Killeen to be the home of new A&M campus

From News 8 Austin, May 1, 2009...

Fort Hood Thursday transferred 662 acres of land to the Texas A&M University System for a new campus.

It's a big donation that will bring in all kinds of benefits and something that has college students like Courtney Simpson excited.

"I think it'll definitely bring more diversity in the area, which we already do have a large diversity with Fort Hood being here and the soldiers, but I just think it'll bring more students here and more activities," she said.

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Texas A&M Health Science Center dedicates new Round Rock campus

From Round Rock City News, November 21, 2008...

Moving full speed ahead in Central Texas, the Texas A&M Health Science Center held a campus dedication event Thursday, Nov. 20, to provide the latest details on its new Round Rock campus, with the first building expected to be occupied next fall

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Higher education hub on the horizon for Round Rock

From News 8 Austin, November 10, 2008...

What was once filled with corn fields and cows in northeast Round Rock has quickly become a site of consistent development.

Texas A&M, Texas State University and Austin Community College all have plans to expand their educational arms into the city, and city officials have their arms open to the idea.

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Round Rock university district is future home to A&M medical center.

From statesman.com, August 19, 2008...

A two-lane road crucial to Williamson County's budding higher-education hub could get the expansion that officials say is needed if commissioners agree today to call a bond referendum for two newly created road districts.

The Waterstone Development Group, which is helping plan for three college campuses and a town center on 937 acres in Round Rock, got approval from the county in early August to create the districts, which are used to raise money for roads through taxes.

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E.Coli Bacteria Could One Day Power Cars and Homes

From the Austin Globe January 30, 2008...

Washington, Jan 30 : E. coli, the bacteria synonymous with food poisoning and product recalls, can be used as a future source of energy to power cars and homes, says a professor in Texas A and M University.

After genetically modifying the bacteria, Thomas Wood, a professor in Texas A and M University's Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, has 'tweaked' a strain of E. coli so that it produces substantial amounts of hydrogen.

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Plan for Medical School in Round Rock Expected to Advance

From the statesman.com January 22, 2008...

A plan to acquire about 50 acres for a medical school branch and other health-related educational programs in Round Rock is expected to be approved Friday by the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents.

The plan involving Avery Ranch Co. Ltd. and its principals has been in the works for months, but new details emerged in paperwork for the regents' upcoming meeting...

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