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	Aiming for the Stars Texas A&M University is seeing stars, thanks to visionary financial support from two former students, George P. Mitchell '40 and Charles R. Munnerlyn '62, whose gifts paved the way for a new Texas A&M academic program--astronomy--and the University's partnership in the $500 million Giant Magellan Telescope.
	Art of Science Bill Merka (right), research instrumentation specialist in the Department of Chemistry, demonstrates the art of creating custom glassware with fire and air as student worker Ray Dulock observes.
	Building Diversity Part of preparing Texas A&M students for success includes preparing them for life after college, including an increasingly diverse world and work environment. The College of Science is committed to promoting diversity, offering a variety of related scholarships, conferences, and events--including summer research experiences for undergraduates—specifically tailored to women, minorities, and historically underrepresented groups.
	Can You Hear Me Now? While many mammals vocalize, or communicate, bats and humans are two of the few who need to hear themselves in order to do so properly. Texas A&M neurobiologist Dr. Michael Smotherman is honing in on a Texas native species, the Mexican freetail bat, and its echolocation behavior to determine how auditory feedback influences mammalian communication and which areas of their brains control it.
	Century Oak One of the most visible traditions at Texas A&M University is the sprawling Century Oak, located in the heart of the 5,200-acre campus near the Academic Building. One of the first trees planted on campus more than 100 years ago, it offers a shady oasis for quiet study, not to mention a popular setting for uniquely Aggie marriage proposals.
	Chemical Inspiration Each year, Texas A&M's wildly popular Chemistry Road Show introduces more than 2,000 people and countless Texas schoolchildren to the wonders of chemistry, physics, and general science. Using fire, explosions, weird polymers, and super cold materials, chemistry faculty and graduate students seek to ignite imaginations as they inspire a greater appreciation for the important role played by this elemental yet everyday science.
	Cyclotron Institute As the core of Texas A&M University's nuclear physics and chemistry program, the Cyclotron Institute serves as a major technical and educational resource for both Texas and the nation. In addition to educating students in accelerator-based science and technology, it brings in more than $1 million annually in external research use and testing by companies and agencies (including Boeing, Lockheed-Martin, NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the U.S. Navy Laboratories) that rent time on the cyclotron for their own research projects.
	Environment for Enjoyment With an average temperature of 68 degrees, Bryan-College Station's moderate climate affords Aggies the luxury of outdoor studying nearly year-round.
	Expert Interactions Chemistry's Dr. Kim Dunbar, who did her post-doctoral research with legendary Texas A&M chemist Dr. F. Albert Cotton, now serves as a mentor to her own experts-in-the-making, including Curtis Berlinguette, pictured here performing an air-sensitive reaction in an inert atmosphere dry box. Berlinguette received a Ph.D. in chemistry from Texas A&M in May 2004 and went on to Harvard as a post-doctoral associate.
	Fundamental Faculty Investments During the past three years, the College of Science has welcomed nearly 60 new faculty--including biologist Dr. Brian Perkins (left), who studies the genetics and cell biology of retinal development in zebrafish--as part of faculty reinvestment, a five-year, University-wide program designed to add 450 new faculty by 2008.
	Howdy! By reputation, Texas A&M University is a friendly place, right down to the trademark campus greeting used by Aggies to welcome friends and strangers alike--howdy!
	Lab Specimens Laboratories continue to play a huge role in the educational process where fundamental sciences such as biology, chemistry, and physics are concerned. Not surprisingly, they have an equally large impact on campus-wide space planning, considering the fact that wet labs on the Texas A&M University campus cover the equivalent of six football fields.
	Leaders in Classroom Technology Behind the pioneering efforts of faculty such as Dr. F. Michael Speed (pictured at front of classroom), associate dean for technology-mediated instruction and distance education, the College of Science is a recognized leader in the use of information technology to enhance the traditional science and mathematics educational experience for teachers and their students.
	Model Analysis Once described as the grandfather of measurement error modeling, Texas A&M Distinguished Professor of Statistics Dr. Raymond J. Carroll is an expert in many statistically and nutritionally related research fields, including bioinformatics and statistical analysis of diet and cancer risk.
	Nanotechnology: The Big Picture Approximately 2.5 million square feet of space at Texas A&M is dedicated to research on issues big and small, including nanotechnology-the science of the very, very small. In a world that is moving aggressively to shrink technology of all kinds, the possibilities seem boundless, from even-tinier circuits etched into ever-more-powerful silicon chips to microscopic robots designed to swim through a patient's body zapping cancer cells or scrubbing clogged arteries. To learn more about related research and specific faculty dedicated to it in the College of Science, click here.
	Neuroscience Frontiers For more than a decade, the College of Science has played an important role in the exciting and rapidly developing field of neuroscience, the study of the brain and the biological basis of consciousness. To date, more than 50 faculty from six Texas A&M colleges and the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine are involved in nearly $31 million worth of grant-funded research as members of the Intercollegiate Faculty of Neuroscience, currently chaired by Biology's Dr. Mark Zoran (left). By 2007, Texas A&M hopes to offer graduate and doctoral degrees in neuroscience as well.
	Research Experiences Once the sole domain of graduate students, our research laboratories increasingly feature juniors and seniors who are getting valuable research experience--in some cases paid--as they gain insight into their potential to pursue serious independent research and/or advanced studies.
	Safety in Numbers Despite being on a 5,200-acre campus--one of the largest nationwide--our students are some of the safest in the country, thanks in large part to their close proximity to an on campus health care clinic, police department, and emergency medical services.
	Sul Ross Statue One of most famous landmarks on the Texas A&M University campus is the bronze likeness of Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross, who became president of the then-Agricultural & Mechanical College of Texas in 1891 at the end of his term as governor of Texas. His efforts to keep the college open while governor are legendary, and some credit Ross as the embodiment of Aggie Spirit and tradition. Today many students leave pennies at the base of "Sully," as the bronze of Ross is affectionately known around campus, in exchange for good luck on exams.