TAMIU STUDENTS TAMIU STUDENT INTERN HELPS NURTURE GREEN LEGACY AT SMITHSONIAN The next time you visit the gardens of the Smithsonian Institution, look at the leafy boughs that frame and shade the gardens. You might be looking at some legacy beneficiaries of research and service provided by TAMIU student intern Emmanuel Reyes Corona, a Communication major. Reyes was selected as an intern in a partnership with the Emerson Collective, an organization focused on education, immigration reform, the environment, media and journalism, and health founded by Laurene Powell Jobs. As a Smithsonian Leadership for Change Intern, Reyes worked on four different projects over the paid eight-week program. One project comprehensively analyzed trees according to their ability to contribute to potentially increased urban forest diversity or to the conservation or assisted migration of vulnerable plant groups. Another focused on examining, analyzing, and improving eight educational lesson plans that expanded student tree knowledge about the Washington, D.C. area. The third saw Reyes write a first-ever Smithsonian report card on its 2022 sustainability initiatives. The fourth researched the crape myrtle tree and its new insect pest, the crape myrtle bark scale, which has seen an outbreak in the past two years in the Smithsonian Gardens. Reyes wrote a documentary video script, recorded it, and edited it as part of his communication degree skills. Reyes said the internship provided him with a better understanding of teamwork communication, the proper handling of several projects, improved interpersonal skills, and an enriching cultural experience. TAMIU STUDENTS, ALUM GARNER AWARDS AT GET PHIT SUMMIT Alums and students from TAMIU earned several awards during the Gaining Equity in Training for Public Health Informatics and Technology (GET PHIT) First Annual Summit, held this Fall in Houston. Their efforts garnered two distinct awards: Best Poster Winner and Runner-Up Best Poster. The poster winner, “Does your Major Matter? Examining the Relationship between Students’ Academic Majors and the Benefits of a Public Health Informatics Undergraduate Research Experience,” was presented by undergraduate Biology major Nereyda Molina and graduate Psychology major Jenna Arsuaga. The runner-up poster winner, “The Significance of Socio-cultural and Demographic Factors in Bipolar Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder,” was presented by TAMIU alum and Texas A&M University Ph.D. student Saliha García (’21,’22) and undergraduate Biology major Ana Ramos. Also presenting were undergraduate Public Health major Lizett Cruz, whose project was titled, “Correlation Between Abortion, Socioeconomic Factors, and Legislations in Texas and California,” and undergraduate Management Information Systems and Data Analytics major Simileoluwa Odunuga with, “E-Prevention is Better than Cure.” 21
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