Dr. Georgianne Moore shows a graduate student how to install a sap flow sensor. (Texas A&M AgriLife) By Kay Ledbetter, Texas A&M University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences A new discovery is providing scientists a better understanding of how rainfall is shared beneficially by the plant community and…
Bil Phillips, cave explorer, who was also a member of the Texas A&M-led team uses a flashlight and line to navigate the underwater cave. (HP Hartmann) By Keith Randall, Texas A&M University Marketing and Communications In a surprising find deep in an underwater cave in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, a…
By Courtney Rhodes, Division of Student Affairs No stranger to hard work, Erica Ritter, who joined the Division of Student Affairs as director of the Becky Gates Children’s Center in late June, has been laser focused on what she can do to enhance programming and education to benefit the children…
In-person shopping remains popular. (Jeff Chiu/AP) Kelli Hollinger, Center for Retailing Studies director and marketing lecturer, Texas A&M University, for The Conversation It surprises most millennials to learn that only about 10 percent of all retail purchases are actually made online. Each semester, when I ask hundreds of undergraduate business students…
Sensor arrays atop and along the bumpers of a research vehicle at Texas A&M. (Swaroopa Saripalli/The Conversation) By Srikanth Saripalli, associate professor in Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, for The Conversation In early November, a self-driving shuttle and a delivery truck collided in Las Vegas. The event, in…
By Bob Wright, Texas A&M Galveston Marketing and Communications Dr. William “Bill” Merrell of Texas A&M University at Galveston has been honored with the distinguished title of President Emeritus and as one of the 2017-2018 Regents Professors by The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents. These titles were conferred…
By Leslie Lee, Texas A&M University College of Geosciences COLLEGE STATION, Nov. 21, 2017 — Andrew Dessler of Texas A&M University has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Dessler is a professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences and the…
By College of Liberal Arts Ayanna Thompson, professor of English at George Washington University, will deliver a presentation, “Shakespeare, Race, and Performance: What We Still Don’t Know,” on Thursday, Nov. 30, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Room 2300D in the Memorial Student Center on the campus of…
By Keith Randall, Texas A&M Marketing and Communications Kevin McGinnis Kevin McGinnis, who served as the executive director of risk management and employee benefits for The Texas A&M University System, has been named Chief Risk/Compliance Officer at Texas A&M and will be a part of President Michael K. Young’s…
By Sarah Wilson, College of Architecture Behind the creation of the bustling metropolis in “Zootopia,” the Oscar-winning animated film where thousands of anthropomorphic animals coexist, was Disney artist Brandon Jarratt, a former Texas A&M visualization student who…
