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The Morrill Act Still Has A Huge Impact On The U.S. And The World
July 2, 2020 • 7 min. readToday is the anniversary of the act that created land-grant schools across America, including Texas A&M and Prairie View.
In 'Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America,' Texas A&M graduate Caleb McDaniel shares the story of a black woman who sued her captor after surviving kidnapping and re-enslavement.
Freedom Colonies Provide Unique Learning Opportunity For Students
Feb. 28, 2020 • 2 min. readTexas A&M professor Andrea Roberts is working to identify and preserve hundreds of settlements of formerly enslaved people across Texas.
Texas A&M Professor David Vaught Honored By American Historians
Nov. 25, 2019 • 3 min. readThe longtime professor named has designated a Distinguished Lecturer by the Organization of American Historians for his scholarly works on labor history and baseball.
Study Shows How Humans Have Transformed Earth, And Still Do
Sep. 16, 2019 • 4 min. readA Texas A&M anthropology professor is part of a team that examined how humans have changed everything about our planet.
A book by Texas A&M’s Lorien Foote describes a moment during the Civil War when the U.S. flag brought comfort and cause for celebration to Union soldiers.
Five questions about the Notre Dame fire with Zachary Stewart, an assistant architecture professor and architectural historian at Texas A&M.
Henry Clay Dethloff wrote "Texas Aggies Go to War" and "A Centennial History of Texas A&M University, 1876-1976," a title that is considered to be the definitive history of Texas A&M.
Texas A&M Libraries Acquires Stephen F. Austin’s Rare 1830 ‘Map Of Texas’
April 16, 2018 • 3 min. readResearchers Solve Mystery Of Historic 1952 London Fog And Current Chinese Haze
Nov. 14, 2016 • 5 min. readThe exact cause and nature of the fog has remained mostly unknown for decades, but an international team of scientists that includes several Texas A&M University-affiliated researchers believes that the mystery has been solved and that the same air chemistry also happens in China and other locales.