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The Washington Advisory Group, a consulting firm specializing in research and development issues, visited UT Tyler during the week of Oct. 27. WAG was hired by Chancellor Mark Yudof in July to conduct a study of how best to develop the research capacity within the UT System’s universities. Part of the charge to WAG is to make recommendations on strategies for strengthening the research capabilities at the System’s smallest campuses – UT Brownsville, UT Pan American, UT Permian Basin and UT Tyler. WAG also is looking at possibilities for expanding the collaboration between the System’s universities and its health science centers, such as the UT Health Center at Tyler. At UT Tyler, the consultants visited with faculty and faculty groups to get a sense of how the university wishes to enhance its research profile. They already had a good idea -- based on documentation provided -- of where UT Tyler has been and what the university’s current strengths are. While on campus, they asked questions about the future -- priority fields for research, faculty and graduate student expansion, infrastructure and support for research, opportunities for funding, new degree programs, etc. Members of WAG include: Joe B. Wyatt, chancellor emeritus, Vanderbilt University; Raymond Bye, director, Federal Relations & Economic Development, Florida State University; Carlos Castillo-Chavez, professor of physics, Cornell University; Thomas Cole, president emeritus, Clark Atlanta University; Shirley McBay, president, Quality Education for Minorities Network; Alfredo de los Santos, research professor, Arizona State University. The university issued the following guidelines in terms of research:
Contact person: Emily Battle, (903) 565-5604
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