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  • The Morrill Act, Explained

    Why is the Morrill Act still important to Texas A&M and the dozens of other public universities it helped create more than 150 years after its passage?

  • Texas A&M Restoring Historic Castillo De San Marcos National Monument Cannons

    Fourteen cannons from Castillo de San Marcos National Monument in Florida arriving at the Conservation Research Lab at Texas A&M University. (Texas A&M Marketing and Communications photo/Mark Guerrero) By Heather Rodriguez, Texas A&M University College of Liberal Arts The Conservation Research Laboratory (CRL) at Texas A&M University is restoring…

  • Montana Burial Site Answers Questions About Early Humans

    The burial mound at the Anzick site. By Keith Randall, Texas A&M University Marketing And Communications Scientists have shown that at the Anzick site in Montana – the only known Clovis burial site – the skeletal remains of a young child and the antler and stone artifacts found there were…

  • Holocaust Survivor Bert Romberg To Speak At Rudder Auditorium March 22

    Holocaust survivor Bert Romberg will share his story of survival March 22. By Sam Peshek, Texas A&M University Marketing & Communications Holocaust survivor Bert Romberg will share his story of survival at Rudder Auditorium Thursday, March 22 at 7 p.m. The event, which is part of the Reiser Speaker…

  • How The Devastating 1918 Flu Pandemic Helped Advance US Women’s Rights

    More women than men were left standing after the war and pandemic. (Library of Congress) By Christine Crudo Blackburn, Gerald W. Parker and Morten Wendelbo, Texas A&M University Bush School of Government & Public Service, for The Conversation When disaster strikes, it can change the fabric of a society – often through the sheer…

  • Texas A&M Galveston Cadets Assist With Maintenance Of The Battleship Texas

    Cadets maintaining Battleship Texas. By Bob Wright, Texas A&M Galveston Marketing and Communications Highlights USS Texas was launched in 1912, seeing action in the North Sea during World War I and escorted convoys in the Atlantic during World War II The ship is the only remaining World War I era dreadnought…

  • Texas Aggie War Hero William Peña Dies At 99

    Pictured above in 2016 after receiving an honor from Belgium’s Princess Astrid, William Merriweather Peña ’42 will be featured in a multimedia exhibit honoring five Aggies who served during World War II. By Keith Randall, Texas A&M Marketing and Communications A Texas A&M University graduate who was among the most…

  • Texas A&M Conservation Efforts Reveal New Details About Alamo Cannons

    By Elena Watts, Texas A&M Marketing and Communications Texas A&M conservators have revealed new details about two cannons used during the Texas Revolution’s 1836 Battle of the Alamo. The Rio Grande Cannon and Spanish Cannon returned home to the Alamo in San Antonio on Monday after almost four…

  • 12 Moments That Defined Texas A&M In 2017

    By Sam Peshek, Texas A&M University Marketing and Communications As 2017 draws to a close, take a look back at 12 Aggie moments that made it memorable. Texas A&M students, faculty and staff stepped up to serve in the wake of Hurricane Harvey The state of Texas took…

  • Two Shooters? Texas A&M Statistician Says Better Forensic Science Can Reveal More About The JFK Assassination

    The immediate aftermath of the shooting of President Kennedy in November 1963. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Moorman) By Clifford Spiegelman, Distinguished Professor of Statistics, Texas A&M University, for The Conversation Popular television shows such as the “Law & Order,” “CSI” and “NCIS” franchises glorify forensic science as a magical, near-flawless tool…