Travis Hagey’s lab

NSF CAREER award

NSF CAREER award

I am very excited to announce that my NSF CAREER proposal has been approved for funding! See the MUW press release here and our local newspaper, the Commercial Dispatch's article here. According to NSF’s website: "The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program...

Columbus Air Force Base STEM Expo

Columbus Air Force Base STEM Expo

This week we participated in the Columbus Air Force Base STEM Expo, running a MUW biology booth for over  2000 visiting middle and high school students! It was a busy morning and afternoon! Dr. Moore and Dr. Onyeagucha ran a booth with MUW swag. Mr. Dodson and I ran a...

Summer STEM course

Summer STEM course

Today we completed our week-long 2024 summer STEM course for 9-14 year olds at Plymouth Bluff! Last year our space-themed STEM course was sponsored by the NASA NIFTY program. This year, our course was supported by a generous donation by Gary and Collene Albright....

April Public Engagement

April Public Engagement

As the semester come to a close, April has a been a busy month for public outreach events. I participated in Mississippi Public Broadcasting's first Family Fun Day event here an MUW's campus. With the help of Dr. Whitwam, we had a booth set up with STEM activities for...