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need help finding a new years resolution look no further! the college of liberal arts has put together a list of 12 new year resolutions inspired by the 12 departments in the college we hope youll join us in celebrating the new year with college of liberal arts themed resolutions! anthropology unearth new treasures with geocaching! find caches or hidden treasures that others have left around the world communication despite its usefulness in collaborating with others overuse of social media can be harmful in the new year try limiting your social media use! economics when you invest monetary holiday gifts a little goes a long way start a savings account to start 2022 in the green! english put your english skills to use and start journaling your daily thoughts and emotions! this not only helps you practice your writing skills but also allows you to practice mindfulness hispanic studies get into reading hispanic literature! read from the list of suggested books sarah misemer hispanic studies professor and associate director of launch suggests history develop a hobby! hobbies can include anything from spending time with your pooch to playing baseball and our history faculty knows a thing or two about both pastimes! international studies plan to travel more in the new year! whether planning to studying abroad or dreaming of walking along the inca trail theres no shortage of fun opportunities to connect with the international world! performance studies visualize 2022 by creating a vision board include ways you would like to improve your performance *ba da cha* next year be sure to include upcoming performances listed in the departments latest newsletter! philosophy go green! give back to nature whether that be through recycling or learning how to defend the world learn more by readingdefending biodiversity: environmental science and ethics co-authored by philosophy faculty member gary varner political science read up on a political party you dont identify with! expand your horizons and learn more about differing political views psychological & brain sciences develop better study habits! this can be anything from waking up earlier to getting more sleep or refraining from listening to music according to cognitive psychologist brian anderson sociology ponder and reflect upon last years triumphs and trials what can you improve what made last year memorable
the houston area recently was hit by several tornadoes and its proof that a tornado can happen year-round in texas said a texas a&m university storm expert dr christopher nowotarski associate professor of atmospheric sciences said that six tornadoes hit houston on jan 8-9 though such storms are relatively uncommon for southeast texas this time of year between 1951 and 2019 the records show that 222 tornadoes occurred in december in texas 196 occurred in january and 211 in february out of a total of 8 971 texas tornadoes in that time period he said january is the rarest month for tornadoes in texas with just 22% of all tornadoes in texas occurring in january may is the most frequent month with almost 31% of all tornadoes occurring during that month dr nowotarski added that in the houston region the tornado threat is more evenly distributed throughout the year with a greater portion of tornadoes occurring in winter compared to other parts of the state the good news about tornadoes this time of year is that they tend to be weaker than in spring months he said of the six recent houston-area tornadoes dr nowotarski said that three of them were classified as ef-1 and the other three at ef-0 meaning they had winds of no more than 110 miles per hour significant tornadoes those of ef 2 or higher can and do happen any time of the year in texas but violent tornadoes of ef-4 and higher though rare any time of year tend to occur less frequently during the winter months in texas he said all of the tornadoes in the houston area were relatively weak and had a short track length and this is consistent with whats typical for january tornadoes in texas
dr wendy jepson university professor in the department of geography at texas a&m university was recently named a fellow of the american association of geographers (aag) the aag fellows program recognizes geographers who have made significant contributions to advancing geography and jepson and eleven other honorees were recognized as the 2022 class of aag fellows jepson is an internationally recognized leader in water security issues and has conducted and presented water security research in numerous countries a fulbright scholar (brazil 2016-2017) she is a recipient of several national science foundation grants that focus on water security jepson has long been at the forefront of finding solutions to water security issues but she is also committed to addressing the pressing problems that geography faces as a discipline the aag announcement read the aag is therefore pleased to recognize dr wendy jepson as an aag fellow she was also honored as a texas a&m chancellors edges fellow earlier this academic year the chancellors enhancing development and generating excellence in scholarship (edges) fellowships honor mid-career faculty members making significant marks in their disciplines thirteen distinguished texas a&m faculty members received the honor in 2021 jepson has led several international research projects to examine water governance water security and environmental justice for the benefit of advancing community and human wellbeing her individual research focuses on latin america