Tell Me About Texas a&m

[Longboard Horn 40,318]

 

[GreenspointTexas 9,600]

19 hours ago, Randolph Duke said:

At 71,000+ students (thank you 2.5 gpa transfer from community college), Texas A&M has finally obtained their cherished goal of surpassing Houston Community College as the largest post-secondary educational institution in Texas. 

Here’s to you, Texas A&M, you rote learning, redneck trade school idiots. Congratulations.

https://theeagle.com/news/a_m/texas-a-m-university-enrollment-grows-despite-pandemic/article_d6f335fa-f9ba-11ea-9e8a-9f1692f2cf75.html#tracking-source=home-breaking

 

In news that should surprise no one, Blinn and Texas A&M have taken another step forward in their "co-equal" trade school arrangement, were every A&M class is as if you are in junior college and every Blinn kid gets a shiny diploma from Texas A&M. Expect to see "Texas A&M-Blinn College" on a very frequent basis moving forward.

 

Yikes

[Randolph Duke 4,034]

Today's "dumbfuck aggy fake history" moment is about Texas A&M's claim to "the largest research expenditures of any university in Texas."

In the quote box is a story put out by aggy touting A&M's research expenditures, as compared to UT Austin (of course), Univ of Mich (Ann Arbor), UCSF, and a few others.

Of course, the end result the aggy press release is "advantage aggy."

Below the quote box is information taken from the annual budget reports produced by the TAMU System. The three snips show the budget breakdown for the TAMU System for the academic components of the System and for the non-academic state agencies that are administered by the TAMU System (state forest service, etc). The next to last line on each snip is the total for research for the aggy System, for the System academic components, and for the state agencies.

Now for the aggy dumbfuckery.

When aggy releases their research expenditures, they give the number for the entire system (including the state agencies they administer), not just for their flagship campus. This, even though for every "peer" institution aggy compares themselves to, aggy uses the individual flagship campus research number, not the number for the combined schools within those systems. Look in the quote box and notice the individual flagship numbers for the other schools as offered by aggy. Then look at the aggy System numbers. Apples (aggy system numbers combined with state agencies) vs oranges (individual flagship campus academic research numbers).

Also note that each and every year, state agency research expenditures are greater than TAMU System academic research expenditures. (In other words aggy academic research is actually less than half the number they report.)

The expenditures (as per the NSF) for all schools in the US be found here (pdf): https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/herd/2018/html/herd18-dt-tab020.html

If you note on the NSF report, the numbers reported for "Texas A&M Univ, College Station and Health Science Center" are actually for the entire TAMU System plus the state agencies, not just of the College System campus, as represented.

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Texas A&M University generated $952 million in total research expenditures during fiscal year 2019, an increase of $30 million, or 3.25 percent, from fiscal year 2018, the Division of Research announced today.

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Johns Hopkins University led the latest survey with $2.7 billion in expenditures, followed by the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, with $1.6 billion and the University of California, San Francisco, with $1.6 billion.

Among other Texas-based universities ranked in the top 50, the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center ranked 19th on the latest survey with $930 million; the University of Texas at Austin, 36th with $680 million; and the Baylor College of Medicine, 40th with $623 million.

https://today.tamu.edu/2020/02/03/texas-am-fy19-research-expenditures-top-952-million/

 

Edited September 19, 2020 by Randolph Duke

[dingleberryswitzer 2,724]

Is kyle umlang a real person?  And is texags stalking him like they do with Randolph?

[Vertigo 20,283]

On 9/17/2020 at 12:11 PM, pearlandhorn said:

As part of the loan application, you have to submit identification of named officers of the company (driver's license).  Also included in the application is a list of employees and their wages for the previous one year (4/1/2019 - 3/31/2020).  At least, that's what I provided when I applied for my Company's PPP loan.

 

Edited October 4, 2021 by Vertigo

[Cairn Horn88 8,262]

PPP loan talk not going away.

[Armybrat 40,839]

Ok RD, so what is the research amount for their main flagshit campus in College Station by itself?

 The fine print isn’t loading for my old eyes..

[TexasMan 10,891]

8 hours ago, dingleberryswitzer said:

Is kyle umlang a real person? 

[Dennis Taylor 18,817]

On 9/18/2020 at 6:30 AM, Longboard Horn said:

 

*lightning 

Edited September 20, 2020 by Dennis Taylor

[Big Frog II 511]

With 71,000+ students should we rename this school the University of Phoenix at College Station?

