Buffs capture National Collegiate Rodeo Championship
West Texas A&M University’s Zach Cobb proved to be the nation’s top collegiate steer wrestler, leading the Buffaloes to their first-ever team title at the College National Finals Rodeo June 11-17 in Casper, Wyo.

Texas A&M architecture team leads Key West summit on hurricane preparedness
Faculty and students at Texas A&M University were invited to present innovative hurricane preparedness and post-hurricane recovery options a special two-day summit in Key West, Fla., in July.

TAMIU unwraps Laredo's largest gift to the arts: Sharkey-Corrigan pipe organ
The new $1.2 million Sharkey-Corrigan Pipe Organ at Texas A&M International University, the largest philanthropic gift ever in support of the arts in Laredo, debuted July 23.

TCE launches sun safety program at summer camps in El Paso
Texas Cooperative Extension and the El Paso Parks and Recreation Department are providing a sun safety program to teach children participating in the city's summer camps about the harmful effects of overexposure to the sun.

Chick Lit makes academic debut in book co-edited by Tarleton professor
A Tarleton State University professor and her colleague are drawing attention to the “chick lit” phenomenon through their book Chick Lit: The New Woman’s Fiction, published by Routledge last October.