principally brazil and mexico with emerging research interests in africa including ethiopia and west africa as one of the founders of the household water insecurity experiences research coordination network (hwise-rcn) jepson has helped the network develop a cross-cultural indicator for household water security the hwise indicator challenges the water industry to not only consider its infrastructure but also the experiences of the people using that infrastructure thus providing a strong incentive for change she also serves as the associate director of research (social science) at the texas water resources institute at the texas a&m agrilife center in dallas she joined the institutes leadership team in 2020 and as associate director works to develop and move forward initiatives that address pressing water security and resource issues facing texans as well as developing research to pursue those efforts jepson has served as aag national councilor been awarded the aag enhancing diversity award and has contributed to the enhancing diversity committee the committee on the status of women in geography and the aag climate action task force
people who experience a series of disasters are likely to suffer a significant drop in their mental-health scores a newly published study from the texas a&m university school of public health shows the more frequent the experience the lower the scores according to the study we discovered the reverse of the adagewhat does not kill you makes you stronger said the studys lead author garett sansom research assistant professor in the department of environmental and occupational health at the school of public health sansom and a team of texas a&m researchers studied individuals from the houston area which is susceptible to hurricanes and flooding as well as industrial emergencies the results of the study were published recently in the journal natural hazards from 2000 to 2020 the state of texasone of the most prone to natural disastersexperienced 33 federal emergency management agency (fema) declared major disasters the team used a 12-item short form health survey to gather information the survey assessed cumulative impacts from exposure to evaluate changes over time producing a composite score for both mental (mcs) and physical (pcs) health the majority of the respondents reported that they experienced many hazardous events over the past five years hurricanes and flooding (9635 percent) were the events experienced the most followed by industrial fires (9608) chemical spills (8684) and tornados (7982) the team found that when individuals experienced two or more events over the past five years their mcs averages fell below the expected national levels sansoms co-authors include courtney thompson and lindsay sansom both from the department of geography; leanne fawkes graduate research assistant in environmental and occupational health; and elizabeth boerlin doctoral student in occupational safety and health
the recent violent volcanic eruption on the pacific island nation of tonga is believed to be one of the strongest ever recorded and future eruptions could be possible according to a texas a&m university geophysicist dr andreas kronenberg professor and holder of the michael t halbouty chair in geology at texas a&m said the eruption on tonga likely ranks among the strongest in at least 30 years the polynesian country has about 170 islands and is 500 miles east of fiji the eruption caused a huge ash cloud to form on many of the islands killed at least three people and could be heard in new zealand and seen from space in general the volcanoes around the pacific rim are much more powerful and explosive than hawaiian-type volcanoes mostly because of the volatile content and magma compositions in them kronenberg said this is why we are concerned about the volcanoes in the oregon washington and alaska regions kronenberg said however the tonga subduction zone is a large one and the entire southwest pacific has what we callstratovolcanoes these are extremely powerful volcanoes and are also the kinds that include mt vesuvius that covered pompei in italy and mt st helens which exploded a few decades ago mt st helens which exploded in 1980 is considered the most powerful volcanic eruption in us history and killed 57 people the largest eruption ever is believed to be the eruption of krakatoa which exploded near indonesia in 1883 and killed more than 36 000 people some have compared the tonga eruption as similar to krakatoa and nasa has said the tonga explosion was at least 500 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on hiroshima in 1945 krakatoa was truly epic and tonga was obviously devastating kronenberg said and it appears that water entering into the volcano internally added to its explosiveness the result can be tsunamis because they can be triggered by any disturbance of the seafloor that quickly moves large volumes of seawater such as faults that suddenly change the shape of the seafloor could the tonga explosion mean future eruptions in the area are possible it is possible such an eruption could trigger nearby activity kronenberg said but it is not necessarily guaranteed this is a controversial topic when discussing earthquakes and subsequent eruptions especially in areas over 10 to 15 miles from the original eruption
