Posted: 3:38 PM Silver Taps will be held at Texas A&M University Tuesday (Feb. 7) to honor the memory of six Aggies.

Posted: 12:10 PM After two decades focused on improving the quality of life for residents of the impoverished, relatively undeveloped villages, or “colonias,” clumped near population centers on the U.S. side of the Texas-Mexico border, the Texas A&M University Colonias Program is celebrating its myriad achievements by honoring its staff and the host of volunteers and community partners who have contributed to its success.

Posted: 9:47 AM An academic study at Texas A&M University confirms the effect of a pattern of supportive teacher-student relationships over the elementary years equals profound academic success in later years.

Posted: 10:31 AM Discoveries made in some underwater caves by Texas &M University at Galveston researchers in the Bahamas could provide clues about how ocean life formed on Earth millions of years ago, and perhaps give hints of what types of marine life could be found on distant planets and moons.

Updated: 11:08 PM A six-month study will begin in the next few weeks that will help decide the future of renovations for Texas A&M's aging football home.

Updated: 8:57 PM The Texas A&M System Board of Regents has given University President R. Bowen Loftin the power to negotiate the separation agreement with the Big 12 Conference as A&M heads to the SEC.

Posted: 3:34 PM New light is being cast by the research of a Texas A&M University oceanographer on the role “picky eater” microbes in the coastal zone play in the global carbon cycle.

Updated: 10:39 AM Incoming and transfer college students are required by law now to get a vaccination for bacterial meningitis ten days before classes begin.

Updated: 10:56 PM Company F-1 and Squadron 1 were activated Friday after being disbanded for a number of years.

Posted: 2:31 PM Students in architecture professor Rodney Hill’s creativity course this spring at Texas A&M University will be expected to continue the class’ history of producing dynamic innovations and sustainable businesses, with the most recent success stories from fall 2011 including one student who sold two of her ideas produced in the classroom to a consulting firm.

Posted: 11:52 AM Joshua Bolten, former White House chief of staff under President George W. Bush, will speak at the Bush School at Texas A&M University on Jan. 26. Bolten will join Acting Dean of the Bush School, Andrew Card, in a discussion of “Political Polarization: Its Causes and Its Cure.”

Posted: 10:01 AM Money still doesn’t grow on trees, but a famous Aggieland tree’s acorns have produced seedlings that an enterprising Texas A&M graduate is growing with the goal of selling them to raise funds for a prestigious $100,000 scholarship at his alma mater.

Updated: 5:35 PM Our state does indeed face a shortage of physicians, most significantly those who specialize in primary care.

Posted: 5:46 PM For A&M, it's about keeping the 12th Man strong and associated with the Aggies.

Updated: 4:46 PM Six years after a public battle with an NFL franchise over the use of one of its most recognizable phrases, it appears Texas A&M University is ready to talk to another pro team about it.

Updated: 6:57 PM He was responsible for flying the men's and women's basketball programs at Texas A&M to their away games, now the owner of Aviation Enterprises is facing charges of misapplying Texas A&M funds to the tune of $200,000.

Updated: 6:47 PM Tickets are still available for Saturday's Meineke Car Care Bowl in Houston between Texas A&M and Northwestern.

Updated: 6:38 PM The day after Christmas, the figurine of baby Jesus was returned.

Updated: 4:54 PM A&M Women's Basketball team takes it all the way to a National Championship in 2011.

Updated: 11:11 PM Funeral services for Joseph Villavisenco, age 22, of Jacksonville, are scheduled for 2:00 pm Monday, December 26, 2011 at the First Methodist Church, Jacksonville with Rev. Joel McMahon officiating. Burial will be at Still Waters Memorial Gardens, Jacksonville. Mr. Villavisencio passed away Thursday, December 22, 2011 in Madisonville.

Updated: 10:39 AM Texas A&M senior offensive lineman Joseph Villavisencio was killed in a head-on, two-car accident on FM 39 south of Normangee Wednesday. His vehicle was traveling north on FM 39 from North Zulch toward Normangee on his way home to Jacksonville, Texas. According to witnesses, Villavisencio’s car swerved to avoid a buzzard in the roadway and his car went into the path of an oncoming 18-wheeler.

Updated: 10:38 AM A Texas A&M football player has been killed in a car crash near the town of Normangee.

Posted: 12:08 PM David H. Carlson, who currently serves as professor and dean of library affairs for the Morris Library at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC) in Carbondale, Ill., has been named dean of University libraries at Texas A&M University.

Posted: 3:14 PM Dr. George R. Welch has been appointed as head of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Texas A&M University, announced H. Joseph Newton, dean of the College of Science.

Posted: 12:19 PM Record enrollment, a new high in research investment, several major scholarly and scientific announcements and new facilities on the academic front and, athletically, national championships and a move to the Southeastern Conference (SEC) highlighted the year 2011 at Texas A&M University.