Bill Text: TX HR982 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Dr. Kory Evans of Rice University on receiving a 2023 CAREER Award from the Faculty Early Career Development Program of the National Science Foundation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-20 - Reported enrolled [HR982 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR982-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 982 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Dr. Kory Evans, an assistant professor of | ||
| biosciences at Rice University, is the recipient of a 2023 CAREER | ||
| Award from the National Science Foundation; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Among the most prestigious honors conferred by NSF, | ||
| CAREER Awards include grants to support early-career faculty who | ||
| exemplify the highest ideals of their profession and who work to | ||
| advance their organization's mission; each year, NSF presents only | ||
| about 500 awards across all disciplines; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Dr. Evans was selected to receive a five-year grant | ||
| totaling more than one million dollars for his research on the shape | ||
| change in the skull of spiny ray-finned fishes across their | ||
| 300-million-year history; the study will examine how modularity, | ||
| the ability of different parts to form a functional whole, is | ||
| involved in the evolution of this complex biological structure; the | ||
| grant funding will also cover two educational components, one of | ||
| which will involve teaching a marine biology class on several | ||
| junior and community college campuses; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Prior to joining the faculty at Rice, Dr. Evans | ||
| received a bachelor's degree in marine biology from Nova | ||
| Southeastern University; he went on to earn a Ph.D. in biological | ||
| sciences at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through his outstanding work at Rice University, | ||
| Kory Evans has distinguished himself as an inspiring leader and an | ||
| innovative researcher, and he may reflect with pride on this | ||
| well-deserved recognition; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Kory Evans on receiving a 2023 | ||
| CAREER Award from the Faculty Early Career Development Program of | ||
| the National Science Foundation and extend to him sincere best | ||
| wishes for continued success in his important work; and, be it | ||
| further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Dr. Evans as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| A. Johnson of Harris | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 982 was adopted by the House on April | ||
| 20, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
