Dr. Greg Reinhart and Dr. Lanying Zeng were please to hear that Ms. Qiuyan Shao was selected for this year’s Ethel Ashworth-Tsutsui Memorial Award for Research from the Department of Biochemistry and Biphysics. Qiuyan joined the department in 2011 and has made tremendous contributions to basic science already and we feel confident, she will continue… Read More →
Dr. Jim Hu and Dr. Dave Peterson Recognized for 2016 Dean’s Outstanding Achievement Awards
It’s always a great day when we see our faculty being recognized for all of their hard work. Our entire department celebrates with them in their accomplishments! Dr. Dave Peterson received this years Dean’s Outstanding Achievement Award in Administration and Dr. James (Jim) Hu received the Educational Enrichment and Innovation Award. Dr. Peterson has been… Read More →
Faculty Win
Friday, August 26, 2016 we welcomed our new incoming class of 20 graduate students with another friendly softball game and BBQ at Sue Haswell Park in Bryan, TX. The weather looked questionable but the faculty prevailed for yet another great win against the graduate students. The final score was 7 to 4 and the battle… Read More →
Trina Gregory named the recipient of the Ed Guthrie Advising Award for 2016
What an honor and a legacy was bestowed upon the Gregory family today when they accepted the Ed Guthrie Award on behalf of their amazing daughter, Trina Gregory. The Ed Guthrie Advisor Award recognizes the efforts of faculty and staff members who exemplify former advisor Dr. Ed Guthrie’s spirit and concern for student’s welfare combined… Read More →
2 Receive Distinguished Award
Our students and our faculty are among the BEST at Texas A&M University and on Monday, April 25, 2016 Dr. Peterson and Yi Duan attested to this fact by receiving the Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching. Dr. Dave Peterson has been a member of our department for 34 years. This was a recognition that he… Read More →
Almanzar Wins Region 7 Certificate of Merit Advising Award
Rafael Almanzar was named the recipient of the 2016 NACADA Region 7 Certificate of Merit for Outstanding New Advisor. Rafael received this award at the annual NACADA Region 7 Conference in Manhattan Kansas on March 1, 2016. NACADA (National Academic Advising Association) was created to promote quality academic advising and professional development to ensure the… Read More →
Three President’s Meritorious Service Award Winners
Monday, February 29, 2016 Tillie Rausch, Terry Lovingshimer and Jenny Ponzio were recognized for their outstanding support to Texas A&M University at the President’s Meritorious Service Awards Banquet. They were the only staff from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to receive this recognition this year. They were proceeded in this recognition by Melissa… Read More →
Claudia Marcela Castillo Gonzales receives 2015 VC Award for Graduate Student Research
January 14, 2016, the Awards Ceremony was held for the Texas A&M AgriLife 2015 Vice Chancellor’s Award Program where Ms. Claudia Marcela Castillo Gonzales received the outstanding Graduate Student in Research Award. Ms. Castillo is in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics in the lab of Dr. Xiuren Zhang. Her research concerns the ways that… Read More →
Dean’s Achievement Award for Faculty Mentoring
Dr. Ry Young was awarded the Dean’s Outstanding Achievement Award for Faculty Mentoring on September 16, 2015 at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 2015 Awards Ceremony. This award recognized and encourages excellence in faculty mentoring. It was quite fitting for Dr. Young to be recognized for this award because in 1995 he implemented… Read More →