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Fifty years ago, Ersen Arseven ’74 made a life-altering choice, deciding to pursue his Ph.D. in statistics at Texas A&M University. He continues to invest in Texas A&M's future and that of its faculty and students through endowments — a topic we recently teamed up with the Texas A&M Foundation to explore in both video and behind-the-scenes formats.

Emails between two faculty members aren't necessarily newsworthy, but when it's two Texas A&M distinguished professors exchanging space-related videos and brief memories of the Apollo program, consider our curiosity piqued by a rare glimpse at the humanity behind the history on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.

Texas A&M chemist David Powers has been selected to receive a 2019 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, a prestigious honor intended to help kick-start the careers of rising faculty with the potential to become academic leaders in both research and education.

Interested in exploring the night sky and enjoying free educational summer fun? Join The Stella Hotel and Texas A&M Astronomy for the next Star Party at The Stella, set for July 18 from 9 to 11 p.m.

As a graduate student in astronomy at Texas A&M University, Taylor Hutchison '22 studies some of the most distant galaxies ever found, using some of the largest telescopes on Earth to do so. Learn more about her passion for science and the stars as well as the exhilarating potential of living a dream come true.

Andreas Ehnbom, a doctoral student in the Texas A&M Department of Chemistry, has been selected as one of 29 international participants in the 2019 CAS Future Leaders Program, an elite scientific leadership immersion opportunity provided through the American Chemical Society.

Texas A&M junior chemistry major Oscar Gonzalez '20 has been named a 2019 Goldwater Scholar by the Goldwater Scholarship Foundation in recognition of outstanding academic achievement and research potential. Gonzalez, a Science Leadership Scholar, is among 48 Texas A&M students selected to date for the prestigious honor since the initial scholarship was issued in 1989.

Congratulations to Texas A&M physicist and Mitchell Institute Director Bhaskar Dutta, who has been appointed as holder of the Mitchell-Heep Chair in High Energy Physics.

Sarah Witherspoon, a widely respected expert in algebra and a Texas A&M faculty member since 2004, has been appointed as head of the Texas A&M Department of Mathematics, effective September 1, 2019.

Join The Stella Hotel and Texas A&M Astronomy Thursday (June 13) to kick off the summer season in style at a free Star Party at The Stella from 9 to 11 p.m.!

Texas A&M chemist Karen Wooley's laboratory is fighting hemorrhage — a leading cause of death in traumatic injuries — by developing a bioabsorbable wound dressing with encapsulated chitosan nanofibers that, when applied to liver injury sites in animals, dissolves in as little as seven days, eliminating the need for subsequent physical removal and any chance of re-injury in the process

Congratulations to Texas A&M statistician Cliff Spiegelman, who has been recognized by the Texas A&M chapter of Sigma Xi with one of its primary annual awards celebrating scientific excellence and advancement — the 2019 Outstanding Science Communicator Award.