From the Oct. 25 issue of Texas A&M University’s daily e-newsletter, the TAMUTimes: In the mid-1990s, Tammy Beckham was a professional, classical musician. As a French horn player and a pianist, she performed with a symphonic orchestra. But Auburn University presented her with an opportunity to pursue another dream. “I’ve always had a passion for animals [...]
For five years, the seeds sat — all 1,100 pounds of them — on the top shelf in the very back of a refrigerated Brookshire Bros. warehouse in Lufkin, Texas. The drought-hardy loblolly pine seeds had been a focus of the Texas A&M Forest Service Western Gulf Forest Tree Improvement Program since its inception in [...]
AgriLife Research contributing new quality to state’s No. 1 cash crop Can you imagine trying to build a competitive race car with old parts? Chances are, the entry would not fare well at the Indy 500. Very much the same thing might be said about today’s crops, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientist.“Contemporary [...]
Turkeys aren’t the only things getting stuffed during the holidays. That’s why Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts have offered advice on altering recipes to reduce the fat, sugar or sodium content in many traditional holiday meals. “The sugar, fat or sodium content of almost any holiday recipe can be reduced without a noticeable difference [...]
Jenny Jenkins, a graduate student in the Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications department, turned her dreams into reality just a short year and a half ago when she founded the non-profit organization Imani Tumaini Upendo, meaning “faith hope love” in Swahili. Jenkins, 22, found her passion for selfless service when she went on her first [...]
TVMDL‘s College Station lab recently welcomed Dr. Rabab El Sawah from the zoonotic disease department at the General Organization of Veterinary Services (GOVS) in Cairo, Egypt. At GOVS, Dr. El Sawah supervises veterinary testing for tuberculosis and brucellosis. As part of her 12-week fellowship with Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture Science and Technology, Dr. [...]
Texas A&M Forest Service on Thursday hosted an open house to showcase the Heart of Texas Task Force, one of five wildland firefighting teams strategically stationed across the state. The Heart of Texas team — more commonly referred to as the HOT Task Force — consists of four dozers, one engine and eight wildland firefighters. [...]
A new state-of-the-art laboratory equipped with instrumentation to allow rapid foodborne pathogen testing and characterization was showcased recently at The Science Park in College Station.The new facility is designed to support the efforts of faculty who are members of the Center for Food Safety, a collaborative effort by Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Texas A&M AgriLife [...]
Please join us in congratulating our faculty and staff on their recent awards and appointments. Texas A&M agriculture, life sciences college bestows alumni awards Five graduates of the Texas A&M University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences were honored Oct. 13 with outstanding alumni awards. Allan Marburger, Horace McQueen, Dr. Jimmy Cheek and the [...]
An AmeriCorps member working in conjunction with the Texas 4-H and Junior Master Gardener programs of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service recently received a joint state and national award. Kristen Aaltonen received a Governor’s Volunteer Award — the AmeriCorps State and National “Getting Things Done” Award – at the 2012 Texas Nonprofit Summit in Austin for her work [...]