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Veterinarians save Sybil the camel; engineers study earthquake-resistant bridge designs and human-robot interactions; researcher explains what makes us hangry.
Planned gift will support African wildlife study abroad; Women’s Resource Center gets a boost; Lawrences back Formula SAE Team; new scholarship for aggieTEACH program.
Up, Up and Away
Up, up and away! Students discover the keys to weather observation by flying a blimp on campus.
Scientists develop an oil spill prediction model, a bioabsorbable wound dressing and a new spacesuit design; neuroscience professor explains the underlying causes of déjà vu.
Not Your Average Summer Camp
How the GeoX summer camp program inspires high school students and became the College of Geoscience’s most reliable recruiting tool.
Aggie lawyers go global; submarine team sinks competition; visualization graduate students create animated short films.
Automated transportation research; kinesiologists study relationship between genetics and activity levels; new reading technology for blind individuals.
Accounting department naming underway; Pilgrim’s Corp. funds poultry feed mill renovation; Cathy and Bill Davis ’75 endow student conference; Nobel laureate David Lee supports quantum studies.
On the Footwalls of Faults
An intensive summer camp gives grade school teachers the geology experience of a lifetime.
Phytoplankton-ophile
Dr. Lisa Campbell keeps shellfish eaters safe through early detection of harmful phytoplankton in the Gulf Coast.
Camp BUILD hosts future engineers; Texas A&M creates coffee research center; new bike lanes illuminate campus; mobile app fights Zika virus.
Powells establish gift for geosciences field camp; Couple and son fund fellowship for Texas Panhandle business students; siblings endow scholarship to honor parents.
Researchers unearth a new human species; wearable device interprets sign language; alcohol consumption affects brain neurons; photos reveal Mars’ wet past.