Travis Hagey’s lab
MUW Distinguished Leadership in Research and Creative Activity Award
I am very excited and proud to announce that I was nominated and awarded the 2026 MUW Distinguished Leadership in Research and Creative Activity Award! This award is designed to recognize faculty who have maintained a research or creative program for at least five...
Science Night at the Museums 2026
This weekend was Mississippi State University's 2026 Science Night at the Museums! Many different groups have science themed activities for the public to check out. I brought two MUW students (Kane Petty and Zarin Raya) along with Dr. Onyeagucha. We had a variety of...
New Hope STEAM night
This February we participated in the annual STEAM night at New Hope Middle School. Three MUW undergraduates, Brooklyn Ward, Kane Petty, and Maddie Guerin helped share biology themed activities with children and parents that stopped by our booth. We also had help from...
SICB 2026
This was an exciting year for the SICB conference. I brought three MUW undergraduates to Portland, OR. One student, Maddie Guerin, presented a poster on a long term project in my lab, looking at ontogenetic changes in toe pad morphology and performance in crested...
LSU Shreveport visit
In October, I brought two students, Maddie Guerin and Kane Petty, to visit Dr. Stu Nielsen's gecko lab at LSU Shreveport. We got to check out his live animal breeding facility, and measure a handful of live geckos. and help preserve specimens! ...