BFFLO Launches Another New Tradition – Student Led Social Media
Under the leadership of Sri Achanta, the Brown Foundation Freshman Leadership Organization’s social media team has (hopefully) arrived in your feed! Dedicated to showcasing the achievements of Brown Scholars and the impact they are making, the team will spotlight their stories, highlight their leadership and service, and showcase fun activities sponsored by the Brown […]
Brown Scholar Recruiting Volunteers
Brown Scholars enthusiasticallyvolunteered to assist with a newadvocacy initiative- led by the BrownFoundation Freshmen LeadershipOrganization, these students will helpattract prospective NMS students toTexas A&M by hosting campus visits,leading student panels, providing one-on-one mentorship, and offeringcurated campus tours. To foster continued connections, each Brown Scholar will distribute their personalized business card featuring their photo, major, and […]
Brown Scholar Gowtham Kadiyala and his team win 1st place at TAMU HowdyHack 2025 – ARM sponsored challenge
Gowtham and his team won 1st place at TAMUHowdyHack 2025 by developing an early wild fire detection system in California using cost-effective sensors to monitor environmental conditions and send information to a cloud-based database. The software included a web application that visualizes real-time data and integrated a ChatGPT-powered LLM to answer questions. When temperature thresholds were […]
EnCardia Team Founded on 2025 Brown-Smith UK Honors Leadership Trip
Freshmen Brown Scholars, Aryan Shay, AbhijayKodali, Andrew Ji, Rohan Sivva, and Dhir Parekh, founded The EnCardia Team, formerly known as “The Liftoff Team”, turning friendship into a force for innovation. Created on the UK trip, their start-up, EnCardia, addresses heart failure with improved reactive remote monitoring. With a completed pitch deck and summary and prototype underway, […]
Six Brown Scholars Win the 2025 Outstanding Senior Engineering Award
L-R: Angela Alvarado, Melody Yeh, Cathryn Gunawan, Adam Zheng, Caitlin Dorn, and Megan Guy Six (of seven) recipients of the 2025 Outstanding Senior Engineering Award are Brown Scholars. This prestigious award recognizes students who exemplify the highest standards of scholastic achievement, leadership, and character.
Athul Mohanram is a published first author – Frontiers in Immunology – Tug of War: Innate Immunity and Herpes Simplex Keratitis
Brown Scholars Athul Mohanram and Preston Nguyenwere recently published as first authors in Frontiers inImmunology. Their article, Tug of War: Innate Immunityand Herpes Simplex Keratitis (HSK), addresses HSKas a leading cause of global visual impairment. Their research was conducted as HM SURI internsexamining how HSV-1 infection drives chronicinflammation that leads to corneal damage. The paper also […]
Iko Wibowo Wins Audience Choice Award at the Houston Methodist Summer Undergraduate Research Internship Poster Presentation Competition
Brown Scholar Iko Wibowo won the Audience Choice Winner at the poster presentation competition at the conclusion of MAPTA Summer Science Symposium, recognizing “outstanding communication, creativity and impact of the best presentation, as voted on by attendees.”
Andrew Sorak Wins First Place at the MAPTA Summer Science Symposium
Brown Scholar Andrew Sorak won First Place at theMAPTA Summer Science Symposium at theconclusion of the nationally competitive 10-weekHouston Methodist Summer Undergraduate ResearchInternship, earning the highest average score from apanel of three judges among more than 50 interns. Andrew interned in the Hegde Lab focusing on hemin,a toxic breakdown product of hemoglobin released inthe […]
Craig and Sue host HM SURI Brown Scholars Students for lunch
Sue and Craig welcomed E2EnMedEAP Brown Scholar interns participating in the 10-week Houston Methodist Summer Undergraduate Research Internship (HM SURI) program to their home for a casual summer lunch. Each Brown Scholar discussed their research project and the medical challenge it addressed conducted under the guidance of esteemed researchers at the Houston Methodist Research Institute. The afternoon […]
2025 A&M Engineering Scholarship Reception
The 2025 A&M Engineering Scholarship Reception was a vibrant and inspiring event, highlighting the accomplishments of exceptional students, including the distinguished Brown Scholars. Scholarship recipients were honored for their academic excellence and dedication, while the evening provided a meaningful opportunity for donors and students to connect, exchange stories, and celebrate the profound impact of […]