Central American locusts on the move. (Texas A&M University photo by Dr. Hojun Song) By Steve Byrns, Texas A&M University AgriLife From time immemorial, man has suffered from the devastation wrought by locust swarms of biblical proportions often visited on those least able to weather the plagues. But now a…
By Rae Lynn Mitchell, Texas A&M University Health Science Center Editor’s note: Those interested in attending Dr. Jennifer Horney’s Aug. 30 webinar must register in advance. This story has been updated throughout. Floods are the most common natural disaster in the world, and for the 27 counties of…
By Texas A&M University at Galveston Staff With Shark Week returning to Discovery Channel this Sunday, Texas A&M University shark expert Dr. David Wells can help viewers get familiar with the famous underwater predator from tip to tail. Wells, an assistant professor and head of the Shark Biology and…
By Christina Sumners, Texas A&M University Health Science Center Texas A&M College of Dentistry in Dallas has been awarded a second five-year Center of Excellence grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers of Excellence program to advance diversity in faculty and students. This $3.5 million award…
By Katherine Hancock, Texas A&M University Health Science Center When asked to list three things that uniquely define her, Grace Lassiter, a recent graduate of the Texas A&M College of Medicine, doesn’t hesitate in her response: “I love to paint, I want to be a surgeon and I am…
School of Public Health Associate Dean of Academic Affairs Amy Fairchild directs a committee of international experts in producing the first guidelines on public health surveillance. By Rae Lynn Mitchell, Texas A&M University Health Science Center Public health surveillance is a powerful tool for fighting disease outbreaks and identifying various…
Debbie and Mike Hilliard ’73 have committed $2 million to the Huffines Institute for Sports Medicine and Human Performance. By Ashley Green, Texas A&M University College of Education and Human Development With the goal of bringing more attention to Texas A&M and improving the impact the College of Education and…
Dr. Jan Suchodolski and second-year DVM student, Hannah L. Klein. By Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Staff The word “ecosystem” often evokes images of vast terrain and large expanses of wilderness, often at the continental or planetary scale. But, ecosystems aren’t always so massive. In…
Jason Karpac, PhD, assistant professor at the College of Medicine and principal investigator on the project. By Christina Sumners, Texas A&M University Health Science Center Muscles require energy to perform all of the movements that we do in a day, and now, for the first time, researchers at the Texas…
Military medical personnel conduct dental work on a patient. By Sarah Wilson, Texas A&M University College of Architecture Outside a pop-up medical clinic in Webb County, Texas, a wide-eyed woman stood in shocked silence, suddenly able to see the world in sharp focus for the first time after receiving a…