BUILD
Texas A&M students turn shipping containers into fully functioning medical clinics
March 13, 2026 • 2 min. readAggies are working together to make a difference in the lives of people without access to medical care through the innovative BUILD program.
Texas A&M returns to SXSW with expanded Fast Company partnership showcasing innovation as a Force for Good
March 2, 2026 • 5 min. readThe university will appear throughout Fast Company Grill from March 13-15, then join Fast Company on March 16 for “In Good Company,” a new day of co-created programming focused on innovation, impact and purpose.
Texas A&M And Texas Tech Come Together To Help The People of West Texas
July 11, 2025 • 2 min. readThe two rivals have joined forces to provide health care to an underserved area of Texas.
Equipping Rural Texans With Health Care Through Aggie Collaboration
April 28, 2025 • 10 min. readTexas A&M University’s BUILD, the College of Medicine’s Rural Medicine Outreach program and the Texas A&M Telehealth Institute helped the small Texas town of Sarita gain access to medical care.
Constructed by student volunteers, the clinics will be shipped across Texas and around the world to serve communities in need.
Aggies Team Up With VOOM Foundation To Provide Heart Surgeries In Nigeria
Dec. 6, 2023 • 7 min. readLed by a Texas A&M Health physician, the organization is working to transform health care in Africa’s most populous country, with plenty of help from students.
BUILD Announces Five Organizations To Receive The 2023 Texas Aggie Medical And Veterinary Clinics
Oct. 4, 2023 • 4 min. readThe student organization’s volunteer members convert shipping containers into medical and veterinary facilities that can be deployed anywhere.
Texas A&M BUILD has been converting shipping containers into medical facilities for the last 10 years.
BUILD Carries On The Spirit Of Aggie Bonfire Through Selfless Service
Nov. 17, 2022 • 5 min. readSince 2013, the organization has worked to unite the student body and help communities in need by constructing fully-equipped medical clinics inside shipping containers.
Amid COVID-19 restrictions, the student organization that converts shipping containers into Texas Aggie Medical Clinics has had its most productive year yet.