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EDINBURG, Texas (NNS) -- "The STEM Revolution" is the theme of the 2014 Hispanic Engineering, Science, and Technology (HESTEC) Week held on the campus of the University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA), Oct. 6-12.
HESTEC Week is an educational conference that features events geared toward promoting science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education to people of all ages and backgrounds.
The week began with a congressional panel of 10 distinguished speakers focused on increases in STEM-related degrees and employment.
Irving will host The Infrastructure Forum: The Future of Transportation and Water Thursday at theIrving Convention Center, 500 W. Las Colinas Blvd. Registration starts at 7:30 a.m., and the forum ends a reception at 4:30 p.m.
Jerry Strickland, a spokesman for Attorney General's Office, said the lawmakers appear to be engaged in a partisan effort. He said they have failed to recognize that the attorney general has ruled 40 times in the past decade that documents from the Texas Enterprise Fund must be made public.
"Yet again, the Texas Democratic delegation is more interested in political grandstanding than correctly understanding the law or the facts surrounding an issue," Strickland said.
WASHINGTON — Christer Hiort needs a new liver — the only known cure for a disease that has slowly damaged his bile ducts. He's been on the waiting list for seven months.
Under the current transplant system, the Frisco resident would probably wait about another three years, his doctor says, and get an organ from a fellow Texan.
But a new plan for allocating donated livers could send organs from Texas as far as Florida and prolong the wait for Hiort and other Texans.
New York Times reporter Manny Fernandez moderated the track's final panel, "What to do with the DREAMers." Panelists included ResidentCheck President Jorge Baldor, El Paso County Judge Veronica Escobar, The Dream.US Program Director Gaby Pacheco, Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, National Tea Party Patriots South Texas Coordinator George Rodriguez and U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey.
WASHINGTON, DC– U.S. Congressman Marc Veasey (TX-33) released the following statement regarding the announcement of the first case of Ebola in Dallas, TX:
In light of the first United States case of Ebola confirmed in Dallas, I have faith that Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital is following all Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Texas Department of Heath recommendations to ensure the safety of its patients, hospital staff, volunteers, physicians and visitors.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Rep. Marc Veasey (TX-33) has announced that he is accepting nominations for the 2014 Congressional Veteran Commendation (CVC), a program designed to honor distinguished veterans of the 33rd congressional district of Texas and preserve their stories for future generations.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Rep. Marc Veasey (TX-33) has announced that he is accepting nominations for the 2014 Congressional Veteran Commendation (CVC), a program designed to honor distinguished veterans of the 33rd congressional district of Texas and preserve their stories for future generations.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Marc Veasey will take part in Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's 44rd Annual Legislative Conference at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center to discuss the importance of initiatives that prepare high school students with the education they need to compete in the 21st century economy.
Dallas, Texas— In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, U.S. Congressman Marc Veasey, TX-33, will spend some time working behind-the-scenes at a Latino family-owned restaurant in Dallas. |