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Re: UT expanding in Houston

Postby Digetydog » Tue Nov 17, 2015 1:08 pm

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SMUfrat wrote:My understanding (live in Houston)

Is this is a 4 year, degree giving university, which will be focused on research, science, and medical. The only thing bad for UH is if they are hindered getting their medical school started. I am all for UH getting a medical school. Hopefully they can still do this and UTH can be the commuter school they are destined to be.

I see it being similar to UTD.


UH doesn't need a medical school There are already three good medical schools in the area. If the state wants to build more state medical schools (probably a good idea), under served areas like Corpus and El Paso should be first on the list.

El Paso already has Tech's medical school and I'm pretty sure someone else was building another there


My mistake. It appears to have been built after I left Texas.

Nevertheless, I think that is a mistake to build another medical school in Houston with state funds.
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Re: UT expanding in Houston

Postby RGV Pony » Tue Nov 17, 2015 1:32 pm

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RGV Pony wrote:RGV is in the first year of its med school which isn't corpus but has bigger, poorer undeserved population


???

UTPA and UT Brownsville effectively merged and ceased to exist, becoming UT RGV. The sole driver behind this was the establishment of a medical school in the RGV. This fall was the first freshman class of UTRGV

UTRGV.edu/school-of-medicine/index.htm
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Re: UT expanding in Houston

Postby Digetydog » Tue Nov 17, 2015 1:51 pm

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RGV Pony wrote:RGV is in the first year of its med school which isn't corpus but has bigger, poorer undeserved population


???

UTPA and UT Brownsville effectively merged and ceased to exist, becoming UT RGV. The sole driver behind this was the establishment of a medical school in the RGV. This fall was the first freshman class of UTRGV

UTRGV.edu/school-of-medicine/index.htm


Thank you. It is great to see something good happening in that part of the state.
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Re: UT expanding in Houston

Postby RGV Pony » Tue Nov 17, 2015 2:13 pm

Agreed
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Re: UT expanding in Houston

Postby CalallenStang » Fri Nov 20, 2015 6:11 pm

RGV Pony wrote:RGV is in the first year of its med school which isn't corpus but has bigger, poorer undeserved population


What makes their population undeserving?
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Re: UT expanding in Houston

Postby whitwiki » Fri Nov 20, 2015 6:22 pm

Lol he meant underserved
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Re: UT expanding in Houston

Postby mrydel » Fri Nov 20, 2015 7:22 pm

Definitely
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Re: UT expanding in Houston

Postby RGV Pony » Fri Nov 20, 2015 7:24 pm

Yes, I have a typing impediment that causes me to omit r's once in awhile. I'm going to therapy though. In the meantime, I remind everyone that context is impotant
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UT expanding in Houston

Postby mrydel » Fri Nov 20, 2015 7:27 pm

Thank you GV Pony
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Re: UT expanding in Houston

Postby CalallenStang » Sat Nov 21, 2015 1:44 pm

whitwiki wrote:Lol he meant underserved


I know but I had to give him a hard time given that he used to be a part of the RGV population :)
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Re: UT expanding in Houston

Postby CalallenStang » Sat Nov 21, 2015 1:45 pm

mrydel wrote:Thank you GV Pony


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Re: UT expanding in Houston

Postby Digetydog » Sun Nov 22, 2015 9:36 pm

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RGV Pony wrote:RGV is in the first year of its med school which isn't corpus but has bigger, poorer undeserved population


What makes their population undeserving?


It still kills me that A&I was built in Kingville instead of Corpus.
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Re: UT expanding in Houston

Postby CalallenStang » Mon Nov 23, 2015 12:30 am

Digetydog wrote:
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RGV Pony wrote:RGV is in the first year of its med school which isn't corpus but has bigger, poorer undeserved population


What makes their population undeserving?


It still kills me that A&I was built in Kingville instead of Corpus.


What's the story on why the state put it in Kingsville? Seems like a random choice. Did the Klebergs donate the land or something?
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Re: UT expanding in Houston

Postby RGV Pony » Mon Nov 23, 2015 7:10 am

Maybe the 1919 storm that practically wiped out Corpus played into it?
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Re: UT expanding in Houston

Postby Digetydog » Mon Nov 23, 2015 8:23 am

Given Corpus' long history of F'ing things up, I wouldn't be shocked to find out the city leaders didn't want it.
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