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President Mark Welsh III gives his presidential address during the Mark A. Welsh III Investiture in Rudder Auditorium on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024.

President Welsh formally installed as president in investiture ceremony

Nicholas Gutteridge, Managing Editor October 27, 2024

Texas A&M hosted the Investiture of Mark A. Welsh III in Rudder Auditorium on Oct. 25, marking the formal installation of the university’s 27th president. The ceremony featured A&M’s largest...

Provost Alan Sams addresses the Faculty Senate meeting hosted in Rudder Tower on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (Jenna Isbell/The Battalion)

Alan Sams was not considered leading provost candidate by hiring committee

Nicholas Gutteridge, Managing Editor October 21, 2024

A university hiring advisory committee did not consider Provost Alan Sams a leading candidate when recommending individuals for the executive vice president and provost position in 2023, according to documents...

Mount Aggie sits in disaray, it has been abandoned after being destroyed by a wind storm.  Monday, September 30, 2024.

Mount Aggie seeks to rebuild

Chase Bolger, News Writer October 17, 2024

When enrolling at Texas A&M University, students may not expect skiing and ski classes to be part of the experience. With the help of the Texas A&M Foundation, a nonprofit organization that serves...

Protesters Vera Hernandez and Catherine Hunter demonstrate on the roadside protesting against alleged abuses by the Christland Church on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024.

Concerns raised about local church, The Network

J. M. Wise, News Editor October 17, 2024

The Network, a series of non-denominational churches across the United States, England and Taiwan, has recently fallen under controversy as multiple churches are leaving and denouncing the group for allegedly...

Executive Vice President and Provost Alan Sams answers a question during the Faculty Senate meeting hosted in Rudder Tower on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (Jenna Isbell/The Battalion)

Faculty senators grill Provost Alan Sams in latest meeting

Nicholas Gutteridge, Managing Editor October 15, 2024

Executive Vice President and Provost Alan Sams faced a critical Faculty Senate after appearing as a guest speaker to discuss his initiative to inactivate dozens of minors and certificates. Sams appeared...

Graduate student Tessa Williams swabs petri dishes at the Veterinary Research Lab on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (Armani Jones/ The Battalion)

A&M researchers develop E. coli as UTI treatment

Tenny Luhrs, News Reporter October 9, 2024

Aggies are coming together to research a strain of E. coli bacteria that can be used to combat antibiotic-resistant urinary tract infections, or UTIs. The research began in Subash Lab in the Department...

Texas A&M student nurse administers a flu shot to a patient on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023 at Beutel Student Health Center. (CJ Smith/The Battalion)

Student confidence in healthcare low amid cost crisis

Stacy Cox, Senior News Reporter October 9, 2024

A recent study compared 10 high-income, developed countries, including the United States, based on their healthcare systems. The U.S. was ranked last for multiple reasons, including high costs and [ADJECTIVE]...

Executive Vice President and Provost Alan Sams speaks to graduating students in Reed Arena in May 2024.

‘Deeply flawed’: Faculty Senate speaker opposes provost initiative to end 52 minors, certificates

Nicholas Gutteridge, Managing Editor October 8, 2024

The Speaker of the Faculty Senate Angie Hill Price emailed President Mark Welsh III and Provost Alan Sams on Oct. 2 to advocate for the end of the process currently being used to axe 52 minors and certificates,...

The Academic Building on Thursday, July 27, 2023.

Inquiries into LGBTQ minor lead to 52 inactivations

Nicholas Gutteridge, Managing Editor October 3, 2024

According to a review by The Battalion, dozens of minors and certificates have had requests for inactivation submitted in the Curricular Approval Request System, or CARS. The requests from the Office of...

Sociology professor Dr. Stjepan Mestrovic lectures to his Sociology of War Crimes class in the Bright Building on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Isabel Lubrano/The Battalion)

Expert witness discusses Abu Ghraib trials

Cameron Gibson, Senior News Reporter October 2, 2024

It has been 20 years since photos were released of U.S. soldiers committing war crimes and human rights violations against detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. According to a Human Rights Watch, or...

An aerial view of the Academic Building on Monday, March 11, 2024. (Samuel Falade/The Battalion)

A&M to inactivate 14 minors, 38 certificates

Nicholas Gutteridge, Managing Editor September 26, 2024

Texas A&M has begun inactivating 38 certificates and 14 minors after an internal review found the number of students enrolled in each was below the required threshold.  According to a statement...

(Photo courtesy of Peter Lange)

Elon Musk’s tunnel system to potentially solve campus crowding

Julia Kazda, News Reporter September 26, 2024

Bicycle crashes. Frustrations caused by slow walkers. Buses halted due to limited capacity. These are all negative things accompanying the crowded campus that Texas A&M has become. The Boring Company,...

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