COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - Texas A&M System regents approved the Center for the Study of War and Society, bringing researchers and students from different fields together to study the causes, conduct and consequences of conflict.

For board Chairman Robert Albritton, one part of that work is personal."I lost an uncle in World War II. He flew B-29s over Tokyo. And they never recovered his plane and never recovered his remains," Albritton said.

The center will build on Texas A&M's partnership with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency to help account for service members missing from past conflicts.