With the support of a grant from the Mellon Foundation, Texas A&M’s College of Arts and Sciences will launch a national center of excellence in humanities-based and community-engaged research on the social impact of environmental crises.
A recent Agence France-Presse (AFP) article reports that a new artificial intelligence (AI)-based weather model, GenCast from a Google lab, can provide 15-day forecasts with unmatched accuracy and speed. We spoke with Dr. Istvan Szunyogh, a Texas A&M Department of Atmospheric Sciences professor, to address five key questions about AI and weather models.
Dr. Kelly Núñez Ocasio's groundbreaking study of the West African monsoon system and the Intertropical Convergence Zone is essential for understanding the impact of climate change on tropical global weather, from rainfall patterns to extreme high-impact weather events.
Ophelia Bennett brings passion, vision and a wealth of experience to the Texas A&M Foundation and the College of Arts and Sciences as chief development officer.
Anthropology student Alyssa Carpenter won first place in the master’s category for her presentation, “The Origin of 20 Guns Recovered in Savannah, Georgia.”
Nurturing the seeds planted by her Texas A&M classes and family stories, former sociology and anthropology student Dr. Myeshia Babers '07 '14 '17 led a heartfelt campaign to honor her grandmother's legacy and cement the history of Calvert Colored High School with a historical marker.
