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  • In Case You Missed It – Week Of May 21

    Trending On Texas A&M Today 1. Photo Gallery: Nearly 10,500 Aggies Receive Degrees During Spring Commencement 2. Texas A&M Maroon Out 2018 T-Shirt Design Revealed 3. First Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Nests of the 2018 Season Found 4. This Texas A&M Senior Saved A Stranger’s…

  • Classroom Standing Desk Creator Receives 2018 Innovation Award

    Associate Professor Mark E. Benden (center) of the School of Public Health at Texas A&M University accepts the 2018 Innovation Award from Texas A&M Vice President for Research Mark A. Barteau (left) and Brett Cornwell, executive director of Texas A&M Technology Commercialization. By Texas A&M University Research Communications Texas A&M…

  • Powering Electronic Devices With Body Heat

    By Jennifer Reiley, Texas A&M University Marketing & Communications It may one day be possible to power electronics using your body heat, based on research conducted by a team that included Texas A&M University professor Dr. Jaime Grunlan. Waste heat generated by engines, air conditioners, human beings, etc. is…

  • AgriLife Extension Partners With Houston Residents To Create ‘Harvey-Proof’ Community

    Volunteers put in wetland plants at one of the project’s water detention ponds. The project’s five detention ponds will help protect area homes from flooding. (Jerry Hamby/Exploration Green Conservancy) By Paul Schattenberg, Texas A&M University Marketing & Communications The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, working in collaboration with area residents,…

  • Healthy South Texas Tackles Rio Grande Valley Food Deserts

    By Dominic Hernandez, Texas A&M University Health Science Center A food desert is a place in a rural area where a person must travel 10 or more miles to access fresh fruit and vegetables, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). In an urban area,…

  • Dirt Isn’t Cheap: Land Costs Are Increasing Texas Home Prices

    San AntonioTexas suburban housing development neighborhood – aerial view. (Getty Images) By David Jones, Texas A&M University Real Estate Center Texas’ vast supply of land is legendary. Ironically, the rising cost of land is now contributing to the state’s higher home prices. “Historically, Texas’ home prices have been comparatively low…

  • Texas A&M Singing Cadets Kick Off 125th Anniversary With National Tour To Seattle And Vancouver

    Texas A&M’s Singing Cadets celebrated its 125th year with national tour stops in Vancouver and Seattle.  By Sondra White, Texas A&M University Division of Student Affairs Sixty-one Singing Cadets from Texas A&M University traveled to Seattle, Washington, and Vancouver, Canada, last week to sing at venues such as Pike Place…

  • Texas A&M Maroon Out 2018 T-Shirt Design Revealed

    For the past 20 years, Maroon Out has been the physical embodiment of the 12th Man and has left a positive legacy on the campus.

  • San Antonio Couple Receives Texas A&M Foundation’s Highest Honor

    Patricia “Trisha” and Charles “Chaz” Neely ’62 were recognized as recipients of the Texas A&M Foundation’s 2018 Sterling C. Evans Medal for their philanthropy, service and leadership to Texas A&M. (Texas A&M Foundation) By Dorian Martin, Texas A&M Foundation The Texas A&M Foundation Board of Trustees recognized Patricia “Trisha” and…

  • How Lessons From Childhood Cancer Care Could Improve Adult Cancer Care

    Cancer care for adults could be improved if caregivers provided the empathy they provide to children, the authors suggest. (Shutterstock) By Leonard Berry, Texas A&M University Mays Business School; Hetal Modi, Texas A&M University School of Public Health; Tracey Danaher, Monash University A cancer diagnosis is a firestorm that turns…