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  • Student Services Offices To Move From Bizzell Hall To White Creek, Reopen Aug. 3

    By Texas A&M University Division of Student Affairs Staff The Division of Student Affairs is excited about a new Student Services Building opening in Spring 2020 on the site of Bizzell Hall. As part of an ongoing, large-scale redevelopment project at Texas A&M University, this new facility will provide modern…

  • Mays To Debut New Courses In Business, Academic Research

      By Grant Vassar and Caitlin Nutt, Texas A&M University Mays Business School Mays Business School is committed to advancing the world’s prosperity. In part, achieving this vision is attained by creating impactful knowledge, knowing that the more challenged students are in class the more they will be prepared to…

  • Aggie Real Estate Network Hosting 40th Annual Conference This Week

    Master of Real Estate students with Mays Business School namesake Lowry Mays By Caitlin Nutt, Texas A&M Mays Business School The Aggie Real Estate Network (AREN) is hosting its 40th Annual Conference Thursday-Sunday (July 27-29) at the Stella Hotel located at Lake Walk at Traditions Golf Club. The celebration of the…

  • Osteoarthritis: Everything You Need To Know

    Osteoarthritis, caused by damage or breakdown of cartilage that is between the bones, affects more than 30 million American adults. By Dominic Hernandez, Texas A&M University Health Science Center According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), osteoarthritis affects more than 30 million American adults. It’s the most common form…

  • Researchers Work To Improve Recovery From Tight Shale Reservoirs

    By Nancy Luedke, Texas A&M University College of Engineering A significant amount of U.S. domestic oil production comes from shale. Extracting oil and gas from these unconventional reservoirs normally requires drilling horizontal wells and using hydraulic fracturing techniques. Yet predicting the full effect of these techniques is still uncertain…

  • Saudi Dentistry Students Gain New Perspectives, Insights On Texas A&M Visit

      Program administrators Drs. Amanda Muns (left), Hoda Abdellatif and Shirley Lewis-Miranda (far right) join students of Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University dental school with Dean Lawrence Wolinsky. By Carolyn Cox, Texas A&M University College of Dentistry “Amazing and beneficial” are words Alhanouf Alhulayyil, a student at the all-female Princess…

  • Research In Action: Oceanography Ph.D. Candidate Explores Policy Side Of Science

    Doctoral candidate Andrea Kealoha. By Vance Nygard, Texas A&M University College of Geosciences Designing and conducting experiments, interpreting data, and integrating criticisms (i.e. the scientific method), while certainly challenging, is not the culmination of scientific truth per se. If new scientific developments are going to have tangible effects on society, then…

  • Making History: Maritime Grad Pilots First ‘Very Large Crude Carrier’ To Port In Gulf

    Texas A&M Maritime Academy graduate Captain Jay Rivera piloted Anne, an oil tanker 2 million barrels of crude oil, into a Gulf of Mexico port. By Bob Wright, Texas A&M University at Galveston  The biggest oil tanker ever to call on a Gulf of Mexico port – holding as much…

  • Texas A&M Grad Named One Of Central America’s Most Powerful Women

    Texas A&M University at Galveston graduate Ilya Espino de Marotta has been recognized by Forbes Centroamérica as one of the most powerful women in Central America. By Sam Peshek, Texas A&M University Marketing and Communications The Texas A&M University at Galveston graduate who oversaw the $5.2 billion expansion of…

  • Texas A&M Transportation Institute Begins Ambitious Traffic Flow Project

      By Melissa Maraj, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) and Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, today announced an exploratory transportation project to optimize traffic flows for bus ridership and utilize data analytics to improve navigation at Texas A&M University through Aruba Wireless and Data…