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  • First Round Of X-Grants Provides Funding For Eight Projects Involving 81 Texas A&M Researchers

    By Texas A&M Research Communications and Public Relations Eight interdisciplinary research projects will share $7 million in funding during the first round of Texas A&M University’s X-Grants program, an initiative of the 10-year, $100 million President’s Excellence Fund, the university announced today. The funded projects represent 81 faculty members…

  • Lemmons Appointed To Texas A&M Foundation Board Of Trustees

    By Molly Kulpa, Texas A&M Foundation William “Billy” Lemmons Jr., founder and managing partner of EnCap Flatrock Midstream, joined the Texas A&M Foundation Board of Trustees on July 1. Lemmons, who resides in Boerne, Texas, earned his bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M University in 1984…

  • Texas A&M IT CIO Dee Childs Lands On Cover Of Toggle Magazine

    Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer M. Dee Childs is featured in a cover story in the latest issue of Toggle magazine. By Bobby Bernshausen, Texas A&M University Division of Information Technology Texas A&M University Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer M. Dee Childs’…

  • 3 Reasons Why The US Is Vulnerable To Big Disasters

    People use boats to help bring items out of homes in an area where a mandatory evacuation is still under effect after flood water inundated them after torrential rains caused widespread flooding during Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey on September 3, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)…

  • The Morrill Act, Explained

    Why is the Morrill Act still important to Texas A&M and the dozens of other public universities it helped create more than 150 years after its passage?

  • Mays Graduate Programs Rank Among World’s Best

    By Kelli Levey Reynolds, Texas A&M University Mays Business School The master’s in accounting program at Mays Business School ranked #1 in North America for the first time in the Eduniversal Best Masters Ranking Financial Markets – a ranking of the best master’s and MBA programs. Eduniversal classifies and highlights…

  • Planning, LAND Students Unveil La Grange Post-Harvey Proposals

    By Richard Nira, Texas A&M University College of Architecture As La Grange, Texas recovers from post Hurricane Harvey flooding, residents and elected officials are considering Texas A&M student proposals that address the town’s infrastructure, housing and transportation needs. The plans, drafted by urban planning and landscape architecture students, respond to issues…

  • Texas A&M Study: Rivers, Streams Cover Larger Portion Of Earth’s Surface Than Previously Thought

    Montana, Gallatin River, Cameron. (Getty Images) By Keith Randall, Texas A&M University Marketing & Communications Rivers and streams cover more of the Earth than previously thought and therefore play a greater role in controlling concentrations of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere, according to a study led by a Texas A&M…

  • I-Corps Arms Students With Skills For Success

    CLEVERarm encases the upper limb of a patient suffering with impairments and neurological disorders, such as stroke, and provides a new and improved form of physical therapy. (College of Engineering) By Jessica Spence, Texas A&M University College of Engineering Rana Soltani and her team of fellow Texas A&M University engineering…

  • Accessible Aggieland: GIS Team’s Award-Winning Work Improves Texas A&M’s Aggie Map

    By Leslie Lee, Texas A&M University College of Geosciences Navigating the 5,200-acre Texas A&M University campus just got a little simpler for Aggies with disabilities, thanks to recent improvements made to the Texas A&M Aggie Map. Students, faculty and staff on an interdisciplinary development GIS Team successfully designed new…