College of Marine Sciences & Maritime Studies

Dr. von Zharen, a professor of Marine Sciences teaches a variety of courses, from international law and management strategies to invasive species’ vectors, pathways and management to wildlife law and ethics to environmental law, to mediation.

Texas A&M University at Galveston (TAMUG) researchers recently received more than $1.2 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for two different projects to investigate the impact of organic matter in soils and wetlands on potentially toxic radioactive iodine-129 and plutonium colloids or “nano-particles” (nano-meter sized particles much smaller than a human hair).

Dr. Stephen Curley, Regents Professor of English, will be presenting his new book, The Ship That Would Not Die: USS Queens, SS Excambion, and USTS Texas Clipper at a book signing, talk, and reception on Oct. 20 at 11 am in the Jack K. Williams library.

Researchers to study sequestration (storage) of carbon in tidal wetlands along the Texas coast NASA and the U. S. Department of Agriculture have awarded a three-year, $400,000 carbon cycle science investigation grant to four researchers at Texas A&M University at Galveston.

The Master of Maritime Administration and Logistics degree program, a project in the works at Texas A&M University at Galveston since 1999, will open when the 2011 fall term begins in August.

On March 11, one of the costliest natural disasters in history occurred when Japan’s northeast coast was struck by a tsunami.

Texas A&M University at Galveston officially dedicated its highly sophisticated, 109,000 square-foot Ocean and Coastal Studies Building (OCSB) with a special ceremony on Nov. 11.

Many residents of the state don’t know that one of every four Texans lives along the coast, or perhaps that Texas has 16 major ports and more than 3,300 miles of bays and estuaries.

Ryan Carden, a junior Marine Transportation major -- and member of the sailing team -- at Texas A&M University at Galveston, is one of nine students in the nation that the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) has selected for its 2010 First Team All Academic Sailing Team.

On Friday, April 30, 2010, family, friends, colleagues, and classmates of Thomas W. Powell '62 gathered to watch as he christened the Powell Marine Engineering Complex of the Mitchell Campus of Texas A&M University at Galveston.