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See the Texas A&M University College of Arts and Sciences news from April 2023.

Pennington is one of five Texas A&M faculty members who have been appointed to 2023 University Professorships in Undergraduate Teaching Excellence (UPUTE) honoring exceptional classroom instruction and pedagogical innovation.

The six students are among 15 selected university-wide to receive 2023 Distinguished Graduate Student Awards recognizing exemplary achievement in teaching and research.

Congratulations to Texas A&M chemist Dr. Emily Pentzer, selected as the inaugural editor-in-chief of the Royal Society of Chemistry's newest journal, "RSC Applied Polymers."

A new 3D view of the nearby galaxy M87 using data obtained from a new instrument on the Keck II Telescope has helped astronomers pin down the mass of the supermassive black hole at the galaxy’s core — an estimated 5.37 billion times that of the sun — while also determining that it’s surprisingly asymmetrical.

Anderson, an associate professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, recently was awarded the 2023 Elsevier/Vision Sciences Society (VSS) Young Investigator Award for his substantial contributions to the understanding of visual attention and cognition.

The Nautical Archaeology Program’s annual event returns after a three-year hiatus to invite the community to tour their labs and view current research.

Dr. Jesús A. De Loera, professor of mathematics at the University of California, Davis, and current vice president of the American Mathematical Society, will visit the Texas A&M campus April 19 to deliver the 2023 Sue Geller Undergraduate Lecture, the sixth in an annual series intended to educate and inspire students in the Department of Mathematics.

For the 21st consecutive year, nearly 1,000 middle and high school students from across the state will visit the Texas A&M campus this weekend for a Texas-sized science and engineering competition, the 2023 Texas Science Olympiad.

A massive bloom of seaweed two times the size of the United States is headed for the Atlantic Coast. Texas A&M oceanographer Dr. Peter Morton dissects the potential impacts on marine life, tourism season and human health.

Congratulations to Transition Academic Programs' Andy Gibson '94 and the Undergraduate Advising and Operations Team, who have been honored with Texas A&M's highest recognition for staff.

Laporte has been named a 2023 Presidential Professor for Teaching Excellence — the 18th recipient in the College of Arts and Sciences of the university's highest recognition for classroom performance.

Criscione has been selected to receive one of the highest honors bestowed within the field of parasitology in recognition of his research contributions and mid-career accomplishments in parasitology.

Interim Dean of Arts and Sciences Dr. José Luis Bermúdez shared the progress and enduring vision before a packed house at the inaugural State of the College address.