Drought and a ruptured pipeline have forced Puerto Rico into revolving water shut-offs. For many people, the disruption started years earlier, as did loss of faith in the utility.
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Texas A&M is the state’s oldest public university and largest university, and one of the largest in the nation: a research-intensive, land-grant institution with more than 69,300 students, including nearly 15,000 in graduate or professional school. Students choose from more than 130 undergraduate and 272 graduate degree programs in 16 colleges and schools, and participate in more than 1,100 student-run organizations and activities (including the Big Event, the largest one-day, student-run service project in the United States).
Texas A&M ranks in the top 20 nationally in research expenditures, with more than $922 million in FY2018 (National Science Foundation), and is a member of the Association of American Universities. Texas A&M ranks at or near the top among universities nationally in the areas of academic excellence, value, and affordability; on-time student graduation rates (both overall and for minorities); student engagement and happiness; and students who graduate with less college-related debt and become the nation’s highest-earning graduates. Texas A&M also has more graduates serving as CEOs of Fortune 500 companies than any other university.
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Professor, Bush School & School of Law, Texas A&M University; Institute for Humane Studies
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Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University
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Associate research scientist, Texas A&M University
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Research Scientist, Public Policy Research Institute, Texas A&M University
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Professor and Melbern G. Glasscock Endowed Chair in American History, Texas A&M University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University
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Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University
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Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Texas A&M University
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Research Assistant Professor of Maternal and Child Health, Texas A&M University
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Professor of law; professor of economics (courtesy), director of the Law and Economics Program, Texas A&M University
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance, Texas A&M University
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Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University
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Research Assistant Professor in Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University
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Yonghoon Lee Associate Professor with Tenure and Gina and Anthony Bahr ’91 Professorship in Business, Texas A&M University
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Visiting scholar, Texas A&M University; Sejong Institute