1. Texas A&M To Break Ground On $40 Million Music Activities Center
Texas A&M University will break ground on the new $40 million John D. White ’70 – Robert L. Walker ’58 Music Activities Center on Friday, Sept. 8, at 2:30 p.m., at the corner of George Bush Drive and Coke Street in College Station.
2. CPRIT Awards More Than $9 Million In Cancer Research Grants To Texas A&M
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) has awarded eight research grants to Texas A&M University totaling more than $9 million. The grants are among 60 new awards totaling more than $102 million that CPRIT recently announced in Austin.
3. New TEES Short Course Offers Hands-On Training For Craft Brewers
“Brewery Operations: Equipment, Ingredients and Processing,” will be held in Austin on Sept. 17-19, and hands-on training on brewery equipment operation and maintenance will be offered.
4. DACA Update
Texas A&M University President Michael K. Young provides an update to the university community regarding the U.S. Attorney General’s plans to rescind the executive order for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
5. Multimillion-Dollar Gifts Establish New Innovation Research Center at Texas A&M Mays Business School
The Texas A&M Foundation has received commitments of $3 million from the Mays Family Foundation and $2.6 million from the Charles Koch Foundation to establish the Mays Innovation Research Center (MIRC) within the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University.
