Dr. Brody and CTBS Lead Response to Hurricane Harvey

By the time Harvey hit the Houston and Galveston area, it had ceased to be the monstrous category 5 hurricane that seemed to erase the entire Gulf of Mexico from radar maps. Read More

Texas A&M Galveston professor honored as a Presidential Impact Fellow

Dr. Sam Brody, professor of Marine Sciences, director of the Center for Texas Beaches and Shores at Texas A&M University at Galveston, professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning at the Texas A&M University College of Architecture and a nationally known authority on environmental planning, was selected to be part of the inaugural class of Presidential Impact Fellows. Read More

NASA provides $100,000 funding for Texas A&M University at Galveston marine sciences project

For the past several years beachgoers along the upper Texas coast have found their beautiful sandy beaches cluttered with ugly, stinky seaweed. The good news is that Texas A&M University at Galveston researchers who study our beaches and shores are getting help from those who study space. Read More

TAMUG dedicates state-of-the-art Ocean and Coastal Studies Building on Nov. 11

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. Read More

From surf to turf: TAMUG professor creates unique coastal atlas

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. Read More