Texas A&M University

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Group.png Texas A&M University  
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Formation1871
HeadquartersCollege Station, Texas, USA
Type• Public
• Land-grant
• research
• space grant
• sea grant
• senior military college
Member ofAlliance for Biosecurity
Texas university close to Big Pharma and other corporations

Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, or TAMU) is a public land-grant research university in College Station, Texas, founded in 1876. As of Fall 2021, Texas A&M's student body is the largest in the United States.[1] Texas A&M is the only university in Texas to hold simultaneous designations as a land, sea, and space grant institution. The school's students, alumni and sports teams are known as Aggies.

The University is a member of the Alliance for Biosecurity.

The main campus spans is home to the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum.

Research

Texas A&M has an extensive research program in various academic, scientific, and commercial fields, with total expenditure of $905.5 million.[2] The Texas A&M University System, in 2006, was the first to explicitly state in its policy that technology commercialization was a criterion that could be used to decide on faculty tenure (permanent job).

Texas A&M has led the world in several fields of cloning research.

 

Alumni on Wikispooks

PersonBornDiedNationalitySummaryDescription
Randolph Alles1954USSpook
Soldier
Pilot
American law enforcement officer and government official.
Harvey Bright6 October 192011 December 2004Businessperson
Britt Harris16 April 1958USFinancierUS financier
Jorge Quiroga5 May 1960EngineerBolivian President close to all aspects of United States regional power, including coca policies, water privatization, World Bank and IMF
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