The Department of Oceanography is commemorating its 60th anniversary with a symposium and celebration today and Saturday (November 6 & 7) for all former students, current students, colleagues, stakeholders, faculty and staff at the College Station Hilton. This 60th anniversary celebration also honors the life and work of Professor Robert O. Reid, a founding member of the department who remained active on the faculty as a distinguished professor emeritus until his death in January, 2009, at age 87.

Texas Sea Grant hosts UJNR Aquaculture Panel

11/05/09 - Texas Sea Grant hosted the 38th meeting of the U.S.-Japan Cooperative Program in Natural Resources (UJNR) Aquaculture Panel Business Meeting and Science Symposium October 25-31 in Corpus Christi. About 30 people from the two member nations attended the conference.

Prof To Predict Weather On Mars

11/04/09 - Is there such a thing as “weather” on Mars? There are some doubts, considering the planet’s atmosphere is only 1 percent as dense as that of the Earth. Mars, however, definitely has clouds, drastically low temperatures and out-of-this-world dust storms, and Istvan Szunyogh, a Texas A&M associate professor of atmospheric sciences, has been awarded a NASA grant to analyze and forecast Martian weather.

Geography Graduate Students Win Top Paper, Poster Awards

11/04/09 - Three Geography graduate students won top paper and poster awards at the Southwestern Division of the Association of American Geographers (SWAAG) conference in North Little Rock, Arkansas, last week (October 29-31). Twenty-two graduate students and faculty from the department attended the SWAAG conference to view, present, and discuss research from member university geography programs.

Eight Geosciences Faculty, Staff Honored

11/2/2009 - Eight College of Geosciences faculty and staff members were recognized for their achievements Thursday, October 29th, at an annual college reception in the Halbouty Building. Dean Kate Miller presented the 2009 Dean’s Distinguished Achievement Awards. Association of Former Students (AFS) Director of Campus Programs Kelli Hutka, ’97, assisted in presenting the 2009 AFS College Level Teaching Awards.

UCLA Professor to Give 2009 Haynes Lecture

11/2/2009 - UCLA Geography Professor Glen MacDonald will present the Texas A&M University Department of Geography’s 2009 Haynes Lecture at 4:00 pm on November 6th in room 208 of Scoates Hall. MacDonald holds a University of California presidential chair and is director of the UCLA Institute of the Environment.

Geosciences Researchers Receive $3.3 Million from Federal Stimulus

10/26/2009 - Researchers from all four of the College of Geosciences’ academic departments received funds from the National Science Foundation (NSF), through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), a stimulus package passed earlier this year to reinvigorate the U.S. economy.

Guinasso to serve as Panelist at Energy Symposium

10/26/09 - Norman Guinasso, director of the Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (GERG) at Texas A&M University, will travel to the campus of Florida State University next week to serve as a panelist at the Symposium on Offshore Energy being held November 2.

Olszewski Awarded Schuchert Medal

10/23/2009 - Thomas Olszewski, an associate professor in the Department of Geology & Geophysics, has been awarded the 2009 Schuchert Medal by the Paleontological Society. The award is given annually to a person under the age of 40 whose work reflects excellence and promise in the science of paleontology.

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