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The Giant Magellan
Telescope will be
10 times stronger
than Hubble when
it comes online in
the 2020s.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Courtesy of GMTO Corporation
A worthy investment
A&M shows incredible foresight with Thursday's telescope commitment
ifteen years ago, Texas A&M was a
small dot on the national astronomy
roadmap, with a limited amount of
students and faculty, older buildings
and a department that wasn’t officially
recognized until 2009.
Nothing could be further from the
truth today.
The future of astronomy belongs to
those who are willing to invest in hu
manity’s next-generation telescopes, and
Texas A&M demonstrated it is ready to
do so with Thursday’s decision to fulfill
a $50 million commitment to the Giant
Magellan Telescope. The GMT will be
the world’s largest telescope when it
comes online in the early 2020s. Its size
and breakthrough technologies will allow
researchers to literally peer into the past
— to use it as a time machine of sorts and
shed light on some of the universe’s most
coveted secrets.
The chance to be a partner in such
a pivotal undertaking is a once-in-a-
generation opportunity that Texas A&M
is right to secure. The easiest analogy
for the importance of the GMT to Texas
A&M might be seen in the Hubble Space
Telescope. Twenty-five years after it was
launched into space, the Hubble contin
ues to produce cutting edge science and
to inspire people around the world. Any
organization that wishes to stand at the
forefront of science would have spared no
GMT CONTINUED
“The total amount of funds gives us enough
of a share and stake in the project so that we
can have representation on the science advi
sory committee and on the board,” DePoy
said. “It definitely puts us in the position of
some prominence in this mastet p as^roj?bas
ics research facility, as well as to be on par
with other partners like Harvard, Chicago, the
Carnegie Institution for Science and the coun
try of Australia. ”
DePoy said this $22 million commitment
resource to partner with Hubble, consid
ering the intellectual and cultural wealth
it continues to yield.
If all goes to plan, the GMT will have
an even greater impact on humanity’s
understanding of our place in the uni
verse. It will be 10 times stronger, it will
be easier to maintain and Texas A&M
will have unique access to its breathtak
ing capabilities. Not every institution
has the foresight to invest in something
whose dividends will be paid in scientific
discovery, and A&M’s gamble might not
pay off in the foreseeable future. But in
decades to come, astronomical break
throughs will most likely be stamped with
a familiar maroon and white logo.
Who knows what the next 15 years
will have in store?
The Battalion's editorial opinion is
determined by its Board of Opinion, with
the editor in chief having final responsibility.
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Aimee Breaux
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will be spread out over a number of years until
it is realized.
“What we do is give a certain amount of
money every year until we reach that goal,
and we will raise that money in various ways,”
DePoy said. “Part of it is that we will now
get access to grant funding that we otherwise
would not have been able to get, because of
our participation in the GMT. Grants give a
ton of money to the university and that will
create a kind of revenue stream that will then
go to pay for the telescope. We also have phi
lanthropy money.”
Allison Bradshaw — THE BATTALION
The Board of Regents holds its meeting Thursday in the Bethancourt Ballroom.
Regents name new crop of
Texas A&M System leaders
New deans, president, vice
chancellors among list
By Lindsey Gawlik
K. The Texas A&M Board of Regents
made a number of key decisions at its
Thursday meeting that included the ap
pointment of a new college dean and a new
A&M system president.
The Health Science Center and Texas
A&M University-San Antonio received a
new dean and president, respectively, and
several A&M System administrative posi
tions were filled. Regents Awards recipients
were also named for their exemplary contri
butions to Texas A&M.
The board announced Thursday Jay
Maddock will be the new dean of the Texas
A&M Health Science Center School of
Public Health.
Brett Giroir, CEO of the Texas A&M
Health Science Center, said in a release
that Maddock brings a unique combina
tion of vision, accomplishments, energy and
personal qualities to advance the school in
achieving its educational, research and ser
vice goals.
“We are honored to have Dr. Maddock
at the public health helm, training and lead
ing the next generation of public health
professionals in improving the health of
populations throughout Texas and around
the world,” Grior said in the release.
The board appointed Philip Ray as the
vice chancellor for business affairs and
Therese McDevitt as the new vice chancel
lor for marketing and communications for
the Texas A&M University System.
Chancellor John Sharp said in a srelease
that Ray and McDevitt have both already
provided tremendous value to the Texas
A&M System.
“I’m looking forward to continuing our
progress as we work together to make the
A&M System the best system of higher edu
cation in the nation,” Sharp said.
The board also announced Cynthia
Teniente-Matson will serve as the second
president of Texas A&M University-San
Antonio.
“I am humbled to have been appointed
by Chancellor Sharp and the Board of Re
gents to lead this great university,” Mat-
son said in a release. “The campus has an
aggressive growth agenda to meet the re
search, economic, and workforce needs of
the state, nation and world. We will be fo
cused, agile and audacious in our thinking
and approach.”
The board also recognized 10 professors
and seven A&M System workers for what
Board Chairman Phil Adams called signifi
cant contributions to the Texas A&M Sys
tem by granting them Regents Awards.
“The recipients come from different
backgrounds and areas of expertise, but the
common thread they have is their dedica
tion to their professions and the A&M Sys
tem,” Adams said.
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