Texas A&M, UMD Report: Urban Flooding Disrupts Local Economies, Public Safety, Housing Equity

Flooding caused by an increasing number of intense storms is a national challenge and significant source of economic loss, social disruption and housing inequality across the United States, says a new report from Texas A&M University and the University of Maryland. Read More

A Cut Above: Bobby Macko

When meeting Bobby Macko there’s an expression that springs to mind: “squared away”. Read More

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 receives fellowship to study ways to lessen flooding

Residents all along the Gulf Coast, and just about everywhere else, are no strangers to the devastation that can be caused by flooding. 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

Texas A&M Galveston professor joins national study on the growing dangers of urban flooding

Flooding has always been a growing concern in the Houston/Galveston region as well as in other cities around the nation. Read More

Sam Brody of Texas A&M Galveston Receives Distinguish Recognition

Samuel D. Brody, professor of Marine Sciences at Texas A&M University at Galveston has been named one of the 2016-2017 Regents Professors by The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents. Read More

Consortium Led By Texas A&M University’s Galveston Campus Awarded $3.6 Million To Support Research On Coastal Flooding

An international research consortium led by Dr. Sam Brody, Professor in the Department of Marine Science and Director of the Center for Texas Beaches and Shores (CTBS) at Texas A&M University at Galveston was awarded a prestigious Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) $3.6 million grant by the National Science Foundation’s Office of International Science and Engineering. 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

Texas A&M University at Galveston remembers George Mitchell.

“It is hard to express in words what George Mitchell meant to Texas A&M University at Galveston, its students, faculty and staff, and to me personally. To say he was a great man with foresight and generosity isn’t enough." - Admiral Robert Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Texas A&M University at Galveston Read More