Center for Texas Beaches and Shores
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