Updates from the Vice Chancellor and Dean

Colleagues,  Please join me in expressing gratitude to Dr. Rudy Nayga, head of the Department of Agricultural Economics, for service to his department and our organization. He intends to step down as head of the department and return to faculty in August 2025. Since Dr. Nayga began his position as head in August 2021, he… Read More →

Colleagues,  Join me in congratulating several of our AgriLife colleagues making headlines over the past two weeks!  The Texas A&M Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering shares the No. 1 ranking in the U.S. News & World Report “Best Colleges” list for 2025 undergraduate programs. The Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering is a joint… Read More →

Colleagues,  I am excited that Phillip Kaufman, Ph.D., will be the interim department head for the Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications, succeeding Mathew Baker, Ph.D., who will retire on September 30. Please join me in expressing our heartfelt thanks to Dr. Baker for his dedicated leadership of the Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications… Read More →

Colleagues,  In a recent meeting where we were discussing how to make our research-based faculty more competitive for election into the National Academy of Sciences, an academy member from Texas A&M University stated the importance of national recognition in the selection process. Without this, the path for selection is much more difficult.  Likewise, I have… Read More →

Colleagues, As you may know, Texas A&M AgriLife has a rich history of environmental stewardship across the College and agencies. In all we do, we aim to be good stewards of our natural resources and environment for future generations. We work to improve and safeguard the quality of the water we drink, the air we breathe, the… Read More →