last month texas experienced its warmest december on record since 1889 said dr john nielsen-gammon a regents professor of atmospheric sciences at texas a&m university who also serves as the state climatologist from dallas through abilene to del rio temperatures averaged 5 to 9 degrees above normal making december 2021 the warmest december in more than 130 years its like the entire state moved south for the winter said nielsen-gammon amarillo got dallass normal temperatures dallas got corpus christis normal temperatures and austin got brownsvilles normal temperatures not only is it by far the warmest december since the beginning of comprehensive weather records it will probably also turn out to be the warmest winter month period said nielsen-gammon february 2017 holds the current record for warmest winter month in texas with an average temperature of 584 degrees the official state record for warmest december is held by december 1933 at 533 degrees the 20th-century average for december is 469 degrees he noted texas has never had any month more than 10 degrees above the 20th-century average until now nielsen-gammon said he thinks that when all the data are in december 2021 will average nearly 12 degrees above the long-term average although data is limited there does seem to have been one other december in recorded history with comparable warmth: december 1889 observing practices were different but its clear that december 1889 was an unusual month also nielsen-gammon said the first decent cold front of that month was on dec 29 one bad result of the very warm weather it has made texas drought situation even worse the hot weather has exacerbated drought conditions throughout the state according to the us drought monitor more than two-thirds of the state is in drought and 10 percent is in extreme drought in much of west texas it hasnt rained for over two months nielsen-gammon said the high temperatures increase the rate of evaporation drying out everything and leading to increased wildfire risk climate change has caused texas seasonal temperatures to average about two degrees warmer than in the 20th century global warming didnt cause this december to be record-setting but it did contribute to the margin of victory he said
the invasion of ukraine the largest european war since world war ii – has exposed the growing ruthlessness of authoritarian leaders towards democracy russian president vladimir putin is leading the charge in undermining democratic movements and popular uprisings according to experts his invasion of ukraine is a window into a world without checks on authoritarian behavior and a warning and wakeup call to all democratic states jennifer mercieca professor of communication at texas a&m university said we must work together to defend democracy she outlined 10 steps on twitter that we can all take now to defend our democratic freedom we need a whole of society approach to defending democracy because there is a whole of society approach to destroying democracy merciecas twitter thread began every sector of society is under attack from anti-democrats we must work together and of course that means you too democracy isnt just defended with tanks democracy is a way of life as well as a method of politics take action to defend democracy by following merciecas democracy spreading practices build trust between different sectors of society and different factions democracy thrives with bridge building it erodes with distrust and cynicism use whatever power you have in whatever spheres of influence to ask one question "are we doing enough to defend democracy" spread good information both online and off support those who are generating and distributing good information (researchers teachers media librarians) support institutions especially communal ones like libraries food banks schools support places where people connect call people in not out we tend to want to shame those with whom we disagree but authoritarians thrive with alienation shaming and shunning will drive people toward authoritarians call them in befriend them build bridges bridges strengthen democracy give money time and attention to pro-democracy politicians organizations institutions and movements look for groups already working to support democracy democracy is everybody everybody check your innate skepticism of people not like you work on that we need all of us go out in public as a democracy defender talk about democracy with people show up to events hearings etc as a democrat join a march make being pro-democracy a thing people know about you and associate with you communicate as a democrat that means using persuasion not compliance-gaining strategies that means being open to new information perspectives values it means being inclusive not exclusive democracy is a way of life its also a way of thinking and communicating finally do not be cynical do not defeat democracy with your cynicism block or mute cynical people/accounts cynicism is not useful for a pro-democracy movement hope is necessary we can do this mercieca said make a plan for spreading democracy focus on the practices
