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RESEARCH Improving Life through Science and Technology College Station Campus 14 Departments 13 research centers located across the state Amarillo Beaumont Chillicothe – Vernon Corpus Christi Dallas El Paso Lubbock Overton San Angelo Stephenville Temple – Blacklands Uvalde Weslaco 3

Strategic Plan Themes 2011-2015 Sustain Healthy Ecosystems and Conserve our Natural Resources Enhance Competitiveness, Prosperity, and Sustainability of Urban and Rural Agricultural Industries Improve Public Health and Well-Being Mitigate Negative Effects of Global Climate Change Create and Utilize Fundamental Information (Genomic, Proteomic and Metabolomic) to Optimize Plant and Animal Production, and Human Health 4

Strategic Plan Theme Grand Challenge Focus Area 5

Cross Walk Protecting our Environment Sustain Healthy Ecosystems and Conserve our Natural Resources Mitigate Negative Effects of Global Climate Change Protecting our Environment Air, Bioenergy, Endangered Species, Modeling, Soil, Water 6

Cross Walk Growing Our Economy Enhance Competitiveness, Prosperity, and Sustainability of Urban and Rural Agricultural Industries Growing Our Economy Production Agriculture, Horticultural Crops, Value Added 7

Cross Walk Improving Our Health Improve Public Health and Well-Being Cancer, Food Safety, Nutrition, Phytochemicals 8

Cross Walk Feeding Our World Crops, Livestock, Forage & Vegetables Create and Utilize Fundamental Information (Genomic, Proteomic and Metabolomic) to Optimize Plant and Animal Production, and Human Health Feeding Our World Crops, Livestock, Forage & Vegetables 9

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