Edited September 20, 2020 by Big Frog II

[demos 3,003]

That’s an insult to the university of phoenix

[Vertigo 20,283]

21 minutes ago, Big Frog II said:

With 71,000+ students should we rename this school the University of Phoenix at College Station?

In fairness, both students graduate from an ash heap

[Dennis Taylor 18,817]

31 minutes ago, Vertigo said:

In fairness, both students graduate from an ash heap

[dingleberryswitzer 2,724]

3 hours ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

PPP loan talk not going away.

I for one find it interesting that a business that does not rely on walk in customers and is mainly internet based asked for a pandemic loan. 

[dingleberryswitzer 2,724]

49 minutes ago, demos said:

That’s an insult to the university of phoenix

Yea at the very least I of Phoenix has a decent stadium.  They probably have female cheerleaders too.

[Tex Pete 20,349]

2 hours ago, Vertigo said:

In fairness, both students graduate from an ash heap

 But U of P grads rise from the ashes. Aggy grads wallow in them. 

[Treefidy 1,463]

On 9/18/2020 at 6:30 AM, Longboard Horn said:

 

[Lone Star Horn 2,016]

2 hours ago, dingleberryswitzer said:

Yea at the very least I of Phoenix has a decent stadium.  They probably have female cheerleaders too.

ummm,

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The University of Phoenix acquired the naming rights in September 2006, shortly after the stadium had opened under the name Cardinals Stadium and retained the rights until September 2018, when the Cardinals and insurance company State Farm reached an agreement on an 18-year commitment to call it State Farm Stadium.

 

[Randolph Duke 4,034]

15 hours ago, Armybrat said:

Ok RD, so what is the research amount for their main flagshit campus in College Station by itself?

 The fine print isn’t loading for my old eyes..

Here is the breakdown for FY 2019, as per their internal documents. From these numbers, they reported $855,506, all attributed to TAMU, College Station campus.

Source:(https://www.tamus.edu/business/budgets-and-accounting/budgets/system-executive-budget-summary/)

[NOTE: numbers are in thousands]

Texas A&M University, College Station - $237,516

TAMUI - $4,839

PV - $18,834

Tarleton, $11,339

Galveston - $8,212

Health Science Center - $73,933

Cen Tex - $815

Commerce - $2,762

Corpus - $28,567

Kingsville - $18,706

San Antonio - $314

Texarkana - $6

West Texas A&M - $4.703

Agrilife - $199,051

Agrilife Extension - $1,378

Forest Service - $2,437

Vet Med Diagnostic Lab - $324

Engineering Experimentation Service - $158,434

TX Transportation Institute - $76,476

System Offices - $6,853

Edited September 20, 2020 by Randolph Duke

[Handcruser 2,805]

Wait, Texarkana is really $6?


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[sdm 847]

5 minutes ago, Handcruser said:

Wait, Texarkana is really $6?


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No not quite, they rounded up,

[Leanderman 2,275]

How can those gomers claim research for a state agency like the forest service? Do they even have any students ? What is next trying to claim pot holes filled by TXDOT?

[Randolph Duke 4,034]

23 minutes ago, Leanderman said:

How can those gomers claim research for a state agency like the forest service? Do they even have any students ? What is next trying to claim pot holes filled by TXDOT?

The numbers are in thousands.

And not only no students, but no professors, possibly not even any PhDs. Conducted outside College Station by a separate legal entity from Texas A&M College Station.

 

But they claim they are "the leading research institution in Texas." Over Rice, Texas, M.D. Anderson, UT Southwestern, UT Health-Houston.

Based on the NSF rankings, had A&M accurately reported the research attributable to their College Station campus (as they represent to have) they would have barely come in at 100th in the nation. https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/herd/2018/html/herd18-dt-tab020.html

The people of Texas deserve better than Texas A&M.

[Armybrat 40,839]

Looky what I found... (5 years old)

 

Edited September 20, 2020 by Armybrat

[Randolph Duke 4,034]

17 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

Looky what I found... (5 years old)

 

Yep. Now go back and look at the aggy press release. They compare their system numbers with individual universities. https://today.tamu.edu/2020/02/03/texas-am-fy19-research-expenditures-top-952-million/

In their press release, they mention JH, UM, and UCSF because those three schools are at the top of the NSF rankings. https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/herd/2018/html/herd18-dt-tab020.html

The aggy system didn't come in 4th behind JH, UM and UCSF. The entire aggy system, when compared to individual campuses around the nation, came in 20th.

