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AWARD NOTICE: Yelderman Awarded $340K by NSF to Study How Jurors Weigh Aggravating Evidence

The National Science Foundation has awarded Logan Yelderman, Ph. D, assistant professor of psychology in the Brailsford College of Arts and Sciences, $340,000 to study the interaction and the moral values of the evidence presented in a death penalty trial. Yeldermans Co-Principal Investigator for the project is Jamie Hughes from The University of Texas-Permian Basin. [...]

Gao Earns $300K USDA- NIFA CBG Award to Study ‘PV’ Purple Sweet potato

Ming Gao At the Governor Bill and Vara Daniel Farm and Ranch, Ming Gao has developed a ‘PV’ Purple variety of sweet potato. Gao, a Senior Research Scientist in the College of Agriculture and Human Sciences’ current research project, aims to evaluate the production of the purple sweet potato in Texas for market [...]

Alam Earns $300,000 NSF HBCU-UP Research Initiation Award for Landfill Top Cover Research

Md. Jobair Bin Alam Subsurface soil investigation is the primary phase of any civil engineering construction, land development, agricultural planning, and geo-environmental advancement. In Geo-Environmental application, effective design and selection of the appropriate materials for the landfill top cover can solve leaching problems and prevent groundwater contamination. Md. Jobair Bin Alam, Assistant Professor, [...]