5 Things You Need To Know — Week Of May 7

1. Texas A&M University To Present Nearly 10,500 Degrees During Spring Commencement Ceremonies

Texas A&M University is projected to award nearly 10,500 degrees this spring during 15 commencement ceremonies held across Texas and at its branch campus in Doha, Qatar.

2. Texas A&M Founding Member Of New Texas Medical Center Research Center

Texas A&M University Health Science Center will join the other founding organizations and the Texas Medical Center (TMC) to break ground on TMC3—a 30-acre collaborative research campus—in 2019.

3. New Center To Advance Health And Nature Research, Education

Houston Methodist Hospital, the Texas A&M University System and Texan by Nature are partnering to form the Center for Health and Nature.

4. Bush School Scowcroft Institute To Host 2nd Pandemic & Biosecurity Conference At National Press Club

The Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs at Texas A&M University’s Bush School of Government & Public Service will hold its 2nd Annual Pandemic & Biosecurity Policy Conference at the National Press Club (529 14th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20045) on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 from 8:45-11 a.m.

5. Texas A& M Transportation Institute, Mays Business School Launch Innovation Partnership

Taking innovative transportation ideas and working with the private sector to develop them into viable products and services that improve transportation safety and mobility is the goal of a new partnership between the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) and the McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship in Mays Business School at Texas A&M University.