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INNOVATIVE RESEARCH Life-changing discoveries. Game-changing faculty.
As the world braces for the full impact of COVID-19, Tarleton State University’s commitment to robust research and entrepreneurship is more vital than ever. Our economy and quality of life depend on it.
Distinguished professors and skilled student researchers are meeting the challenge head-on, incubating new technologies, accelerating innovation and making connections to support the communities Tarleton serves. They’re reshaping what we know about everything from racial profiling to water treatment, from grassland revitalization to pain management. They’re reaching beyond the university, beyond the state, beyond the nation to create a regional research powerhouse — a vortex of excellence. The engine throttle is wide open. The Texas Center for Rural Research, Innovation and Economic Development will bridge the gap between academic concepts and real-world challenges when it debuts in 2021 with its own vice president. The center will address workforce needs, deepen faculty-led student discovery and
Tarleton’s Texas Institute for Applied Environmental Research and the Texas AgriLIfe Research Center in Stephenville are collaborating to mitigate watershed issues resulting from hurricanes on the Texas Gulf Coast.
cultivate collaborations with industry, government agencies and other higher education institutions.
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