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Dr. Cody Scott, an Angelo State University alum and professor in the ASU Department of Agriculture, received the 2024 Outstanding Contribution to Rangeland Management Award at the recent annual meeting of the Texas Section, Society for Range Management (TSSRM) in Victoria.

Dr. Fazlur Rahman, retired oncologist and an adjunct professor in the Angelo State University Department of Biology, has published a new book titled “Our Connected Lives: Caring for Cancer Patients in Rural Texas” through Texas Tech University Press.

Angelo State University has received a $299,999 grant subaward from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) through Texas Tech University for a joint project to develop a cybersecurity research and workforce development program to tackle defense-relevant challenges in the region.

Angelo State University has been awarded a three-year, $71,973 grant from the National Science Foundation to collect and study specimens of the animals that inhabit the Marajó Island in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil.

Angelo State University has been designated a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD) by the National Security Agency (NSA) and will retain the designation at least through the 2029 academic year.

Angelo State University has been awarded a $194,118 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for new, state-of-the-art spectroscopy and diffraction equipment that will support undergraduate classes and research in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.

Angelo State University’s pilot Regional Security Operations Center (RSOC) has earned a 2024 Project Excellence Award from the Texas Association of State Systems for Computing and Communications (TASSCC) and was presented the award at the recent TASSCC Annual Conference in Houston.

Angelo State University’s Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in computer science degree program has been officially recognized and validated by the National Security Agency (NSA) as a NSA Program of Study.