The latest Texas A&M University-College Station news from The Texas Tribune.
Dozens of people were arrested in Austin, while sit ins and demonstrations elsewhere happened mostly unobstructed. School officials say it’s because campus rules were broken. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/5eaeb7bfcb70d3af0bd035f3974256ce/UTSA Protest SAR SB TT 01.jpg)
A university system regent has sought input from the victims’ families about restoring the tradition, which was suspended after the 1999 tragedy. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/9c1f7dad24c981951a0a0073e843cdd1/TAMU Bonfire REUTERS TT 01.jpg)
A nuclear power plant hasn’t been built in Texas in decades because of cost and public fears of a major accident. Now the governor wants to find out if smaller reactors could meet the state’s growing need for on-demand power. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/489a3dcafeab12b4326414e893d1f313/0311 Nuclear Blue Glow EH TT redo 06.jpg)
Professors and students on the Doha campus are devastated by the Board of Regents’ sudden decision to shutter the school by 2028. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/7407dad6d69347888336c31c42057263/TAMU BoR MS TT 05.jpg)
The Texas A&M Board cited heightened instability in the Middle East as the reason to end its contract with the Qatar Foundation to run the branch campus. The foundation accuses the board of falling prey to a “disinformation campaign.” Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/IMG_0476.JPG)
Welsh served as interim president of the flagship university for a little over four months after the prior president resigned in the midst of a hiring scandal that drew national attention. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/1027bcf12189f53732ba26a791500913/Mark Welsh TAMU MS 10.jpg)
The announcement comes after the university spent more than $75 million to fire former football coach Jimbo Fisher. A&M did not immediately say how much it will pay Elko. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/86278dc74b2df079d925adcc06b95b39/Mike Elko REUTERS.JPG)
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents named the former dean and four-star general as the sole finalist for president Friday. Many believe Welsh is the right person to move the university forward after a pair of controversies bruised the school’s morale. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/7f1ba2ab04a90aac84c12c78721ba8f1/Mark Welsh TAMU MS TT 04.jpg)
A&M System Chancellor John Sharp will recommend Welsh, a retired Air Force general, as the sole finalist for the job at a Board of Regents meeting later this week. Welsh has held the position in the interim since July. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/1fdf8a40f1d4f4eeeacce6a9ebeecaa4/0802 TAMU Welsh Eagle MS TT 03.jpg)
The buyout amount is the largest in college sports history. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/83d80f6428003b128881d55b54b81f77/Jimbo Fisher REUTERS TT 01.jpg)
Texas continues to struggle with maternal mortality and morbidity, despite a decade of tracking and reviewing these cases. Four new research centers will pilot innovative solutions. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/49cfc6c4a01d25cb0050d99371f3dbbc/UTRGV File EG TT 05.jpg)
If approved, the new fund would provide tens of millions of dollars to the University of Houston, Texas Tech, Texas State University and University of North Texas. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/067e43d34e7c195a6b3706ae3b3ee41e/HARVEY-UH0455.jpg)
Mark Welsh said that Texas A&M will stay the course on many controversial changes made by former President Kathy Banks. Professors welcomed Welsh’s commitment to faculty input moving forward. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/958debbb1362b404127f687a9cca1db8/0802 TAMU Welsh Eagle MS TT 04.jpg)
The savvy ex-lawmaker has expanded the Texas A&M University System and mollified state leaders. Some faculty, alumni and students say that accommodation has come at a cost. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/d1b21c68f3e663c51e19be7b78cdc087/0327 John Sharp Office SF 03.JPG)
The judge tossed the suit after the university argued a new state law that will go into effect in January, Senate Bill 17, already prohibits preferential treatment in hiring at public universities. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/fd7e9cb9ec36cb1739761674c8424c45/1115 AM Achieve CTE Program EL 10.jpg)
The 35-15 vote by the student senate was based on accusations that Hudson Kraus changed a job description so his brother could qualify for a cabinet post. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/605743b6799b1bae79909d7eb6c09257/Tamu Impeachment BATTALION TT 10.jpg)
In an interview for The Texas Tribune Festival, the journalist urged Texans to organize in response to the state’s book bans and restrictions on public school lessons. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/ce385a857d109769fa2a800b26a58bbb/0923 Hannah-Jones TTF23 EH TT 05.jpg)
The guidance asks universities in the system to avoid using the acronym DEI on their websites and walk a fine line between organizing events that “support diversity in a general way” but don’t “promote preferential treatment of any particular group.” Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/2606775c568f171f875dfd97f5ce75b1/TAMU File SK TT 01.jpg)
Impeachment at all levels of government are becoming more common, a political scientist said. It could make the political tool pointless. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/6bf475ed14f1242a3ae0a0a4c9b74495/Tamu Impeachment BATTALION TT 02.jpg)
Some members of the university system’s board of regents said they wanted to promote conservative causes at the flagship campus and resisted efforts to hire journalism professor Kathleen O. McElroy, who they believed would work counter to those goals. Full Story
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/2d1e99b0e04f212c3c8cd25944cacf50/1115 TAMU Achieve CTE Program EL TT 09.jpg)
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/5eaeb7bfcb70d3af0bd035f3974256ce/UTSA%20Protest%20SAR%20SB%20TT%2001.jpg)
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/9c1f7dad24c981951a0a0073e843cdd1/TAMU%20Bonfire%20REUTERS%20TT%2001.jpg)
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/489a3dcafeab12b4326414e893d1f313/0311%20Nuclear%20Blue%20Glow%20EH%20TT%20redo%2006.jpg)
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/7407dad6d69347888336c31c42057263/TAMU%20BoR%20MS%20TT%2005.jpg)
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/1027bcf12189f53732ba26a791500913/Mark%20Welsh%20TAMU%20MS%2010.jpg)
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/86278dc74b2df079d925adcc06b95b39/Mike%20Elko%20REUTERS.JPG)
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/7f1ba2ab04a90aac84c12c78721ba8f1/Mark%20Welsh%20TAMU%20MS%20TT%2004.jpg)
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/1fdf8a40f1d4f4eeeacce6a9ebeecaa4/0802%20TAMU%20Welsh%20Eagle%20MS%20TT%2003.jpg)
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/83d80f6428003b128881d55b54b81f77/Jimbo%20Fisher%20%20REUTERS%20TT%2001.jpg)
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/49cfc6c4a01d25cb0050d99371f3dbbc/UTRGV%20File%20EG%20TT%2005.jpg)
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/958debbb1362b404127f687a9cca1db8/0802%20TAMU%20Welsh%20Eagle%20MS%20TT%2004.jpg)
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/d1b21c68f3e663c51e19be7b78cdc087/0327%20John%20Sharp%20Office%20SF%2003.JPG)
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/fd7e9cb9ec36cb1739761674c8424c45/1115%20AM%20Achieve%20CTE%20Program%20EL%2010.jpg)
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/605743b6799b1bae79909d7eb6c09257/Tamu%20Impeachment%20BATTALION%20TT%2010.jpg)
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/ce385a857d109769fa2a800b26a58bbb/0923%20Hannah-Jones%20TTF23%20EH%20TT%2005.jpg)
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/2606775c568f171f875dfd97f5ce75b1/TAMU%20File%20SK%20TT%2001.jpg)
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/6bf475ed14f1242a3ae0a0a4c9b74495/Tamu%20Impeachment%20BATTALION%20TT%2002.jpg)
/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/2d1e99b0e04f212c3c8cd25944cacf50/1115%20TAMU%20Achieve%20CTE%20Program%20EL%20TT%2009.jpg)