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Health & Environment

United By Disaster

Mar 19, 2025 • 8 min. read

Two researchers connect 12 years after Hurricane Katrina to aid disaster-damaged communities.

Visionary leaders from Texas A&M will join Fast Company at SXSW in Austin to explore how science and technology will create a brighter and safer future for the people of Texas, the nation and beyond.

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Texas A&M Maritime Academy and College of Marine Sciences and Maritime Studies offer maritime degrees combined with a U.S. Coast Guard officer license that provides high earnings and unique careers.

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Texas A&M’s Gulf Research Institute for Highly Migratory Species is working to maintain sustainable fisheries in the Gulf, which contribute $11 billion annually to the region’s Blue Economy.

Starting in the fall, the Galveston campus will make maritime education more accessible, helping to fill national workforce gaps.

Texas A&M’s newest academic college will prepare students to enter a $1.5 trillion industry essential to the nation’s economic prosperity, national security and environmental protection and conservation.