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Texas Governor Perry Creates Special Task Force to Prepare for Ebola Outbreak; Hotez Among Roster
News of this year's Ebola outbreak have led to steady, alarming headlines for the past couple of months, with the most recent Ebola news including the first case of the virus in the U.S. being...
Gov. Perry Meets With Ebola Task Force on Visit to UTMB's Galveston Lab
Governor Rick Perry recently visited the Galveston National Laboratory at The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) to get a firsthand look at the work being conducted at the lab in response...
Gov. Perry Dedicates Novel Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Facility in the Texas Biocorridor
Representatives from Texas A&M, the State of Texas, GSK and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sign a beam from the Texas A&M Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Facility currently...
TWC Awards Texas Universities $1 Million for STEM Summer Youth Camps
The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) granted 14 awards worth approximately $1 million to Texas universities and community colleges for them to invest in summer youth camps featuring science,...
Texas Emerging Technology Fund and CASIS Award Novel Research on International Space Station
The Texas Emerging Technology Fund (TETF) will work in collaboration with the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and the Governor's Office of Aerospace and Aviation to support...
Rick Perry Enlists Criminal Lawyer to Represent Him in Ethics Probe
Texas Governor Rick Perry has hired a criminal lawyer for his defense in a prosecutor’s probe, Bloomberg has reported. The prosecutors allege Perry violated state law when he vetoed funding for...
Governor Perry Taps TETF To Fund Texas A&M-Backed Minimus Spine Inc.'s Lumbar Disc Herniation Treatment Technology
Texas Governor Rick Perry's office has announced that he will leverage the state's Texas Emerging Technology Fund (TETF) in order to fund an innovative biotech company working in tandem with Texas...
BREAKING: Perry, Dewhurst, Straus Lift Moratorium On CPRIT Grants
After a funding freeze on cancer-related research projects that has lasted for more than ten months, the moratorium on the CPRIT grant award process has finally been lifted. The news came by way of...
Governor Rick Perry's Office Appoints Members To CPRIT Oversight Committee
Thanks to the now-famed Senate Bill 149, which was passed in the Texas legislature and signed into law by Texas Governor Rick Perry, CPRIT has had a chance to reboot itself throughout the course of...
Gov. Perry Announces $3 Million TETF Grant to Create Center for Cell and Organ Biotechnology At Texas Heart Institute and TAMU
Announcing the Center for Cell and Organ Biotechnology: left to right, Dr. Denton A. Cooley, Dr. R. Bowen Loftin, Governor Rick Perry, Dr. Glen A. Laine, Dr. Eleanor M. Green, and Dr. Doris A....
UT Dallas In Vanguard Of Texas Universities' Friendly Competition For "Tier One" Status
A report in the current edition of UT Dallas Magazine notes that concepts outlined in a paper drafted by UT Dallas President David E. Daniel several years ago helped inspire Texas Legislature House...
[UPDATED] Perry To Announce Decision On Re-election Bid; GOP Attorney General Abbott Potential Primary Contender
[UPDATED 2:21 pm CST -- Texas Governor Rick Perry has announced today that he will not seek a fourth term as Governor of Texas. This announcement comes after a optimistic press conference...
Survey By Texas State Researchers Reveal Students Don't Know Enough About HPV
Texas State researchers just recently conducted a survey to determine how much students know about the human papillomavirus (HPV), including its prevalence, how it manifests, and its associated...
University of Texas-Pan American to Merge with UT at Brownsville and Create Medical School for Rio Grande Valley
Governor Rick Perry has officially signed a bill that will merge the University of Texas-Pan American in Edinburg with the University of Texas at Brownsville, creating a medical school for the area....
University Heads and Lawmakers Pushing $2 Billion Bond Package in Special Session Agenda
Numerous institutions, university authorities and their representatives in the Texas House and Senate are rallying for a $2 billion-plus bond package to be included in the current special...
Construction Projects at Several Texas Universities Still on Hold After Legislation for Funding Fails to Pass
In a proposed legislative package that would have been the first since 2006, a $2.7 billion state bond would have been made available to more than sixty institutions across the Lone Star state. Among...
Texas Senate Unanimously Approves Reconciled CPRIT Reform Bill
After eight months of scandal, disgrace, debate, and reform, CPRIT appears ready for a relaunch, after the Texas Senate passed on friday a reconciled version of SB 149, which factors in additional...
Senate Committee OKs UT Regent Nominees, But Controversy Lingers
Controversy continues to surround the pending Senate approval or rejection of three candidates for the University of Texas Board of Regents. However, the three nominees -- Loya Insurance Group...
El Paso Continues to Grow in the Biotech Sector as Medical School Becomes Stand-Alone University
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso will officially be a stand-alone campus in 2015 after Governor Rick Perry singed bill 120, making it official on Monday. The school will become...
Gov. Perry Appoints Eight Members To The Texas Medical Board
Texas Governor Rick Perry has announced the appointment of eight new members to the Texas Medical Board -- the state regulatory body that oversees and promotes public health, safety and welfare by...
Texas A&M/GlaxoSmithKline Influenza-Vaccines Facility To Position Texas At Forefront Contra Potential Flu Pandemic
Over the past quarter century, each occurrence of new avian and swine influenza viruses making the jump into human populations and triggering epidemics has been cause for concern that this one...
Texas Governor Rick Perry Warns Illinois Biotech Companies To "Get Out While There's Still Time" While On Prospecting Campaign
After a successful, high-profile trip to California, Texas Governor Rick Perry is now prospecting for biotech relocation from Illinois to the lone star state, having first stopped in Mayor Rahm...