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DHS | Department of Homeland Security | Homeland Security Selects Texas A&M University and University Of Minnesota to Lead New Centers of Excellence on Agro-Security
The University of Minnesota's HS-Center, known as the University Center for Post-Harvest Food Protection and Defense, will address agro-security issues related to post-harvest food protection. The University of Minnesota's team includes partnerships with major food companies as well as other universities including Michigan State University, University of Wisconsin at Madison, North Dakota State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Rutgers University, Harvard University, University of Tennessee, Cornell University, Purdue University and North Carolina State University. Homeland Security anticipates providing the University of Minnesota and its partners with $15 million over the course of the next three years to establish best practices and attract new researchers to manage and respond to food contamination events, both intentional and naturally occurring. Dr. Francis F. Busta of the University of Minnesota's Department of Food Science and Nutrition will head th ... [Read More]
THECB > Program Inventory
All Public Community and Technical Colleges All Public Universities and Health-Related Institutions Alamo Community College District -- Northwest Vista College Alamo Community College District -- Palo Alto College Alamo Community College District -- San Antonio College Alamo Community College District -- St. Philip's College Alvin Community College Amarillo College Angelina College Angelo State University Austin Community College Coastal Bend College Blinn College Brazosport College Central Texas College District Cisco Junior College Clarendon College College of the Mainland Collin County Community College District Dallas County Community College District -- Brookhaven College Dallas County Community College District -- Cedar Valley College Dallas County Community College District -- Eastfield College Dallas County Community College District -- El Centro College Dallas County Community College District -- Mountain View College Dallas County Community College District -- North Lake Coll ... [Read More]
The South Texas Border, 1900-1920: Photographs from the Robert Runyon Collection (American Memory, Library of Congress)
The source materials for this collection are housed at the Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin . For information about acquiring permission to copy any of this material,please read the Center for American History's copyrightinformation . ... The digitization and presentation of these materials by The General Libraries at the University ofTexas at Austin were supported by an award from the Library ofCongress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition . Links marked ... [Read More]
ODP Fact Sheet - Texas Engineering Extension Service
The National Emergency Response & Rescue TrainingCenter (NERRTC) was established by the TexasEngineering Extension Service (TEEX) at Texas A&MUniversity in the aftermath of the 1995 bombing of theAlfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City. Since then,significant resources have been invested in its existinginfrastructure by the State of Texas and TEEX. ... [Read More]
Biography of President George W. Bush
Yale University, bachelor's degree, history ... President Bush was born on July 6, 1946, in New Haven, Connecticut, and grew up in Midland and Houston, Texas. He received a bachelor’s degree in history from Yale University in 1968, and then served as an F-102 fighter pilot in the Texas Air National Guard. President Bush received a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School in 1975. Following graduation, he moved back to Midland and began a career in the energy business. After working on his father’s successful 1988 Presidential campaign, President Bush assembled the group of partners who purchased the Texas Rangers baseball franchise in 1989. On November 8, 1994, President Bush was elected Governor of Texas. He became the first Governor in Texas history to be elected to consecutive 4-year terms when he was re-elected on November 3, 1998. ... [Read More]
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