Samantha Ketterer

1 week ago | houstonchronicle.com | Samantha Ketterer

University of Houston researcher Allison Master found that middle school girls were three times more likely to sign up for coding classes after watching a video of other girls discussing their love for computer science. Now the assistant professor is unsure whether she can get her study in front of large groups of educators to help counteract the stereotype that girls aren’t interested in the male-dominated field.

1 week ago | houstonchronicle.com | Samantha Ketterer

Chancellor James B. Milliken won't be the top earner at the University of Texas System office for much longer. Milliken, whose annual base salary is $1.1 million, announced that he would leave his position on May 30 to serve as the new president of the University of California System. John Zerwas, a health executive who is is currently the system's third-highest paid individual, will serve as acting chancellor until the UT System Board of Regents hires a new CEO.

1 week ago | eedition.houstonchronicle.com | Samantha Ketterer

‘Nobody’s little brother anymore’: A&M chancellor reflects on legacy By Samantha KettererStaff writerTexas A&M System Chancellor John Sharp found dilapidated military buildings scattered among acres of cacti and weeds when he visited the flagship’s Riverside campus roughly a decade ago. His colleague called it a “s—hole” with potential, and the lifelong politician with a knack for cultivating ideas knew a good deal when he saw one.

1 week ago | houstonchronicle.com | Samantha Ketterer

Texas A&M System Chancellor John Sharp found dilapidated military buildings scattered among acres of cacti and weeds when he visited the flagship’s Riverside campus roughly a decade ago. His colleague called it a “s---hole” with potential, and the lifelong politician with a knack for cultivating ideas knew a good deal when he saw one. So he took the A&M president to lunch at Whataburger and proposed a swap: a system office for the university's field in Bryan.

2 weeks ago | houstonchronicle.com | Samantha Ketterer

A Texas A&M University student with Chinese citizenship faces a federal firearms charge and an immigration hold just a month after the U.S. reinstated student visas for him and more than 1,000 other international students amid an outcry over their terminations. Liluyue Xu’s case is complicated by the alleged involvement of his potential future father-in-law, a Texas Department of Public Safety official who apparently triggered the chain of events that led to his arrest, Xu’s attorneys said.