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Texas A&M Maritime Academy Stands Ready to Accept New 525-foot Training Ship
U.S. House appropriations bill includes money for shipVessel also could provide relief after hurricanes, other disasters WASHINGTON, D.C. & COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Texas A&M University’s maritime academy is closer than any time in the past 15 years to being...
Department of Defense honors Texas A&M System for National Security Leadership
Texas A&M System is only award winner from higher education in Texas COLLEGE STATION, Texas — An agency of the U.S. Department of Defense on Thursday awarded The Texas A&M University System with the prestigious James S. Cogswell Award for Outstanding...
Feds Tap Bio-Manufacturing Center in College Station For “Warp Speed” Production of COVID-19 Vaccines
FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies, a Texas A&M System subcontractor, to mass produce for Novavax Inc. COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The federal government has reserved a high-tech bio-manufacturing facility here for mass production of a COVID-19 vaccine as part of a...
Texas A&M System Inks Deal for Free COVID-19 Testing for All Students, Faculty and Staff
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Students, faculty and staff at all 11 Texas A&M System universities across the state will soon have quick and easy access to free testing for COVID-19. “Ensuring the health and safety of our students is our top priority,” said John Sharp,...
Texas A&M System to analyze racial profiling data from police stops
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Tarleton State University’s Dr. Alex del Carmen will lead scholars and academicians from across the Texas A&M University System to analyze data racial profiling reported by law enforcement agencies. It will be the first comprehensive study...
New Preschool Opens Near Texas A&M
College of Education to provide services.Facility is open to all families in the area COLLEGE STATION, Texas — A new — and affordable — preschool will open soon near Texas A&M University to address the shortage of quality programs for young children in the Brazos...
Drive-In Fireworks at RELLIS to Become New Tradition
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Drive-In Fireworks at RELLIS will return next year for another Fourth of July celebration, thanks to the success of Saturday night’s show at the Bryan campus. An estimated audience of 10,000 people, taking 3,100 parking spaces, witnessed the...
Army innovator to lead military modernization center at RELLIS
Retiring Army Futures Command colonel becomes director of Bush Combat Development Complex COLLEGE STATION – The Texas A&M University System is turning to a veteran of U.S. Army modernization to become the first executive director of the George H.W. Bush Combat...
Texas A&M Tests COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates for iBio, Inc.
Chancellor Sharp praises partnership between university, biotech firm COLLEGE STATION, Texas — A team of scientists at Texas A&M is working on two COVID-19 vaccine candidates that could be mass produced quickly in modified tobacco plants. The team is led by Dr....
Texas A&M System Brands Buildings at Texas A&M Innovation Plaza in Texas Medical Center
The five-acre mixed-use Texas A&M Innovation Plaza in Houston will be home to the Engineering Medicine program and more. COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The Texas A&M University System has announced Discovery Tower, Life Tower and Horizon Tower as the names of the...