Several law enforcement agencies entered the Melbern G. Glasscock Building on the Texas A&M University campus, brought groaning victims to safety and moved them to a waiting ambulance as onlookers watched Thursday. The trip to the ambulance was a ... full story
Texas A&M University President Elsa Murano has been named a recipient of Florida International University's FIU Medallion, which is bestowed upon outstanding alumni.Florida International President Modesto Maidique informed Murano of her selection ... full story
Texas A&M University ranks second among universities nationwide in terms of how much money graduates earn compared with how much they spent on their undergraduate education, according to rankings by a national magazine."An elite-college degree is ... full story
A mock shooting will occur on the Texas A&M University campus Thursday as part of an exercise to test the readiness of emergency responders.As many as 200 university, city, county and hospital employees, along with local and state law enforcement ... full story
It was just like in the movies. A knock rattled Gina Lane's door. She saw three neatly dressed men -- a chaplain, a colonel and her husband's supervising officer. "You know exactly what it's about," Lane said. "Your whole world falls apart."Lane's hu ... full story
When President George W. Bush leaves the White House next month, he'll return to being a full-time Texan. The family has purchased a home in Dallas, but Friday's ecstatic welcome at Texas A&M University may cause a tinge of buyer's remorse.This i ... full story
President George W. Bush urged Texas A&M's graduating class Friday to do what's right, even if it's not popular."Remember that popularity is as fleeting as the Texas wind," he said during his last commencement address as president. "Character and ... full story
President Bush's commencement address at Texas A&M University on Friday will be transmitted live to Rudder Auditorium, which will be open to the general public, university officials announced Thursday. KAMU-TV will provide a live telecast of the ... full story
The relocation of students forced out of their waterside Texas A&M Galveston campus to College Station after Hurricane Ike was a challenge, and bringing them back won't be a walk on the beach, the campus's chief executive said. "[Finding housing] ... full story
Texas A&M University's executive MBA program provides its students with the best return on investment of any program in the country, according to rankings by The Wall Street Journal.The newspaper compared 27 schools across the country and, in an ... full story
Gus Cruz has seen George H.W. Bush working out in Texas A&M University's Student Recreation Center -- a sign of the former president's frequent presence on campus. But Cruz, who graduates this week, has never seen his son President George W. Bus ... full story
Victoria Bissonnet gazed in awe at the hulking Kyle Field. "I'm a small-town girl," said the sophomore marine biology major from Texas A&M's Galveston campus, recalling the first time earlier this semester that she passed by the stadium. "It's so ... full story
The Texas A&M University System made a promise Friday to incoming freshmen attending all of its schools: If your family makes $30,000 or less and you maintain a 2.5 grade-point average, your tuition and mandatory fees will be paid. The Board of R ... full story
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents made several appointments to the system's state agencies during its meeting Friday. The appointments include: Robert C. Todd to associate agency director of the Texas Engineering Extension Servi ... full story
A new Texas A&M University learning and research center in Costa Rica set to open in January will give the university an even greater global reach, President Elsa Murano said. "It would give us a foothold in Central America," Murano told the Texa ... full story
Texas A&M University broke ground Friday on a $104 million building that will be occupied by the Dwight Look College of Engineering, the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. About $75 mill ... full story
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents is set to consider a broad five-year strategic plan that aims to make the A&M System more diverse. The plan would increase underrepresented student, staff and faculty groups 10 percent by 2012; ... full story
Eighteen professors and administrators within the Texas A&M University System received the designation of Regents Professor or Regents Fellow for 2007-08.The A&M System Board of Regents recognized the following with the Regents Professor Awar ... full story
Regents in January will consider hiring Dr. Eleanor Green to serve as dean of the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.Her appointment would be effective March 1 if the Texas A&M University System Board ... full story
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates isn't the only member of President-elect Barack Obama's national security team with ties to the George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M.Obama's pick for national security adviser, retired ... full story
Incoming freshmen at schools within the Texas A&M University System whose families make $30,000 or less would have the cost of their tuition and mandatory fees paid under a plan regents are expected to consider this week. The proposal would take ... full story
When lawmakers return to Austin in two months, the Texas A&M System will have a roughly $600 million wish list at the ready.The money -- special financial requests that do not include basic state funding -- would go to incentive pay for teachers, ... full story
President George W. Bush's address to Texas A&M's fall graduating class will launch a new commencement format for the university. Beginning with Bush's Dec. 12 speech, one keynote speaker will address all graduates at the same time, followed by i ... full story
Austin resident and Texas A&M graduate Alan Peters is reminded every day that he lives in enemy territory. The University of Texas takes up a big chunk of downtown. Cars across the city have Longhorn stickers. The school flags are everywhere. Whe ... full story
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