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Water bottle filing stations are one of the campus improvements that are funded.

Green Fund continues growth

By Elaine Soliman @ElaineSoliman_ October 11, 2017

Solar powered phone chargers, automatic bathroom doors and water bottle filling stations are all on-campus projects funded by the Aggie Green Fund, a committee that finance students’ environmentally...

Shayla Rivera

ENGR[x]: beyond the classroom

The College of Engineering now offers a program to help Aggie engineers excel in areas other than education. ENGR[x] is a non-credit program that focuses on leadership, innovation, service and knowledge. Texas...

A sediment core showed iron particles left from the last ice age; allowing for the growth of more algae which absorbed carbon dioxide form the atmosphere and lowered global climates. 

Heavy metal in the high seas

By Alex Sein @AlexandrSein October 8, 2017

According to Franco Marcantonio, Texas A&M geology professor, there is a chance that iron particles deposited into the Pacific Ocean during the last ice age could have affected global climates. Marcantonio’s...

Civil engineering professor Shankar Chellam and his team are working to make water purification a more thorough process.

A&M professor seeks to help purify water

By Elaine Soliman @ElaineSoliman_ October 4, 2017

Purified water is not as pure as one may think, according to Shankar Chellam, civil engineering professor, who has dedicated his research to the filtering and purification of water. Chellam, along with...

The workshop was held over the summer and was well received by attendees.

Computational materials science summer school renewed for 2018

By Alex Sein @alexandrsein October 4, 2017

For the sixth straight year, Texas A&M hosted the annual Computational Materials Science school over the summer. With roughly 20 students in attendance, the workshop has grown since its inception in...

Undergraduate and graduate students alike were able to network and discuss details of their current research.

Research expo provides undergrads with unique opportinites

By Elaine Soliman @ElaineSoliman_ October 4, 2017

Research at Texas A&M spans from entomology to investigating lyme disease. These research projects and projects similar to them presented at the Undergraduate Research Expo on Oct. 4 in the MSC Bethancourt...

Graphic showing how aerospace engineering involves aspects of various engineering disciplines. 

Aerospace department makes changes

By: Alex Sein @alexandrsein September 25, 2017

Of Texas A&M’s 14 engineering departments, aerospace engineering stands out from the rest as the only one that is aligned with an industry rather than a broad field of study.   According...

This new species of primate was named after Texas A&M professor Sharon Gursky to honor her many years of research in the field of primatology.

New species of primate named after Texas A&M professor

After several years of research, a new species of primate, the Tarsius spectrumgurskyae, also known as the Gursky’s spectral tarsier, was discovered. Due to her years of dedication to the study of...

Senior statistics major Jose Alfaro spends several hours a day sitting in the front of a computer doing homework and studying for his Graduate Record Examination.

Improving Sedentary Habits with Technology

By: Alex Sein @alexandrsein September 18, 2017

Sitting is the new smoking — at least, that is, according to James Levine, doctor at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, AZ, who coined the phrase after conducting a study that seemed to prove that sitting...

Mark Platt, instrumentation engineer, presents the detectors that are currently being made.

Detecting the invisible

By Sanna Bhai @BhaiSanna September 17, 2017

Dark matter is all around. It is invisible to the naked eye and can be felt, but detecting it hasn’t been possible. For 80 years, scientists have known that dark matter exists, but identifying it...

Sustainable Living

How to be sustainable on campus

By Savannah Mehrtens @SJMehrtens September 11, 2017

Living on campus often comes with difficulties, one of which includes maintaining a sustainable environmentally-friendly lifestyle. Carol Binzer, director of Sustainability and Development, recommends...

Detecting Damage in Aircraft

Detecting damage in aircraft

By Alex Sein @alexandrsein September 11, 2017

During flight, airplanes experience significant loads and stresses, and over time these loads can lead to cracks forming in high-stress areas of planes. In the past, these cracks were easy to detect because...

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