritten records from the 18th century, and two master’s students who study neither history nor Peru: one in computer science, one in industrial engineering. On the skill they are learning, how large $23,400 really is, and how you would get a place like that.
Student Experience
A Texas State student takes second in an international business communication contest — and what the brief says about your English
The university’s first podium in the competition’s 24 years. But the brief is the part worth reading: write a memo that persuades employees who currently disagree. That is what a test score cannot measure.
Admissions & Scholarships
A 12-Month Roadmap for Parents: From the Decision to Study Abroad to Your Child's Flight to Texas State
A month-by-month timeline for families: choosing a program, English tests, application, finances, I-20, visa, enrollment prep — with the extra costs at each stage.