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Friday, 16 July 2021

TXA Faculty Spotlight: Luisa Gil Fandino

​Assistant Professor Luisa Gil Fandino has been on the TXA Faculty for over 5-1/2 years teaching TXA 305-Intro to Textiles and TXA 360L-Advanced Textiles Lab. She's also passionate about researching how textiles techniques could be applied to technology and how we can make the supply chain of textiles more sustainable. Along with a t...

Friday, 02 July 2021

TXA Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Jonathan Chen

For over 12 years, Dr. Jonathan Chen has been a Professor in the Division of Textiles and Apparel in the School of Human Ecology - and has worked in the field of textile science and engineering for the past 30 years. He is quite involved in research and teaching, where students can see and experience the science behind textil...

Friday, 28 May 2021

Mother's Body Weight, Home Environment, & In Utero Risks for Boys

​In the latest Texas Scientist, "Boys and Risk in Utero" features the research of Nutritional Sciences Assistant Professor Elizabeth Widen.  Boys are typically more vulnerable in the womb, and Dr. Widen's research findings suggest that mother's weight and a nurturing home environment could also impa...

Friday, 28 May 2021

How did the pandemic affect relationships? HDFS faculty share findings and tips

Human Development and Family Sciences faculty have studied how the isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic has affected people and relationships the past year, and the findings are featured in the article, "Alone Together: The Science of Pandemic Relationships" in The Texas Scientist. The following faculty and studies are hi...

Thursday, 25 February 2021

The "Science of Love" featured on KXAN news

HDFS Associate Professor, Dr. Lisa Neff, and Integrative Biology Professor, Dr. Steven Phelps, are collaborating on the "Science of Love" presentation for the Texas Science Festival on March 23. They will share the origins of human love and strategies for overcoming what often stands in the way of maintaining a happy marria...

Wednesday, 03 February 2021

Faculty Spotlight & Video: Eve Nicols

Guest blog post by TXA student, Kubo (Ethan Ramos)When a UT student at a party asks "What's your major?" and another student responds with "TXA" this is how it usually goes:*Loud music playing"So what's your major?"           "TXA""What's that?"    "Textiles & Apparel.""Huh" ...

Wednesday, 23 September 2020

UT in NYC and IRIS The Coloring Book Featured

​ABC affiliate WFAA Channel 8 News in Dallas recently featured the UT in NYC program and highlighted the IRIS The Coloring Book student scholarship fundraiser. TXA Program Director, Sara Stewart Stevens, and UT in NYC participant, Taylor Stiff, share more details of the UT in NYC Program, tidbits on Iris Apfel, an...

Friday, 31 July 2020

Fatima Varner interviewed by multiple sites about her research on race-related stressors on family dynamics and adolescents

Assistant Professor Fatima Varner has been interviewed multiple times this summer to share insights of her research on race related stressors on Black families and adolescent outcomes. Not only does she share findings on her research, but she also gives a perspective of discrimination Black students and academics face in the pipeline to colleg...

Thursday, 16 July 2020

Dr. Elizabeth Gershoff Named Director of Population Research Center

In a letter posted on the Population Research Center's [PRC] website on June 5, the College of Liberal Arts Dean Ann Huff Stevens announced that Dr. Elizabeth Gershoff from the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences will begin her role as the new Director of the PRC effective September 1, 2020. Liz will se...