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  • Front page news: Former student writes feature articles for The New York Times

    Former student Rick Rojas '10 uses his liberal arts education from Texas A&M University to write front page news for The New York Times. He recently covered the aftermath of the El Paso shooting.

  • Signing a paper

    Professor’s research shapes block of recent Arkansas abortion bill

    Department of Economics professor Jason Lindo’s research on the consequences of abortion-clinic closures recently effected the block on a proposed abortion bill in Arkansas. 

  • Smartphones may limit understanding of news content

    In a new study, associate professor Johanna Dunaway found that screen size can affect how well you understand information from video news.

  • Local Newspaper Closures Polarize Voters, Choke Political Progress

    Residents are less informed, less engaged in their communities and less influential with their legislators in cities where polarized national news sources are replacing shuttered local newspapers.

  • graphic of PPRI's event

    The Public Policy Research Institute turns 35

    To celebrate 35 years of impacting public policy through unbiased scientific research, the Public Policy Research Institute will hold a conference on November 5 at the George Hotel in College Station.

  • Today’s special: Vice President for Research Mark Barteau

    A Q&A with the new vice president for research.

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    Regents approve humanities research center for A&M’s College of Liberal Arts

    Facility will be devoted to digital research, President Michael K. Young says

  • Researchers at work in Rising Star cave.

    Anthropology Researcher Makes List Of Discover Magazine Top Stories For 2017

    A research team that included a Texas A&M University anthropologist who determined the fossil remains discovered last year in a South African cave almost certainly coexisted with early Homo sapiens has been named one of Discover magazine’s “Top 100 Stories for 2017.”

  • Mary and James Crawley '47 sit outside a cafe in Paris.

    A beautiful legacy: Crawleys give to enhance education of Liberal Arts students

    Mary and James Crawley '47 recently created an endowment to fund scholarships for students studying theatre or music and for Liberal Arts students studying abroad.

  • Rev. and Mrs. Nix pose for a picture at an event

    Rev. William Nix ’63 believes in power of liberal arts education

    To reinforce the importance of the English Department in particular, Nix and his wife, Nelwyn, established the Nelwyn and William D. Nix ‘63 Fund to provide financial support to faculty in the department.