The money will help students whose lives were upended by Hurricane Harvey and who slipped through the existing safety net at campuses in College Station, Galveston, Kingsville, Prairie View and Corpus Christi.
People walk down a flooded street as they evacuate their homes after the area was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on August 28, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Flooding caused by an increasing number of intense storms is a national challenge and significant source of economic…
Boats are seen tossed around after Hurricane Harvey passed through on August 26, 2017 in Rockport, Texas. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) By Brandon Webb, Texas A&M University Office of the Provost When Hurricane Harvey lined up to maul the Texas coast one year ago, the massive storm drew a bullseye…
People walk down a flooded street as they evacuate their homes after the area was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on August 28, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Ali Mostafavi, Texas A&M University College of Engineering, for The Conversation Americans prepare for natural disasters in many…
In this NASA handout image, Hurricane Harvey is photographed aboard the International Space Station as it intensified on its way toward the Texas coast on August 25, 2017. (Photo by NASA via Getty Images) By Keith Randall, Texas A&M University Marketing & Communications Note for media: Aug. 25 will…
People use boats to help bring items out of homes in an area where a mandatory evacuation is still under effect after flood water inundated them after torrential rains caused widespread flooding during Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey on September 3, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)…
By Richard Nira, Texas A&M University College of Architecture As La Grange, Texas recovers from post Hurricane Harvey flooding, residents and elected officials are considering Texas A&M student proposals that address the town’s infrastructure, housing and transportation needs. The plans, drafted by urban planning and landscape architecture students, respond to issues…
The unprecedented devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey displaced countless people. Many were forced out of their homes to find shelter because of the extensive flooding, the damage from which claimed almost everything they owned. Port Arthur resident Charles Moss lost his home and many of his belongings in the storm,…
Volunteers put in wetland plants at one of the project’s water detention ponds. The project’s five detention ponds will help protect area homes from flooding. (Jerry Hamby/Exploration Green Conservancy) By Paul Schattenberg, Texas A&M University Marketing & Communications The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, working in collaboration with area residents,…
Ecologist takes samples of soil in the territory contaminated with export and dump garbage. (Texas A&M University Health Science Center) By Rae Lynn Mitchell, Texas A&M University School of Public Health When Hurricane Harvey made landfall in 2017, homes were obliterated and floodwaters were left everywhere near its impact, with…