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  1. CoSci students use plastic bottles to increase concrete's pliability
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    CoSci students use plastic bottles to add pliability to concrete

    posted February 15, 2012
    Construction science students at Texas A&M led by Nancy Holland, associate professor of construction science, are getting a first-hand look at how plastic bottles could someday help save concrete buildings from catastrophic failure in an earthquake.
  2. Costa Rican adventure tales recounted in student journal
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    Costa Rican stories told in grad student minimester journal

    posted February 15, 2012
    Graduate architecture student Luis Martinez shares sketches, photos and his personal journal chronicling the daily adventures of students engaged in creativity studies last January at Texas A&M's Soltis Center, located deep in the Costa Rican rainforest.
  3. Wells takes helm as head of architecture department
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    Wells heads architecture department

    posted February 15, 2012
    Beginning his first semester as head of Texas A&M’s Department of Architecture, Ward Wells is focusing on the department’s Master of Architecture program. “It’s the cornerstone of the department,” he said.
  4. Vizzers animate virtual characters with San Jose State counterparts
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    Ag Vizzers, SJSU students work on animation designs

    posted February 15, 2012
    Master of Science in Visualization students at Texas A&M and their counterparts at San Jose State University in California are collaborating in a virtual classroom this spring to create three dimensional, animated characters.
  5. Landscape architecture advisers visit Soltis Center in Costa Rica
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    Landscape pros study at Costa Rica center

    posted February 14, 2012
    Nestled amid the Costa Rican rain forest, Texas A&M's Soltis Center for Research and Education provides a perfect venue for landscape architecture studies, according to members of the Landscape Architecture Professional Advisory Board who visited there last January for continuing education coursework.
  6. AIAS Texas A&M Chapter leaders attend forum, map out busy year
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    Aggie AIAS leaders map out busy year

    posted February 14, 2012
    A busy year for the American Institute of Architecture Students Texas A&M Chapter kicked off during the winter break when chapter officers traveled to Phoenix, Ariz. for the annual AIAS FORUM, where they connected with other students as well as new AIA president Jeff Potter ’78.
  7. $5 million campaign launched for new construction science building
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    Construction Dept. launches campaign for new building

    posted February 13, 2012
    The Department of Construction Science has launched a $5 million campaign to adapt and renovate Francis Hall, one of the most historic buildings on campus, as the state’s first facility dedicated to construction teaching, research and industry service.
  8. Architectural drawing textbook features Arch, Viz student work
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    Arch, Viz students' work to be featured in design textbook

    posted February 8, 2012
    An upcoming edition of a classic textbook featuring a comprehensive collection of architectural drawing conventions and techniques will include examples of Texas A&M architecture and visualization student work.
  9. Texas A&M, Prairie View students hone construction proposal skills
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    Aggie, PVAM teams prep building plans

    posted February 6, 2012
    Construction science students at Texas A&M joined their counterparts at Prairie View A&M spending part of their 2011-12 winter break visiting industry professionals for tips on crafting a property development proposal for a National Association of Home Builders student competition.
  10. Aggie Workshop took holistic approach to landscape design
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    Aggie Workshop took holistic approach

    posted February 6, 2012
    Professional landscape architects shared their knowledge with students Feb. 10-11 at the Langford Architecture Center in a series of presentations, discussion panels and charrettes at the 2012 Aggie Workshop, which this year took a holistic approach to design.
  11. Design Process student advances in U.S. student ideas competition
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    Student’s exercise wheel wins contest

    posted January 17, 2012
    A student’s design for a stationary exercise wheel that fits underneath office desks, turned in as extra credit in the fall 2011 Design Process class at Texas A&M’s College of Architecture, was a winning entry in a national invention competition.
  12. Lectures to focus on an ancient shipwreck, map of Roman roads
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    Lectures eye Roman map, shipwreck

    posted January 9, 2012
    An ancient shipwreck off the present day Turkish coast and an important Roman map will be discussed by scholars this spring at Texas A&M’s College of Architecture. The ship’s artifacts offer a glimpse at a ancient transportation practices; the 13th Century map captures a pivotal moment in Western cartography.
  13. Bienko videos part of winter exhibit in Kansas City gallery
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    Bienko videos part of exhibit in Kansas City

    posted January 9, 2012
    Videos by Joshua Bienko, assistant professor of architecture at Texas A&M, were part of an exhibit that ran through Jan. 7 at a Kansas City gallery that critic Theresa Bembnister calls “smart and engaging work by artists who acknowledge the impossibility of originality in the 21st century.”
  14. Eagle touts Design Process class as 'essence of unorthodox'
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    Design Process class featured in The Eagle

    posted January 4, 2012
    The Bryan-College Station Eagle spotlighted "The Design Process," one of the most popular classes taught at Texas A&M’s College of Architecture, in its Dec. 25, 2011 issue. Led by Jorge Vanegas, dean of the college and Rodney Hill, professor of architecture, the class, wrote the Eagle’s Caroline Ward, is the essence of unorthodox.
  15. Loftin, McLaughlin visit former students at Pixar, DreamWorks
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    Loftin visits Pixar, DreamWorks studios

    posted December 7, 2011
    Texas A&M University President R. Bowen Loftin had a chance to see how former students are redefining the entertainment industry during a Nov. 16 visit to the Bay Area campuses of Pixar Animation Studios and DreamWorks Animation SKG.