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Howard Payne University
August 18, 2025 –Howard Payne University’s campus had a busy weekend kicking off the 2025-2026 academic year. Student-athletes participating in fall sports moved back to campus on Monday and Tuesday, August 11 and 12, followed by incoming students on Friday, August 15.
Friday, August 22, 2025
Texas Senate News for 8/21/22 - Senate Passes Camp Safety Bill As Families Look On
Richard Lee, Richard.lee@senate.texas.gov Texas Senate News
The Senate passed Thursday evening a bill that would overhaul safety standards for youth camps following the death of twenty-five campers and two counselors at Camp Mystic during the July 4th floods.
Friday, August 22, 2025
The Ultimate Guide to Low-Maintenance Indoor Fruit and Vegetable Gardening
Take Care Of Texas
Want to enjoy fresh, homegrown produce without the hassle of a high-maintenance garden? Indoor gardening is the perfect solution—especially when you choose the right crops and provide them with the care they need to thrive.
Friday, August 22, 2025
Garden BFFs & Frenemies: The Drama of Companion Planting
Take Care Of Texas
Ever feel like your garden is a little dramatic? Maybe your basil is thriving, but your tomatoes look like they’ve had a rough night? It might not just be you, it could be the company they’re keeping.
Friday, August 22, 2025
Physics of Flight offered at Science Mill Aug 30–Sep 1
Phil Houseal, Full House Productions
The Science Mill is hosting workshops on The Physics of Flight from August 30 to September 1, where families are invited to learn about types of flight while constructing copters, aerofoils, and rockets. Sessions will be held at the following times: Sat 10am-4pm; Sun 12pm-4pm; Mon 10am - 4pm.
Friday, August 22, 2025
HPU celebrates unprecedented giving
Howard Payne University
Howard Payne University celebrated a record year in gifts to the university, with more than $12.39 million received from June 2024 to May 2025. This marks the highest fundraising year in university history. Significant gifts were received for campus improvements, totaling $5.
Friday, August 22, 2025
Heaven’s 27 Camp Safety Act
Dan Patrick, Lieutenant Governor Of Texas
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick issued this statement yesterday following the Texas Senate’s unanimous passage of Senate Bill 1, the Heaven’s 27 Camp Safety Act, by Sen.
Friday, August 22, 2025
Dr. Srividhya Iyer, an assistant professor in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences’ Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, is leading research into why bone fractures heal poorly in people with diabetes and obesity. Credit: Jason Nitsch ’14/College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Texas A&M Researchers Target Hidden Link Between Diabetes, Obesity And Bone Healing
News Staff
More than 100 million people in the United States have obesity, a condition linked with diabetes, cardiovascular disease, strokes and nerve damage. Among the states with the most obesity cases, Texas ranks No. 10.
Friday, August 22, 2025
Is Your Health Care Provider Really Listening To You?
Texas A&m University System Staff
When you visit a doctor, you expect them to listen. But in today’s fast-paced health care system, real listening — the kind that makes you feel seen, heard and understood — can be the first thing to go.A new article, co-authored by Dr.
Friday, August 22, 2025
Researchers at Texas A&M University have created a Nationwide Power System Vulnerability Index that assigns individual counties a rating based on their likelihood of being affected by power outages. Credit: Urban Resilience AI Lab
Texas A&M Researchers Map America’s Power Outage Hot Spots Using AI
Texas A&m University System Staff
Hurricane Beryl, Winter Storm Uri and other severe weather events have increased long-term power outages for Texas residents in recent years. But this issue does not just affect Texans.
Friday, August 22, 2025