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See the Texas A&M University College of Arts and Sciences news from February 2024 .

Chloe Stepanek '24, who boasts a 4.0 in biomedical sciences, is the third Texas A&M swimmer or diver to earn the prestigious honor and the first in SEC history to be honored multiple times.

Make a date for free family fun and experience the many wonders of science and technology at the Texas A&M Physics and Engineering Festival featuring hands-on demonstrations, keynote talks and a legendary Texas-sized five-barrel depth charge.

Reid "Zeke" Buskirk '21 and Dirk van de Laar '18 are among 14 recipients of the 2024 National Association of Geoscience Teachers Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award recognizing demonstrated excellence in geoscience-related teaching and learning.

Texas A&M communication professor Dr. George Villanueva received the Jane Jacobs Urban Communication Book Award from the Urban Communication Foundation for his monograph on engaged communication scholarship in Los Angeles.

Dr. Koliou, an associate professor in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M, will present the 2023-24 Ethel Ashworth-Tsutsui Memorial Lecture, set for 1:50 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9, in Room 110 of the H.J. "Bill" and Reta Haynes Engineering Building.

The group of outstanding early- and mid-career scientists, engineering and medical professionals will engage in the work of the National Academies while also developing their own interdisciplinary projects and helping to build a robust network of emerging STEM leaders.

The dust has settled on a controversial topic in astronomy, courtesy of new research involving Texas A&M astronomer Dr. Lifan Wang that shows Type Ia supernovae may be the source of significant amounts of previously unaccounted for dust in elliptical galaxies.

Lots of people will do a lot to avoid feeling negative emotions. But researchers in the Texas A&M Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences are figuring out how these unpleasant feelings actually have benefits.

Dr. Ellis, an associate professor of history at Princeton University and a renowned scholar on early American and Native American History, will deliver a free public lecture at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23, in the Memorial Student Center's Forsyth Galleries.

The two longtime Texas A&M faculty members and administrators are taking on new roles in conjunction with the college’s revamped organizational structure, approved by Texas A&M President Mark Welsh in alignment with his Quick-Look Assessment.

The free public series is one of several spring events presented by the Glasscock Center to introduce interdisciplinary and humanistic approaches to topics spanning climate, politics and culture.

Director Robert Santos met with students, faculty and staff to discuss the critical role of data in policymaking, journalism and other areas.

Hundreds of scholarship and fellowship recipients and their donors will be recognized along with six former student awardees during the first-of-its-kind event, set for Feb. 29 in the Memorial Student Center's Bethancourt Ballroom.

Texas A&M joins its fellow founding partners in welcoming Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics to the global project as it expands to 14 international research universities representing seven countries: Australia, Brazil, Chile, Israel, South Korea, Taiwan and the U.S.

Dr. Yan has been recognized as a 2024 Sloan Research Fellow by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation — the seventh among current and former Texas A&M Chemistry faculty members and one of two chemists honored from Texas-based institutions.

Sixty years ago this month, Texas Governor John B. Connally visited the Texas A&M campus to deliver the good news that a $6 million “atom smasher” would be built at Texas A&M. The rest is nuclear science history.