March 14, 2022 Coopersmith Dunaway Mercieca Ukraine The Role Of The Internet In Ukraine’s Information War Russia's invasion of Ukraine highlights how social media and online communication have added new dynamics to age-old patterns of information warfare, Texas A&M experts explain. August 2, 2021 Coopersmith Department of Communication Department of History Goidel States Across the U.S. Pass Restrictive Voting Laws New restrictive voting laws are being put in place to prevent voter fraud. Texas A&M University professors say these laws are more complex than previously believed. September 3, 2020 Coopersmith COVID-19 To teach in person, or not: That is the question Jonathan Coopersmith from the Department of History discusses returning to the classroom during a pandemic. May 4, 2020 Coopersmith History May the Fourth be with you Star Wars May the fourth be with you On Star Wars Day, a history professor highlights the brains and brawn of the Star Wars franchise and how close we might be to droid and force technology. February 27, 2020 Coopersmith Glasscock Hyman Temp 20th Annual Glasscock Book Prize event Join us on March 4th & 5th for campus and community events celebrating our 20th Annual Susanne M. Glasscock Humanities Book Prize for Interdisciplinary Scholarship. February 11, 2020 Award Coopersmith History History professor elected as chair for national science association Jonathan Coopersmith, professor in the Department of History, was elected as Chair-Elect, Chair, and Retiring Chair for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Section for the History and Philosophy of Science December 2, 2019 Black Friday Coopersmith Cyber Monday History Thanksgiving Shop until you drop in the comfort of your own home Today is Cyber Monday, the Monday following Thanksgiving, promoted by online retailers as a day for exceptional bargains. The College of Liberal Arts sat down with a history professor to discuss how technology shapes our views on shopping. September 4, 2019 Coopersmith History The Conversation Can sun umbrellas ever become fashionable again in America? In Asian countries, many people wield umbrellas to protect them from the sun. American women used to as well – but then stopped. July 22, 2019 Coopersmith History TAMU Today Would Apollo 11 have happened without Russia? A Texas A&M technology historian explains why the 1969 moon landing could have been delayed – or not happened at all – without the Soviet Union’s space ambitions. February 7, 2019 Coopersmith History Why do people still use fax machines? It's 2019. And yet faxing is still often more secure, easier to use and better suited to existing work habits than computer-based messaging.