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UT system merges Brownsville and Pan Am campuses with eye toward new medical school

Source: Inside Higher Ed, Dec 7 2012, 3:05am CST

In a state where everything's bigger, it's tough to get noticed if you're small and out of the way. "Small and out of the way" is a good way to describe the University of Texas-Brownsville and the University of Texas-P ...

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Texas Senate Confirms Nominees to UT System Board

Source: Texas Tribune  |   May 24 2013, 6:53pm CDT

Gov. Rick Perry's nominees to the University of Texas System Board of Regents successfully completed a rocky journey to confirmation by the Texas Senate on Friday. Each one was confirmed by a vote of 30 to one. The opposing vot ...

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1 day ago

New university for Valley approved

Source: KXAN Austin News  |   May 23 2013, 9:10am CDT

AUSTIN (AP) — A plan to merge two South Texas universities into one and create a new medical school cleared one of its last hurdles Wednesday night with a final vote of approval by the state Senate. The unanimous vote sends Gov. Rick Per ...

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24 weeks ago


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"I can't speak for the legislature"


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2 days ago

Med school, university merger bill approved by Senate

Source: Brownsville Herald  |   May 22 2013, 8:18pm CDT

University of Texas at Brownsville President Juliet Garcia makes the opening remarks at the UTB campus concerning the UT system’s plans to combine the campuses of UT-Pan American and UT Brownsville with the creation of ...

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2 days ago

Senate approves new Rio Grande university

Source: KLTV  |   May 22 2013, 8:16pm CDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - State lawmakers have approved creating a new university in South Texas that is projected to serve more than 28,000 students and include a medical school. The bill sent to Gov. Rick Perry on a unanimous Se ...

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2 days ago

New South Texas University Bill Heads To Governor's Desk

Source: Texas Tribune  |   May 22 2013, 7:53pm CDT

State Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen, speaks to aides on the Senate floor prior to laying out CSSB1420 the TXDOT sunset legislation on April 18, 2011. Updated, May 22: The Senate on Wednesday concurred with the House amendm ...

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Texas lawmakers OK $178.4M for merged university construction

Source: University Business  |   May 22 2013, 8:35am CDT

Legislators approved money to construct a new University of Texas System campus in Brownsville and a science building for the Edinburg campus on Tuesday as the merger of the Rio Grande Valley’s two universities progressed. The funding comes un ...

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2 days ago

UT-Brownsville gains means to ‘grow into next phase’

Source: Brownsville Herald  |   May 21 2013, 11:00pm CDT

at Brownsville will receive $100 million in tuition revenue bonds from the Texas Legislature to establish a That amount is approximately $50 million less than what the UT System Board of Regents had approved i ...

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3 days ago

Senate panel approves UT regents, medical board appointments

Source: San Antonio Express  |   May 21 2013, 4:34pm CDT

The appointments — which could tip the board's balance of power in a new direction — will likely come before the full Senate for confirmation in the next few days. Much of Monday's grill session focused on the trio's opinions about UT ...

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Recent editorials from Texas newspapers

Source: KLTV  |   May 21 2013, 12:53pm CDT

The nation's top military leaders admit that they've failed to check an epidemic of sexual assault and sexual harassment in our uniformed services. "We're losing the confidence of the women who serve that we can solve this problem," the chairman of the J ...

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