Preserved maize cobs from the El Gigante rockshelter, Honduras, directly dated by AMS 14C. (Penn State photo) By Keith Randall, Texas A&M Marketing and Communications A team of researchers that includes a Texas A&M University anthropologist has analyzed a trove of ancient maize and their findings cast new light…
Nineteen students students participated in Texas A&M University’s first-ever Warrior-Scholar Project last week to gain the skills necessary to thrive at top universities. By Athlyn Allen, Texas A&M University Division of Student Affairs After 21 years of serving as an intelligence analyst in the U.S. Army, Felicia Martinez is…
Around the time this canoe glided over the Red River in what is now northwestern Louisiana, which was most likely the 14th century, the harsh weather of the Little Ice Age was beginning and a Great Famine was ravaging Europe.
By Richard Nira, Texas A&M University College of Architecture Students who took an intensive, two-week course in mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems performed significantly better than students who took the same class in a standard long semester, reported Ifte Choudhury, associate professor of construction science at Texas A&M University, in…
By Ashley Green, Texas A&M University College of Education and Human Development The majority of the world population speaks and learns more than one language. In the United States, that is not the case and something Dr. Li-Jen Kuo wants to change. Her goal is to create opportunities for…
Dentistry student Ethan Erwin pursues entrepreneurship and music in addition to a demanding class schedule. By Jennifer Fuentes, Texas A&M University College of Dentistry There’s something interesting that happens when Ethan Erwin encounters a problem. He pores over the situation, picking apart every detail piece by piece. Invariably, the answer…
Nathanielle Sybico presents her award-winning design. By Sarah Wilson, Texas A&M University College of Architecture Overcoming tough competition from her peers, a Texas A&M Master of Architecture student’s biologically inspired Japanese subway station design wowed a distinguished panel of jurors to earn best-of-the-best honors at the Department of Architecture’s…
The Sanchez siblings, from left: Carla Robinson ’13, Marcello Sanchez ’17, Nydia Sanchez ’08, Paul Sanchez ’10, and Heidi Sanchez ’15. By Susannah Hutcheson, Texas A&M University College of Liberal Arts Texas A&M University College of Liberal Arts senior Marcello Sanchez is a first-generation college student in the Department…
This story by Richard Nira, Texas A&M University College of Architecture One of the world’s foremost hyperrealist painters, Leng Jun, created a portrait of live model Bailee WIlson in a one-day, public painting session April 3 in the Texas A&M College of Architecture’s Wright Gallery. Jun’s visit was…
Walt Whitman (1819-1892) American poet, author, and journalist. By Sam Geyer, Texas A&M University Libraries While most know of Walt Whitman as a poet and journalist, a recent discovery of an early published novel, Life and Adventures of Jack Engle, shows a completely different side of Whitman’s literary career. The…