Tag: Texas A&M
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War on water: Texas youth fight to raise awareness on water crisis
As she zips up her blue corduroy Future Farmers of America (FFA) jacket, she takes a deep breath reminding herself of all the preparation and hard work that’s led up to this moment. The usher calls her name, she steps forward, ready to ignite a fire in the hearts of her audience for the next…
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Global Water Scarcity course at Texas A&M expanding its impact
When Texas A&M University students are choosing their course schedules, a class called “The World Has a Drinking Problem” stands out in the crowd. But AGSM 105 is more than a clever name. The 1,000 students enrolled annually in the course are gaining insights into both domestic and international water concepts, including U.S. groundwater and…
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Mills Scholarship recipient studies harmful algae blooms
Article originally written by Madison Pigg Crista Kieley, a graduate student in the Department of Marine Biology at Texas A&M University, researches the complex forces driving cyanobacterial blooms in warm monomictic lakes, which overturn only once a year. She focused her graduate research on these harmful blooms, a growing area of study, in the south-central…
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New internship program connects Aggies with hands-on water science
Article originally written by Cameron Castilaw Students at Texas A&M University are gaining professional research field work experience thanks to a new water internship program by the Texas Water Resources Institute and Texas A&M’s College of Arts and Sciences. “The goal is for these students to get hands-on experience with going out and collecting surface…
