 | This article needs to be updated. (May 2023) |
| Parent institution | Texas A&M University |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | John L. Junkins |
| Established | 2011 |
| Focus | Research of "rising star" faculty |
| Formerly called | Texas A&M University Institute for Advanced Study |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 30°36′46″N 96°20′25″W / 30.61278°N 96.34028°W |
| Website | Official website |
The Hagler Institute for Advanced Study at Texas A&M University (HIAS), formerly the Texas A&M University Institute for Advanced Study (TIAS), is a research institute at Texas A&M University[1] in College Station, Texas, that brings world-renowned scholars to collaborate on frontier research with faculty and students at A&M, with particular focus on “rising star” faculty. The institute cuts across all fields of graduate study in A&M's colleges, schools and the Health Science Center. The institute integrates a visiting scholar with the relevant department endeavors and with related specialists in adjoining fields. The Institute is named in honor of Jon Hagler, a distinguished graduate of Texas A&M and a philanthropist who donated $20 million dollars to launch the endowment for the institute.
Ten years in the making, HIAS was founded by John L. Junkins, a professor of aerospace engineering, and the former interim President of Texas A&M University. His ideas for a strategy of bringing more top scholars to Texas A&M were adopted by A&M's administration in 2010, with support from the university and the Chancellor of the Texas A&M System.[2]
- ^ Cornerstone: Academic Foundation for Global Leadership, 2013 Annual Report, Texas A&M University Institute for Advanced Study, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. Archived 2014-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Reeve Hamilton, “In ‘Excellence’ Push, A&M Welcomes 9 New Research Fellows”, New York Times, February 6, 2014.