elizabeth cobbs a professor and the melbern g glasscock chair in american history at texas a&m university is hosting the second wave: revolutionary women of color on march 24 and 25 the pioneers panel on march 24 at 5:00 pm gives students faculty and the public an opportunity to hear frances beal martha cotera and yvonne swan three women of color who were leaders of the second wave of feminism tell their stories traditionally theres been this sort of negative assumption that womens rights and feminism were always just about middle-class privileged white women who wanted things their own way which is not accurate cobbs said women of all backgrounds did important work that gave us a better country frances beal shed light on the intersectionality of race class and gender in american society in her 1969 article double jeopardy: to be black and female martha cotera authored the 1977 pamphlet "the chicana feminist" and fiercely advocated for better bilingual programs in schools in 1977 yvonne swan fought and overturned an unfair prison sentence for defending her children against a violent attacker transforming the justice systems handling of cases involving battered women each woman was integral to the progress made during the civil rights era all are a testament to the strength courage and unrelenting force that is demanded for widespread change to occur during this historic one-time panel discussion beal cotera and swan will share their unique experiences navigating the civil rights and womens movements from the 1960s to the 1980s in that era law really began to be applied equally the full protection of the constitution was finally extended to women in the 1960s and 70s cobbs explained all these institutions that nobody ever thought about and that we take for granted nowadays like battered womens shelters or girls sports teams came about at this time these were the women who endured enormous hardships to make that happen leroy g dorsey a communication professor and associate dean for inclusive excellence and strategic initiatives will provide a formal welcome to pioneers panel attendees he expressed his reverence for the panelists and the monumental progress they helped make the college is proud to help showcase some of the pioneering women of color whose tireless commitment during the years of second wave feminism have resulted in major contributions that continue to shape the fabric of american culture dorsey stated to highlight the influence of women like beal cotera and swan cobbs is also hosting a day-long conference on march 25 the day kicks off at 9:30 am and includes graduate student panelists conducting research on second-wave feminism as well as presentations from scholars across the country who have investigated the organizational roots of women of color during the second wave of feminism attendees can rsvp for the pioneers panel on march 24 featuring beal cotera and swan at txag/2ndwavepanel and the following days conference at txag/2ndwaveconference the public is invited to hear the stories perspectives and experiences behind the groundbreaking second wave of feminism and the future it continues to forge
black history month exists as a commemoration of not only the hardships black people overcome but also the successes they accomplish despite inequities this month also exists as a reminder of why the preservation and curating of black history is important to america black history month takes place in february to coincide with the birthdays of abraham lincoln and frederick douglass before black history month there was negro history week created in 1926 by historian carter g woodson negro history week was intended to deepen the study and scholarship on african american history all year long throughout the 1960s black people around the country began celebrating february as negro history month by 1976 black history month was being celebrated across the country and was even officially recognized by president gerald ford forty-six years later black history month is still going strong black history month is important because we need to celebrate our successes whether that is an individual group or organization that has contributed to society rebecca hankins africana resources librarian and curator said its not just the famous and infamous that need to be highlighted but also those who made contributions to their family community and the global society black history month teaches the vital lesson that black and african american history is american history america was built upon 246 years of black slavery followed soon by about 90 years of totalitarian jim crow segregation altogether about 80% of our history joe feagin a professor in the department of sociology said it was black leaders and black activists who led many uprisings against these extreme systems of racial oppression and forced the countrys white elite to eventually concede more democracy and racial justice in addition the efforts of black inventors scientists entrepreneurs religious leaders political leaders and civil rights leaders have regularly enhanced the lives of all americans curating and learning about black history is essential for everyone no matter their background but black history month is also beneficial for making black people feel recognized celebrating black history month sends the message:we acknowledge you see you hear you and celebrate you hankins explained the success black people are able to accomplish is just as important as the systematic oppression and racism they face black history month offers texas a&m university the opportunity to celebrate its own successes sharing the stories of former students like kevin phillip roberts89 who served as the university first black drum major ronnie mcdonald93 who served as the first black yell leader and marquis alexander13 who served as the first black corps commander highlights important moments in texas a&m history when aggies achieved success and brought the university a step closer to equality these stories profile those individuals who came before us who succeeded in different ways and left a legacy of accomplishments hankins shared legacy is very important here at texas a&m so its critical to share the stories of our black former students who are a central part of the aggie spirit