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About Us
VISION | LEADERSHIP | GALLERY | PROJECT TIMELINE
Texas A&M-Fort Worth will anchor a new innovation district in downtown Fort Worth, creating a mixed-use hub for education, innovation and corporate collaboration. The facilities are designed to foster collaboration between students, researchers, and private industry which will create a pipeline of innovation and talent.
Texas A&M-Fort Worth will anchor a new Innovation District in downtown Fort Worth, creating a mixed-use hub for education, innovation and corporate collaboration. The facilities are designed to foster collaboration between students, researchers, and private industry which will create a pipeline of innovation and talent.
The Vision
Texas A&M-Fort Worth blends Tier 1 research with commercial entrepreneurism. The Texas A&M System values both cutting-edge academic inquiry and practical, market-driven innovation. We will prioritize the creation and dissemination of knowledge, as well as its practical application and commercialization, fostering an environment that encourages both research excellence and business success. Longer term and for the region, we aim to bridge the gap between academia and industry, creating opportunities for students, faculty and the community to collaborate, invent and start new ventures. Our goal is to educate the future workforce for the region.
Phase One
Law and Education Building
Phase 1 Site Rendering – November 2024
Opening for classes in Fall 2026, the eight-story Law & Education Building (LEB) will be the first completed academic building on the new Texas A&M-Fort Worth campus. It will house programs in law, engineering, health sciences and business that prepare students to lead and serve in a rapidly growing region.
Phase Two
Research and Innovation Building – A
Phase 2 Site Rendering – November 2024
Research and Innovation Building – A (RIB-A) will anchor public and private research and development on the campus. The planned areas of concentration include engineering, aerospace, agriculture, health sciences and emergency response to just name a few.
Phase Three
Future Buildings
Phase 3 Site Rendering – November 2024
Pending BOR approval, the current campus plans envision three additional buildings to include:
Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts Building (PVFA)
Research and Innovation Building-B (RIB-B)
Gateway Building (GB)
Leadership
Dr. Kim McCuistion
Associate Vice Chancellor and Director
Robert Ahdieh
Chief Operating Officer
Dr. Kayla Kelly
Director of Operations
Harry Brittan
Director of Facilities Administration
Denise Conales
Executive Director of Innovation and Strategic Partnerships
Yolanda Schufford
Executive Director of Marketing and Communications
Daeghan Driskill
Project Specialist – Operations
Lori Knowles
Senior Administrative Coordinator
Gallery
Topping Out Event for Law & Education Building – November 10, 2024
Yell Practice & March In – September 27–28, 2024
Innovation Districts Event – September 5, 2024
Academic/Industry Workshop – February 29, 2024
Texas A&M-Fort Worth Groundbreaking – June 21, 2023
Fort Worth Rodeo – January 19, 2023
Texas A&M-Fort Worth Press Conference – January 19, 2023
Fort Worth Announcement – November 10, 2021
Project Timeline
“Topping Out” Celebration
Ceremony commemorating the last beam being placed in the Law and Education building.
Innovation Districts Event
Presentation and Q&A with Dr. Cullum Clark of SMU’s Bush School and author of the book, “The Texas Triangle,” on economic policy.
RIB-A Approval
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents granted approval to proceed with conceptual design for building two, Research & Innovation (RIB-A).
Academic/Industry Workshop
The Texas A&M University System hosted an event in Fort Worth for investors and industry. Read more in the Chancellor’s Century Council News.
Budget
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents almost doubled the construction budget—from $85 million to $150 million—for the Law and Education building of the Texas A&M-Fort Worth urban campus.
Celebrate Progress
The Texas A&M University System’s downtown research campus, officially named Texas A&M-Fort Worth, celebrates with government, civic and business leaders in Fort Worth as the anchor project for a technology and innovation district moves forward around the redevelopment of the city’s convention center.
Finance Plan
Fort Worth city leaders approve a multi-step partnership plan that will provide the financing vehicle to make the $350 million downtown Texas A&M University campus a reality for Fort Worth.
Growing Footprint
The Board of Regents of The Texas A&M University System voted to expand office lease space in Burnett Plaza, the temporary home of Texas A&M – Fort Worth, to make more room for the System’s growing footprint in Fort Worth.
Building Approval
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents gave initial approval to move forward with planning the first two buildings for an urban research campus in downtown Fort Worth—the Law and Education Building and the Research and Innovation Building.
Leadership
Dr. Kim McCuistion of Fort Worth was named the Associate Vice Chancellor and inaugural Director for the Texas A&M System’s downtown Fort Worth research and academic campus.
Rankings
Texas A&M University School of Law is rising in the rankings faster than any law school in the country.
Making Plans
Fort Worth government and business leaders and Texas A&M University System officials are working together on plans to build a new downtown research campus to spur innovation and commercial entrepreneurism.