Graduate student Christine Figgener was recognized by TIME magazine after a video went viral showing her research crew dislodging a plastic straw from a sea turtle’s nose.
By Texas A&M University President Michael K. Young From its opening as a land-grant institution in 1876 to the addition of sea-grant and space-grant designations by 1989, Texas A&M University has long been a driving force for conducting purpose-driven research and education that aims to address how we…
The first participants in the Texas Sea Grant Coastal Wetland Restoration Internship Program spent their Spring Break working at wetland plant nurseries and restoration sites in Houston and Lake Jackson. Pictured are, from left, Maryam Cheta, Laura Mae Hinson, J. Brandon Hearron, Thuy Chau, Lillian McAfee and Abigail Brown. (Photo…
The Century Tree By Keith Randall, Texas A&M Marketing & Communications Texas A&M University has been honored with the 2016 Tree Campus USA recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation for its commitment to effective urban forest management. “Students are eager to volunteer in their communities and become better stewards…
Damselfish swim in shallow water in Palau, where Texas A&M researchers study ocean acidification. By Keith Randall, Marketing and Communications Responding to new challenges impacting the Earth’s oceans, Texas A&M University’s Department of Oceanography will offer a new undergraduate degree in oceanography. The new bachelor of science degree in…
Arnold Vedlitz and Melissa K. Merry Dr. Melissa K. Merry was presented with the inaugural Arnold Vedlitz Award during the 2017 Southern Political Science Association Annual Conference held January 12-14 in New Orleans. Merry is the author of Framing Environmental Disaster: Environmental Advocacy and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill,…
Texas A&M’s Diversity Accessibility Hackathon is a 24-hour event in which teams compete for $5,000 in prize money as they pursue ways to improve public accessibility on campus. The Hackathon, Feb. 17-18, is designed to stimulate dialogue about diversity and inclusion topics on campus in a collaborative environment, say organizers. Contestants will…
Texas A&M Law Review will present a luncheon presentation with Dr. Temple Grandin preceded by a roundtable discussion with Dr. Bonnie Beaver from Texas A&M University’s College of Veterinary Medicine & Biological Sciences and Professor Heidi Hurd from the University of Illinois College of Law. The roundtable…
Mays Business School Senior Mariah Smiley’s nonprofit is more than an extracurricular; it’s a labor of love. Her organization, called Drops of Love, raises awareness of the scarcity of clean water throughout the world and has sponsored the construction of clean water wells in four villages in El Salvador,…
