News from Texas State University
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| TXST Meadows Center awarded $2.5 million for climate change research to protect Texas water |
The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at TXST will employ the funding to study the climate’s impact on local surface water and groundwater. As part of the federal Climate Change Impact on Water Initiative, the project’s goal is to prepare Texas for future water resource challenges.
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Physical therapy students serve patients in Costa Rica on study abroad trip
Undergraduate health science students and physical therapy graduate students traveled to Costa Rica for a service-learning study abroad program. The students practiced Medical Spanish and worked with clients on exercise sessions and walking and balance assessments.
Health service abroad
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For college athletes, success hinges on balancing demands of sports, academics
A research team at Texas State found little correlation between a student-athlete’s level of commitment to their sport and their academic performance. Rather, student-athletes with the greatest academic success tend to be those who learn to manage their time and diverse goals.
Fostering academic success
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Honoring TXST’s living legends of civil rights
Sixty years after desegregation at Texas State, the TXST community celebrated the university’s first Black enrollees, a group of women known as the “First Five.” The women remembered their experiences as daunting, thrilling, and rooted in a commitment to education.
Desegregation pioneers
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Study shows mortality for recently pregnant women increased during pandemic
TXST Department of Psychology faculty members found that deaths rose in 2019-2020 for pregnant women and new mothers. “The pandemic really put a pause on social interaction,” Professor Krista Howard says. “Many women had an increase in mental health issues, such as postpartum depression, and a decrease in access to healthcare.”
Maternal mortality
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