Texas A&M is the state’s oldest public university and largest university, and one of the largest in the nation: a research-intensive, land-grant institution with more than 69,300 students, including nearly 15,000 in graduate or professional school. Students choose from more than 130 undergraduate and 272 graduate degree programs in 16 colleges and schools, and participate in more than 1,100 student-run organizations and activities (including the Big Event, the largest one-day, student-run service project in the United States).
Texas A&M ranks in the top 20 nationally in research expenditures, with more than $922 million in FY2018 (National Science Foundation), and is a member of the Association of American Universities. Texas A&M ranks at or near the top among universities nationally in the areas of academic excellence, value, and affordability; on-time student graduation rates (both overall and for minorities); student engagement and happiness; and students who graduate with less college-related debt and become the nation’s highest-earning graduates. Texas A&M also has more graduates serving as CEOs of Fortune 500 companies than any other university.
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Video games are part of a multibillion-dollar industry in which lucrative employment opportunities abound.
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President Biden’s proposed solar power expansion would cost $350 billion in federal support over the coming decade. An energy expert explains where that money would come from and who it would help.
The new findings, although preliminary, are raising concerns about the potential long-term effects of COVID-19.
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo stubbornly fought sexual harassment charges, as many executives do in business.
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Studies show video games help students learn math and science.
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Every soldier has a different story.
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People produce mountains of data every day, but not all data is treated the same under the law.
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Many hospitals outsource services to specialized companies.
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The rally – fed by citizen-spread misinformation and disinformation – that turned into the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection.
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Chaucer’s career as a secret agent helped him assume different disguises in his writing. Some scholars interpret this role-playing as Chaucer being sexist and anti-Semitic.
Seattle experienced record high temperatures in June 2021.
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A drone flies above search and rescue personnel at the site of the Champlain Towers South Condo building collapse in Surfside, Florida.
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The black market for stolen personal information motivates most data breaches.
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The plan sought to broaden high schools sending students to public colleges in Texas.
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