Texas A&M University - Department of Nutrition

Interested in becoming an RDN? Applications to our Master of Clinical Nutrition & Dietetic Internship will open August 5. If you are graduating next year with a DPD verification statement, we encourage you to check out our website for application requirements: https://nutrition.tamu.edu/mcn-di/.

This , we are introducing you to another incoming Master of Science in Nutrition student, Emma Thomas!

Happy ! This week we are introducing you to Kira Buza, another one of our incoming PhD students (and former NURISh student!) who we are so excited to welcome back to Aggieland this fall!

We had an incredible time introducing our cohort to AggieLand a few weeks ago, including taking them to see the James A. Baker III Locomotive Pavillion, downtown Bryan, and of course rounding out the day with some ice cream in Century Square! If you have recommendations for our visiting summer undergraduate researchers around Aggieland, drop them in the comments!

Happy ! We are excited to introduce you to all the incredible incoming Master of Nutrition students who will be joining our department this fall, starting with Jenna Seaux!

Happy ! We are so excited to start introducing you all to our incoming cohorts of masters and doctoral students - starting off this week with an incoming doctoral student, Logan Chavanne!

We are thrilled to introduce you all to our NURISh 2026 cohort - these seven incredible students have officially started doing research in their host labs across the department. We can't wait to see all that they accomplish this summer!

We can't believe it has already been two weeks since our fish fry! What do y'all think - same time next year?

For years, ghrelin has been widely known as the body’s “hunger hormone,” the signal that tells us when it is time to eat. But research in Dr. Yuxiang Sun's lab suggests ghrelin’s role in the body is far more complex - and she would know, she's been investigating ghrelin's role in the human body for over two decades!

Read the full story about Dr. Sun's research here: https://agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/2026/05/11/ghrelin-rethinking-the-bodys-hunger-hormone/

We are excited to launch our series this summer, where we will highlight different elements from the periodic table and the roles they play in our bodies when it comes to nutrition and health! ⚗

Help us decide by commenting below - which element should we do first? ⚛