The Journey of a Stem Cell Press Release
VISTA Center students at Louisiana Tech University are putting the finishing touches on the second book in a new children’s book series.
The Journey Series aims to teach elementary-age children – and their parents – about topics in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), as well as show career development paths in STEM fields.
The Journey of a Stem Cell is the second book in the series, and it was written by graduate student Rebecca Hodnett and illustrated by Maddie Dearman, a Studio Art, and Graphic Design major. The interactive book is designed to teach children about stem cells, introduce the contribution of stem cells to research and medicine, and show children the opportunities available in art, communication, science, and engineering...
The Journey Series aims to teach elementary-age children – and their parents – about topics in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), as well as show career development paths in STEM fields.
The Journey of a Stem Cell is the second book in the series, and it was written by graduate student Rebecca Hodnett and illustrated by Maddie Dearman, a Studio Art, and Graphic Design major. The interactive book is designed to teach children about stem cells, introduce the contribution of stem cells to research and medicine, and show children the opportunities available in art, communication, science, and engineering...
An illustration by Nick Bustamante was published in a The Journal of Applied Polymer Science
Recently, Nick Bustamante, the director of VISTA Center at Louisiana Tech University, had an illustration published in the Journal of Applied Polymer Science. Bustamante’s illustration paired with an article by Rachel A. Hegab, Sibile Pardue, Xinggui Shen, Christopher Kevil, Nicholas Peppas, and Mary Caldorera-Moore titled the “Effects of network mesh size and swelling to the drug delivery from pH responsive hydrogels.” The article goes into detail about effective ways pH responsive hydrogels can break through barriers while still having an effective delivery system.
VISTA students' artwork showcased in the Masur Museaum of Art
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On Thursday, December 12th, 2019, artwork from Louisiana Tech University students were on display at Masur Museum of Art in Monroe, Louisiana. Louisiana Tech University students: Jamie Baker, Almira Bradford, Emily Edwards, Chelsea Ellis, Michaela Franklin, Jordyn Houldridge, Meredith Spencer, Lisa Thomson, Ashley Williams, and Ben Wreyford...
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"New Frontiers' Lecture with Dr. John Stewart IV
As Homecoming Week kicks off on campus, the 2019-20 New Frontiers in Biomedical Research Seminar Series continues with both a lecture on research related to cancer immunology and the release of a children’s book featuring the guest speaker, Dr. John Stewart IV.
Stewart is the author of 80 peer-reviewed manuscripts in the field of oncology research, nearly 30 combined book chapters and reviews, and several grants through the National Cancer Institute for cancer-related research. He has been recognized with several awards, including US News and World Report Top Doctor Award and the National Cancer Institute Clinical Investigator Team Leadership Award...
Stewart is the author of 80 peer-reviewed manuscripts in the field of oncology research, nearly 30 combined book chapters and reviews, and several grants through the National Cancer Institute for cancer-related research. He has been recognized with several awards, including US News and World Report Top Doctor Award and the National Cancer Institute Clinical Investigator Team Leadership Award...
Artistic Alum Celebrates 50-year Class Reunion
Fifty years after graduating from Louisiana Tech, Jim Wilson returns to campus this week to share his latest class project.
Wilson, who earned a BS in Commercial Art with additional studies in the biological sciences in 1969 at Tech and a MS from the Medical College of Georgia in 1974, will have an exhibit in Marbury Alumni House beginning Wednesday and running through Homecoming Saturday and most of November. The show, sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and the University’s VISTA Center, will feature his artwork from the time he was a student through his career as a medical illustrator; he’ll also be celebrating his 50-year class reunion during this Homecoming Week.
The exhibit is called “Visual Imagery in Science and Medicine, A Fifty-Year Retrospective Exhibit of Alumnus and Medical Illustrator Jim Wilson,” and will include around 70 illustrations depicting a variety of subject matter and illustration techniques...
Wilson, who earned a BS in Commercial Art with additional studies in the biological sciences in 1969 at Tech and a MS from the Medical College of Georgia in 1974, will have an exhibit in Marbury Alumni House beginning Wednesday and running through Homecoming Saturday and most of November. The show, sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and the University’s VISTA Center, will feature his artwork from the time he was a student through his career as a medical illustrator; he’ll also be celebrating his 50-year class reunion during this Homecoming Week.
The exhibit is called “Visual Imagery in Science and Medicine, A Fifty-Year Retrospective Exhibit of Alumnus and Medical Illustrator Jim Wilson,” and will include around 70 illustrations depicting a variety of subject matter and illustration techniques...
Whitney Causey's Art Exhibit
On September 19th, Whitney Trisler Causey showcased her collection of artwork at the Marbury Alumni Center. Whitney is an active exhibiting artist with her work being showcased around the country in places like Chautauqua Institution in New York and the Manifest Gallery and Drawing Center in Cleveland, Ohio. She has also participated in designing and painting multiple murals around Ruston, Louisiana.
Whitney is an Assistant Professor of Studio Art here at Louisiana Tech University. While teaching in the Foundations Department, she found time to create a series of portraits that are dedicated to spreading the idea that disabilities do not define people...
Whitney is an Assistant Professor of Studio Art here at Louisiana Tech University. While teaching in the Foundations Department, she found time to create a series of portraits that are dedicated to spreading the idea that disabilities do not define people...
VISTA joins the international Collaboration
Members of Louisiana Tech University’s Visual Integration of Science Through Art (VISTA) program traveled to Cyprus as part of an international research team collaborating on visual literacy projects. Visual literacy involves using images and different factors of design to help communicate information more effectively. The Visual Literacy (ViLi) Project is a collaboration comprised of faculty from universities in the UK, Cyprus, Greece, and Austria.
Faculty from Louisiana Tech recently started working with this international team to explore areas of collaboration that could benefit students and educators seeking to share information in the modern global context. Initially, Tech Professor Dr. Kirk St. Amant, who holds the Eunice C. Williamson Endowed Chair, was invited to participate in the collaboration. He then invited VISTA faculty and students working in the area of pre-medical illustration to collaborate with the ViLi team on projects...
Faculty from Louisiana Tech recently started working with this international team to explore areas of collaboration that could benefit students and educators seeking to share information in the modern global context. Initially, Tech Professor Dr. Kirk St. Amant, who holds the Eunice C. Williamson Endowed Chair, was invited to participate in the collaboration. He then invited VISTA faculty and students working in the area of pre-medical illustration to collaborate with the ViLi team on projects...
Student Art Work Promotes Visit by Dr. Temple Grandin
In the spring quarter, art student Nick Hobbs worked with Dr. Julie Rutledge, Director of the ENRICH center to create materials for use in advertising the visit of Dr. Temple Grandin to Louisiana Tech University. Ben used his digital painting skills developed in ART 320 to create an image that depicted the impact Dr. Grandin has had on children and agriculture...
Scott Barrows Visits Louisiana Tech
On March 18-2018 Scott Barrows, Director of Medical Visualization at Jump Simulation, a medical simulation company, and think tank came to Ruston to visit Louisiana Tech and learn about the program in biological visualization. Scott is an accomplished illustrator and is at the forefront of technology for medical simulation and education in areas of virtual and augmented reality. It was an honor to have Scott visit our program and join us in our open house to showcase the new VISTA lab where students can work, present, and meet with clients. Scott wrote about his visit to his company and shared it with us. We look forward to continuing our collaboration with Scott and very much appreciate him taking the time to visit us.