1. Where Have We Been?
Where are We Going? 1

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3. 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

4. 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

5. Strategic Plan Theme
Grand Challenge
Focus Area 5

6. 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

7. 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

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

9. 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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