The people of Texas deserve better than Texas A&M.

 

Quote from aggy press release:

"Johns Hopkins University led the latest survey with $2.7 billion in expenditures, followed by the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, with $1.6 billion and the University of California, San Francisco, with $1.6 billion.

Among other Texas-based universities ranked in the top 50, the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center ranked 19th on the latest survey with $930 million; the University of Texas at Austin, 36th with $680 million; and the Baylor College of Medicine, 40th with $623 million."

https://today.tamu.edu/2020/02/03/texas-am-fy19-research-expenditures-top-952-million/"

Edited September 20, 2020 by Randolph Duke

[Armybrat 40,839]

So, aggy central in CS actual research expediture number in 2019 was $237 million vs UT Austin’s $680 million. Amiright?

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Anthony Hines opted out.

 

 

Edited September 20, 2020 by fellside

[Randolph Duke 4,034]

Just now, Armybrat said:

So, aggy central in CS actual research expediture number in 2019 was $237 million vs UT Austin’s $680 million. Amiright?

yep

[Armybrat 40,839]

Math is hard.

[EZ$ 2,104]

17 minutes ago, fellside said:

Anthony Hines opted out.

 

 

Waiting for Mond to do this the day before their first game. That would show those racist old timers!

[EE2B 1,565]

Wait, Texarkana is really $6?


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Everything is in thousands. The actual TAMU-T chart showed $32k for research for FY2019.

[Randolph Duke 4,034]

7 minutes ago, EE2B said:

Everything is in thousands. The actual TAMU-T chart showed $32k for research for FY2019.

Here is the info I was working from (TAMU System budget report cited above):

 

[markstanco 12,576]

Wait, Texarkana is really $6?


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They purchased some beaker tongs last year.

[Godzillatron 292]

How can those gomers claim research for a state agency like the forest service? Do they even have any students ? What is next trying to claim pot holes filled by TXDOT?

Actually they do. The research budget for the TX Transportation Institute is 90% or better funded by TxDOT. And if TxDOT ever tries to steer money elsewhere the Aggys in the Legislature step in.

[Hagbard Celine 10,859]

On 9/16/2020 at 11:54 AM, SwanderedTalent said:

you know what, shut it down for good, just to be safe

"It has come to a point where some cadets are being disciplined for having to quarantine which is just outrageous."
 

[Dennis Taylor 18,817]

290 construction in Houston/Cypress has been a colossal clusterfuck for years now...on ramps/exits are unsafe as hell, water ponds up with the slightest amount of rain . Pavement was so bright you couldn't see the lane lines so they had to come back through and paint black borders around them. All sorts of delays and way behind schedule. Undoubtedly over budget too.

Williams Brothers Construction.. .anybody want to guess what school they're tied to? 

Edited September 20, 2020 by Dennis Taylor

[Hagbard Celine 10,859]

15 hours ago, dingleberryswitzer said:

I for one find it interesting that a business that does not rely on walk in customers and is mainly internet based asked for a pandemic loan. 

How do you get a loan for a website that needs 15+ people to... run a website?

[Hagbard Celine 10,859]

3 hours ago, Leanderman said:

How can those gomers claim research for a state agency like the forest service? Do they even have any students ? What is next trying to claim pot holes filled by TXDOT?

it costs money to figure out how to fuck up the construction of a concrete multi-lane highway.  when you have 38 years to go from 4-lane blacktop to 8 lanes of concrete, it requires cunning and guile to insure that all 8 lanes have concrete from separate pours.

[Hagbard Celine 10,859]

3 hours ago, Armybrat said:

So, aggy central in CS actual research expediture number in 2019 was $237 million vs UT Austin’s $680 million. Amiright?

i'm just surprised that they didn't claim our expenditures too, given they remain a branch of the The University according to the Constitution of the State of Texas.

[Armybrat 40,839]

How in the hell do they manage to stick their tiny dicks through all those glory holes around their gulag campus?

[NeverMarryAStripper 21,905]

290 construction in Houston/Cypress has been a colossal clusterfuck for years now...on ramps/exits are unsafe as hell, water ponds up with the slightest amount of rain . Pavement was so bright you couldn't see the lane lines so they had to come back through and paint black borders around them. All sorts of delays and way behind schedule. Undoubtedly over budget too.
Williams Brothers Construction.. .anybody want to guess what school they're tied to? 

