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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Dr. Kory Evans, an assistant professor of |
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biosciences at Rice University, is the recipient of a 2023 CAREER |
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Award from the National Science Foundation; and |
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WHEREAS, Among the most prestigious honors conferred by NSF, |
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CAREER Awards include grants to support early-career faculty who |
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exemplify the highest ideals of their profession and who work to |
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advance their organization's mission; each year, NSF presents only |
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about 500 awards across all disciplines; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Evans was selected to receive a five-year grant |
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totaling more than one million dollars for his research on the shape |
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change in the skull of spiny ray-finned fishes across their |
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300-million-year history; the study will examine how modularity, |
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the ability of different parts to form a functional whole, is |
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involved in the evolution of this complex biological structure; the |
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grant funding will also cover two educational components, one of |
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which will involve teaching a marine biology class on several |
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junior and community college campuses; and |
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WHEREAS, Prior to joining the faculty at Rice, Dr. Evans |
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received a bachelor's degree in marine biology from Nova |
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Southeastern University; he went on to earn a Ph.D. in biological |
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sciences at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette; and |
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WHEREAS, Through his outstanding work at Rice University, |
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Kory Evans has distinguished himself as an inspiring leader and an |
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innovative researcher, and he may reflect with pride on this |
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well-deserved recognition; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Kory Evans on receiving a 2023 |
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CAREER Award from the Faculty Early Career Development Program of |
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the National Science Foundation and extend to him sincere best |
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wishes for continued success in his important work; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Dr. Evans as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |