Archives for June 2012

Professor Todd Humphreys and his team of students at University of Texas at Austin Radio-navigation Laboratory took up a challenge issued by the US Department of Homeland Security to take control of an unmanned commercial aircraft. With just about 1,000 dollars, the team was able to create a system that can “spoof” the GPS system […]

Texas A&M will soon be one of the largest research and manufacturing facilities for biotechnology in the nation. The university won a 25 year contract totaling almost $2 billion dollars in revenues. “It’s the biggest federal grant to come to Texas since NASA, quite frankly,” Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp said. The news […]

If you play football, otherwise you’re still a wanderer, but at least it’s a start. West Texas A&M shows off their new football crib and announces that it’s ready to go. Except for minor decor elements and other subtleties, the Buffs will be starting their first full season that doesn’t involve construction dust and hard […]

For 2012, 126 scholars attending community colleges across Texas, were awarded with the honor of being recognized for their academic and service achievements. Phi Theta Kappa, an international honor society for junior college and community colleges select from a list of candidates who are nominated by their school faculty. Each two-year school campus is allowed […]

Does an 11 game football season really sound like a good idea? Texas Tech seems to think it might be considering its current situation. Longhorn Network, a partnership between University of Texas at Austin and ESPN has expressed interest in picking up a game that doesn’t involve the Longhorns, Texas Tech vs Texas State to […]

2012 will be last year the Cougars will play at Robertson Stadium. The field, structure and gymnasium dates back to 1941 when it was known as the “Public School Stadium”. The stadium hosted it’s first sporting event in September 18, 1942, a high school football game that brought a crowd of 15,000, 75% of it’s […]

Audrey Vivar, a graduate from New Tech Manor High School, started something that was not only personal but revolutionary. New Tech Manor High School, in the city of Manor, Texas, is just a short ways from Austin and is part of the Greater Austin metropolitan area. The population was just over 1,000 people during the […]

Jason Henderson graduated in 2003 from Texas A&M where he specialized in sports management and later went on to earn his masters from Texas A&M at Kingsville. After interning at Lindsey Wilson College and Texas A&M he was brought on as academic coordinator for Texas, where he was responsible for keeping records on student athletes […]

To some people, a beautiful sunny day and a round of golf sound just about perfect. Well, for the men of the Texas Longhorns, not only did they get that, but they also snatched the 2012 NCAA National Championship Title. This is only the third national golf title for Texas with the last win coming […]