Calendars
Scheduled Defenses
Friday March 20, 2026
9:30 CDT Shiwani Thapa - Biomedical Sciences
"Alteration of Cerebrovascular Development by Prenatal Alcohol Exposure"
Advisor: Anna Bukiya
Location: GEB A203
Note: Meeting ID: 842 7201 2804 Passcode: 951513
Monday March 23, 2026
11:00 CDT Rika Morales - Biomedical Sciences
"Mechanisms Underlying Alcohol-Induced Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Developing Cerebral Arteries"
Advisor: Anna Bukiya
Location: TSRB Room 221
Tuesday March 24, 2026
12:00 CDT Kelly Rachel Teer - Dental Sciences
"Orthodontic Stresses in Restored and Non-Restored Teeth: A Finite Element Analysis"
Advisor: Antheunis Versluis
Location: Dunn Dental Building, Graduate Orthodontics Conference Room
Note: Zoom ID: 817 4568 8795 Passcode: 489368
Wednesday March 25, 2026
9:30 CDT Vivian Lawrence - Health Outcomes and Policy Research
"Linguistic Mediation of Stress Appraisal and Coping: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study in Informal Caregivers of Adults with Serious Mental Illness"
Advisor: Shelley White-Means
Note: Meeting ID: 816 6979 0421 Passcode: 439731
Thursday March 26, 2026
13:00 CDT Peter Ferrandi - Biomedical Sciences
"The Role of Sirtuin-2 in Myogenesis"
Advisor: Junaith S Mohamed
Location: GEB Rm A302
Thursday March 26, 2026
13:30 CDT Matthew Grosman - Biomedical Engineering
"Development of a Novel Suspension System for a Military Rucksack that Reduces Repetitive Stress Injuries during Ruck Marching"
Advisor: Denis J Diangelo
Location: Coleman A122A
Note: Meeting ID: 861 5408 2111 Passcode: 658931
Tuesday March 31, 2026
14:00 CDT Jennifer Russell - Nursing Science
"Breastfeeding Mothers' Experiences During Climate-Related Disasters in the Southern United States"
Advisor: Janet Adams Tucker
Note: Meeting ID: 398 999 7193 View meeting insights with Zoom AI Companion
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Important Dates
Event times are U.S. Central time zone
- Jul 1, 2025 Fall 2025 term begins
- Aug 8, 2025 deadline for completion of degree requirements for August diploma
- Nov 1, 2025 deadline for oral defense and approval of ETD final content and language for December graduation