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Texas A&M will be hosting several lectures informing others about the relationship between health and architecture.

Lecture series focuses on bringing healthcare to the public

By Sanna Bhai @BhaiSanna September 10, 2017

This fall’s Architecture for Health lecture series will emphasize having speakers who have successfully delivered health care to large populations and the two month series kicked off Friday, Sept....

Mechanical engineering students are shown the precision achievable by new 3D printing methods.

25 by 25 four years in

By: Sanna Bhai @sannabhai September 6, 2017

On Jan. 23, 2013, Texas A&M University announced the vision of acquiring 25,000 engineering students by the year 2025. Now, four years later, the program is focused on retaining students and making...

Morgan Smith, a doctoral student at Texas A&M, researched the Guest Mammoth site in Florida for two years. 

Texas A&M Ph.D. candidate and team could rewrite history

By Savannah Mehrtens @SJMehrtens September 5, 2017

Despite conventional wisdom stating the opposite, research currently being done by a Texas A&M doctoral student may show that over 12,000 years ago, humans and Columbian mammoths may have co-existed...

Ph.D. candidate Garrison Neel (right) and mechanical engineering seniors Amir Darwesh (center) and Quang Le (left) work together to build the first autonomous shuttle.

The self-driving shuttle of Texas A&M

By Savannah Mehrtens @SJMehrtens September 5, 2017

Autonomous shuttles, once thought to be a thing of the future, are becoming a realistic feat. On Sept. 1, Texas began enforcing a law that allows autonomous shuttles to drive on all roadways. At Texas...

Texas A&M creates a new initiative to increase STEM teachers state-wide.

Aggie STEM Helping Alleviate Teacher Shortage

By Alex Sein @alexandrsein September 4, 2017

Since 2006, Aggie STEM has been helping science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, teachers across Texas by providing them with various professional development tools that improve their ability...

Science includes a wide variety of areas, not only encompassing different topics but the way research is conducted and analyzed, leading some to debate whether some facets should be considered a science at all.

The scientific split: dividing lines in the discipline

By Brad Morse @bradmorse53 August 31, 2017

In the world of academia, there are several fields that can be qualified as science. There is debate, however, for what can and cannot be considered science. Generally speaking, there are two types of...

Texas A&M officials say it is common for STEM students to switch majors within science fields.

Major changes

By Savannah Mehrtens @SJMehrtens August 30, 2017

Science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, are often sought after majors for many freshmen at Texas A&M. However, these students may change their minds once they begin their first-year courses. Many...

The Dwight Look College of Engineering enrolls all freshmen as general engineering majors until the end of their spring semester when they are given a specific discipline. 

The Road from General to Discipline Engineering

By Sanna Bhai August 28, 2017

Unlike most engineering colleges, the Dwight Look College of Engineering enrolls all freshmen as general engineering majors, not giving a specific discipline until the end of their spring semester. This...

The Department of Physics and Astronomy hosted an eclipse watching party on campus for both students and the public.

Community comes together to witness rare solar eclipse

By Mikayla Andrade August 22, 2017

On Monday, Aug. 21 a total solar eclipse was visible in the United States for the first time in 38 years. This rare phenomenon brought the community of Bryan/College Station together at Texas A&M’s...

A young member of the B-CS community looks into a telescope provided by the Mitchell Institute in the Back Yard of the Stella Hotel

A&M provides a window into the cosmos

By Sarah East @saraheeast18 August 7, 2017

On July 26, Texas A&M students and residents of Bryan-College Station looked to the stars when The Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy hosted its latest on-campus star party. The...

The College of Engineering plans to increase its student enrollment to 25,000 by the year 2025.

A&M initiative to increase engineering enrollment is on schedule

By Alex Sein @alexandrsein May 8, 2017

The 25 by 25 objective, which aims to have 25,000 students enrolled in the College of Engineering by 2025 is, according to the College of Engineering, right on schedule.The plan calls for approximately...

The Engineering Academies are one of the keystones of the College of Engineering's Plan to have 25000 Engineering Students by 2025.

A&M grows partnerships with community colleges

Sanna Bhai May 8, 2017

Over the next two years, A&M plans to expand student enrollment at community colleges around the state of Texas. A&M’s engineering department was granted $5 million two years ago from Chevron...

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