| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 982 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Kory Evans, an assistant professor of |
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| 6 | 6 | | biosciences at Rice University, is the recipient of a 2023 CAREER |
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| 7 | 7 | | Award from the National Science Foundation; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Among the most prestigious honors conferred by NSF, |
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| 9 | 9 | | CAREER Awards include grants to support early-career faculty who |
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| 10 | 10 | | exemplify the highest ideals of their profession and who work to |
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| 11 | 11 | | advance their organization's mission; each year, NSF presents only |
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| 12 | 12 | | about 500 awards across all disciplines; and |
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| 13 | 13 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Evans was selected to receive a five-year grant |
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| 14 | 14 | | totaling more than one million dollars for his research on the shape |
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| 15 | 15 | | change in the skull of spiny ray-finned fishes across their |
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| 16 | 16 | | 300-million-year history; the study will examine how modularity, |
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| 17 | 17 | | the ability of different parts to form a functional whole, is |
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| 18 | 18 | | involved in the evolution of this complex biological structure; the |
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| 19 | 19 | | grant funding will also cover two educational components, one of |
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| 20 | 20 | | which will involve teaching a marine biology class on several |
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| 21 | 21 | | junior and community college campuses; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | WHEREAS, Prior to joining the faculty at Rice, Dr. Evans |
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| 23 | 23 | | received a bachelor's degree in marine biology from Nova |
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| 24 | 24 | | Southeastern University; he went on to earn a Ph.D. in biological |
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| 25 | 25 | | sciences at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | WHEREAS, Through his outstanding work at Rice University, |
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| 27 | 27 | | Kory Evans has distinguished himself as an inspiring leader and an |
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| 28 | 28 | | innovative researcher, and he may reflect with pride on this |
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| 29 | 29 | | well-deserved recognition; now, therefore, be it |
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| 30 | 30 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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| 31 | 31 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Kory Evans on receiving a 2023 |
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| 32 | 32 | | CAREER Award from the Faculty Early Career Development Program of |
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| 33 | 33 | | the National Science Foundation and extend to him sincere best |
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| 34 | 34 | | wishes for continued success in his important work; and, be it |
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| 35 | 35 | | further |
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| 36 | 36 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 37 | 37 | | prepared for Dr. Evans as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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| 38 | 38 | | House of Representatives. |
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| 39 | 39 | | A. Johnson of Harris |
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| 40 | 40 | | ______________________________ |
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| 41 | 41 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 42 | 42 | | I certify that H.R. No. 982 was adopted by the House on April |
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| 43 | 43 | | 20, 2023, by a non-record vote. |
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| 44 | 44 | | ______________________________ |
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| 45 | 45 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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