Musumba graduated from Texas A&M with his third degree, a Ph.D. in agricultural economics, and has begun a new chapter in his life as a post-doctoral researcher at Columbia University.

Mrs. Dickie, who died in April 2011, earmarked about $2.5 million to establish a permanent scholarship in honor of her husband, George D. Dickie Jr. '46.

Texas A&M has yet to play its first game in the Southeastern Conference, but the Aggies are already big winners in the licensing area.

The doctors at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston gave Don Matthew a 50-50 chance of survival. He is now going to graduate from Texas A&M.

Anyone who has seen a movie with special effects — especially the Academy Award-winning ones — has seen the outstanding artistic talents of an Aggie.

With the start of the new school year, Texas A&M officials are emphasizing the Money Wise Aggie and its resources to both new and continuing students.

The 77 American universities created under provisions of the Morrill Act have had big roles in literally changing the world.

High-seas piracy has not changed much in the last 3,000 years and you can bet a keg of rum, a colorful parrot and some buried treasure that pirates will continue to be successful in the 21st century and beyond.

Health & Environment

Antarctica At Risk

July 12, 2012 • 5 min. read

Antarctica is at risk from human activities and other forces, and environmental management is needed to protect the planet’s last great wilderness area.

Texas A&M graduate Bill Morrill, Class of ’72, is a distant relative of the creator of the Morrill Act, Sen. Justin Smith Morrill.