By Jan McHarg, Texas A&M University College of Engineering After working for more than a decade on hover-capable drones no bigger than the palm of a hand, Dr. Moble Benedict and a team of researchers are studying the feasibility of scaling these concepts to larger unmanned aircraft (UAVs). Developing…
Former Michigan State center Anthony Ianni is the first Division I basketball player in NCAA history with autism. (Photo courtesy of the College of Education and Human Development) By Ashley Green, Texas A&M University Marketing and Communications His drive to overcome every obstacle in his life has made him…
By Keith Randall, Texas A&M University Marketing and Communications Silver Taps will be held at Texas A&M University Tuesday, March 7, to honor the memory of three Aggies who died recently. Being honored are Alexander “Alex” Stefan Jones, a junior political science major from San Antonio who was…
PRO Team student leaders Myroslaba Martinez and Kenyatta Brisco are both first-generation college students. By Grant Vassar, Texas A&M University Mays School of Business First-generation college students at Mays Business School like management senior Myroslaba Martinez know firsthand the challenge of transitioning to college life without the experience of…
Members of the Kenya parliament met recently at Texas A&M University in College Station with the Office of the State Chemist to learn more about managing aflatoxin risk. Left, Dr. Tim Herrman, state chemist, Kenya parliament members Honorable Japhet Kareke Mbiuki and Honorable Victor Munyaka. (Texas A&M AgriLife Research…
By Keith Randall, Texas A&M University Marketing and Communications Elementary through high school students in the U.S. are falling farther behind in the classroom, and a Texas A&M University professor thinks he knows why: learners do not have good learning skills. William Klemm, professor of neuroscience at Texas…
Dr. Joseph Sorg, Texas A&M biologist. (Photo courtesy of the Texas A&M College of Science) By Chris Jarvis, Texas A&M University College of Science Of the millions of patients admitted to U.S. hospitals each year, nearly 250,000 will contract the dangerous bacterial infection Clostridium difficile during their stay. A…
By Ashley Green, Texas A&M University College of Education and Human Development Educational neuroscience is an emerging field that Dr. Steven Woltering wants to be on the leading edge of. His latest research on self-regulation will play a key role with implications across education from parents and educators…
Seven Bush School students served during the 85th Texas Legislature as part of a capstone course. By Texas A&M University Bush School Staff Seven graduate students from the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University are getting an up-close view of the 85th session of…
An autumn wildfire blazes in the Appalachian Mountains. (Shutterstock) By Andrew Vernon, Texas A&M University College of Geosciences Fire was frequent in the past, and an important shaper of vegetation in the Appalachian forest – along with the rest of North America. These weren’t the catastrophic forest fires we see…