Iman Shafii joined other civil engineers as part of an investigation team to assess the erosion impact on the coast. By Jennifer Reiley, Texas A&M University College of Engineering Few students expect to be called upon to take action after a catastrophic event, and even fewer answer that call. After…
Pecans nuts are protected with shucks or husks while developing. Prior to maturity and harvest, the shucks split and eventually drop off. (Texas A&M AgriLife Communications) By Kathleen Phillips, Texas A&M University AgriLife Hurricanes may have taken a big bite out of the U.S. pecan crop this year, but that’s…
The George H.W. Bush Presidential Library Foundation today announced that the five living former presidents of the United States will host a hurricane relief concert – “Deep from the Heart” – at Texas A&M’s Reed Arena on the College Station, TX campus the evening of Oct. 21. A…
Kyle Gage and Brandon Walls listen as their teammate Hayden Hood, a sophomore environmental design major from Round Rock, explains the design, construction and symbolism behind the sculpture that their team created to represent Hurricane Harvey rainfall in three areas of Houston. By Elena Watts, Texas A&M University Marketing…
Students at Texas A&M at Qatar hosted a daylong Texas Tough Together festival to raise money to help their fellow Aggie students who were affected by Hurricane Harvey. By Texas A&M University at Qatar Editor’s note: The Texas A&M University at Qatar Office of Marketing and Communications says $21,500…
In this NASA handout image, Hurricane Harvey is photographed aboard the International Space Station as it intensified on its way toward the Texas coast on August 25, 2017. (Photo by NASA via Getty Images) By Richard Nira, Texas A&M University College of Architecture As Harvey’s record-setting rainfall inundated wide…
People walk down a flooded street as they evacuate their homes after the area was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on August 28, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) By Hayley Rieder, Texas A&M University Real Estate Center An extensive list of resources for those affected by…
Marc St. Peter, left, and Chris Wisor lend a hand cleaning up as floodwaters from Hurricane Irma recede September 13, 2017 in Middleburg, Florida. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images) By Christine Crudo Blackburn, Gerald W. Parker and Morten Wendelbo, Texas A&M University, for The Conversation Even as the floodwaters from Hurricanes Harvey…
In this handout provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, The Coast Guard assessed damage and offered search and rescue assisitance during an overflight from Port Aransas to Port O’Connor, Texas, August 26, 2017. (Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Johanna Strickland/U.S. Coast Guard via Getty Images) By Keith Randall,…
By Texas A&M University Bush School of Government and Public Service The U.S. Department of Labor released its weekly report on initial claims for unemployment insurance Thursday morning, reporting that the 4-week moving average (seasonally adjusted) had jumped to the highest level for this average since August 2016.