I can only imagine the level of graft and corruption related to road contracts

[Randolph Duke 4,034]

2 hours ago, Godzillatron said:

Actually they do. The research budget for the TX Transportation Institute is 90% or better funded by TxDOT. And if TxDOT ever tries to steer money elsewhere the Aggys in the Legislature step in.

Because, as we all well know, giving money to aggys always is a smart move.
 

The people of Texas deserve better than Texas A&M.

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The center would also supply preventive vaccine for pandemic influenza, and, once it’s up and running, will be able to supply 50 million vaccine doses within four months of receiving a strain of the flu, with initial doses ready in 12 weeks.

The facility will anchor the Center for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing in Bryan-College Station, establishing what Sharp characterized as “third coast biopharmaceuticals.” A&M is home to one of only three so-called CIADMS being created in the nation.

“It’s a game-changer not just for Texas but for folks everywhere,” Sharp said at a morning news conference with Gov. Rick Perry to announce the effort.

Perry said the center would bring more than $41 billion in in-state expenditures over the next 25 years and directly and indirectly create more than 6,800 jobs.

 

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The campus will also feature “laboratories, runways, underground and open-air ranges and a resilient network of sensors and systems for experimentation, data collection, analysis and storage,” according to a university release. The RELLIS campus has already been used to test other priorities for Army Futures Command, including autonomous land vehicles.

“Texas A&M and the RELLIS campus will become a nexus for collaboration and high-tech testing in service to our nation’s security,” Elaine Mendoza, chairman of the A&M System board, said in a statement. “Today’s vote will bring hundreds of millions worth of private investment to Central Texas as these facilities come to life. Simply put, this is where American defense contractors will want to set up shop if they want to work with the U.S. Army Futures Command.”

 

Edited September 20, 2020 by Randolph Duke

[Leanderman 2,275]

These gomers cant even play jinga with a bonfire and you expect high-tech testing from them?

[Randolph Duke 4,034]

14 minutes ago, Leanderman said:

These gomers cant even play jinga with a bonfire and you expect high-tech testing from them?

Your expectations should factor in their track record in hypersonic research. Look back over the past 11 years and count the advancements in hypersonic weapons by the National Center for Hypersonic Laminar-Turbulent Transition.

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NASA and Air Force Designate National Hypersonic Science Centers

March 5, 2009

WASHINGTON - NASA and the United States Air Force have designated three university and industry partners in California, Texas and Virginia as national hypersonic science centers.

The new centers will advance research in air-breathing propulsion, materials and structures, and boundary layer control for aircraft that can travel at Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound, and faster.

NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate in Washington and the Air Force Research Laboratory's Office of Scientific Research in Arlington, Va., selected the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Texas A&M University in College Station and Teledyne Scientific & Imaging LLC of Thousand Oaks, Calif., from more than 60 respondents to a broad agency announcement.

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Texas A&M University is designated the National Center for Hypersonic Laminar-Turbulent Transition. It will specialize in boundary layer control research. Team members include researchers from the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena; the University of Arizona in Tucson; the University of California at Los Angeles; and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.

https://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/mar/HQ_09-050_Hypersonic_Centers.html

 

 

[Nueces River Rat 5,538]

8 hours ago, EZ$ said:

Waiting for Mond to do this the day before their first game. That would show those racist old timers!

I can’t wait until Paul Finebaum declares Jimbo has lost the locker room.  

[Deej 76,766]

Doubling down on racism in 2020 seems like a bad idea. 

Never change, aggy.

[flatdawgs 1,278]

7 hours ago, Armybrat said:

How in the hell do they manage to stick their tiny dicks through all those glory holes around their gulag campus?

Practice.

[BevoSwag 272]

Apparently the SEC interest in aggy is nil.  This weekends matchup aggy vs Vandy couldn't even make the SEC Network.  It is thrown down to something called SEC Network Alt

[nnm 36,380]

46 minutes ago, BevoSwag said:

Apparently the SEC interest in aggy is nil.  This weekends matchup aggy vs Vandy couldn't even make the SEC Network.  It is thrown down to something called SEC Network Alt

The SECX3 alt lifestyle channel probably custom made for aggy. 

[Armybrat 40,839]

9 minutes ago, nnm said:

The SECX3 alt lifestyle channel probably custom made for aggy. 

With KKK ads?