The above World War I era 13-foot-by-25-foot original flag made to honor fallen Aggies hung from the fourth-floor rotunda in the Academic Building for most of its time at Texas A&M from 1918 to 1943. By Elena Watts, Texas A&M University Marketing and Communications After almost 90 years, two flags…
“The Jungle” in Calais, France, which served as a filming location for Batarse and Main, was recently destroyed by the French government. By Heather Rodriguez, Texas A&M University College of Liberal Arts “I lost my family in the explosions. Please stop the bombing.” These are the words of one of…
A preliminary version of artist Jennifer Chenoweth’s emotional map. By Richard Nira, Texas A&M University College of Architecture This spring, Austin artist Jennifer Chenoweth is leading an army of volunteers to create a public art project, the “XYZ Atlas,” a color-coded data-based map that will geographically plot…
“Zootopia” (Photo courtesy of Walt Disney Animation Studios) By Richard Nira, Texas A&M University College of Architecture From lifelike fur covering the anthropomorphic animal denizens of Disney Animation Studio’s feature, “Zootopia,” to realistic feathers that fluff dry and droop wet on “Piper,” the beachcombing namesake of…
When you think of art, mathematical algorithms may not be the first thing that comes to mind. Dr. Tim Davis set out to show the world that mathematics can, in fact, be beautiful. He is merging the two disciplines by crafting algorithms that convert songs into something you…
Trey Marchbanks, an associate research scientist in the College of Liberal Arts, received a grant to study the link between immigration and school safety, education and juvenile justice.
The research grant from the U. S. Department of Education’s Office of Investing in Innovation will fund the program “Literacy-Infused Science Using Technology Opportunity (LISTO): A Five-Year Validation Project.”