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  • 5 Things You Need To Know — Week Of Oct. 30

    1. NIH, Ford Foundation Honor Texas A&M Postdoctoral Researcher With Grant And Fellowship The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Ford Foundation have selected Alfredo Erazo-Oliveras, a postdoctoral research associate in Texas A&M University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, to receive an NIH research award…

  • How Has Air Quality Been Affected By The U.S. Fracking Boom?

    Fracking has led to an increase in truck traffic, one of the reasons for worsening trends on air quality in areas with oil and gas drilling. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) By Gunnar W. Schade, Texas A&M University College of Geosciences, for The Conversation Urban air pollution in the U.S.

  • Texas A&M University Libraries To Screen ‘More Than A Word’ Nov. 7

    As part of Native American Month, the Texas A&M University Libraries’ Diversity Advancement Committee (DAC) will be hosting “More Than a Word,” a film about Native American-based sports mascots. The screening will be on Tuesday, November 7 from 1:00pm—3:00pm and held in Evans Library Room 204E, followed…

  • NIH, Ford Foundation Honor Texas A&M Postdoctoral Researcher With Grant And Fellowship

    Erazo-Oliveras conducts research in the college’s Program in Integrative Nutrition and Complex Diseases laboratory. By Research Communications and Public Relations The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Ford Foundation have selected Alfredo Erazo-Oliveras, a postdoctoral research associate in Texas A&M University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, to…

  • Texas A&M Examines Effects Of Floodwater On Flower Garden Banks Marine Sanctuary

    Researchers on the R/V Point Sur manage water sampling equipment. By Leslie Lee, Texas A&M College of Geosciences Scientists now estimate that more than 13 trillion gallons of floodwater from Hurricane Harvey flowed into the Gulf of Mexico following the storm, and a team of researchers from Texas A&M…

  • Computer Science Student Overcomes Vision Impairment With Adaptive Tech

    Cameron Cassidy uses several adaptive technologies to help him in class. By Rachel Rose, Texas A&M University College of Engineering Cameron Cassidy, a senior in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, does not let his visual impairment slow him down as he pursues a degree…

  • Retailing Summit Highlights Engaging Experiences, Student Entrepreneurship

    Aggie TenX12 Start-Up Showcase (left to right) Andy Ellwood ’04, McCalley Cunningham ’18, Juan Zermeno ’17, Saurav Agarwal ’16, and Madison Nicole Robinson ’20. By Kelli Levey Reynolds, Texas A&M University Mays Business School Texas A&M University’s Center for Retailing Studies (CRS) hosted its annual Retailing Summit on Oct. 12-13…

  • Assessing Public Health Challenges On Both Sides Of The U.S.-Mexico Border

    By Rae Lynn Mitchell Texas A&M University School of Public Health The border region between the United States and Mexico is home to more than 14 million people, split on both sides of the 2,000-mile border. Although living in different nations, these populations have many social, cultural and…

  • 3-D Crop Imaging Helps Farmers Estimate Plant Height

    Dr. Lonesome Malambo flies a quad copter over a corn and sorghum research field. (Texas A&M AgriLife/Lonesome Malambo) By Kay Ledbetter, Texas A&M University AgriLife Building three-dimensional point clouds from high-resolution photos taken from unmanned aerial vehicles or drones may soon help plant breeders and agronomists save time and…

  • Graduate Assistant Pursuing Career Of His Dreams In Astronomy

    Vince Estrada-Carpenter is in his third year of graduate study within the George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, where his focus is observational cosmology. By Chris Jarvis, Texas A&M University College of Science Vince Estrada-Carpenter ’19 remembers watching a documentary about the origins…