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Traber Out, Now Moving Forward on Rice-BCM Merger

November 20, 2008

As expected, BCM announced last night that President Traber is stepping down. I‘ve already commented on Traber’s tenure at BCM. What I’d like to do here is make two comments on a positive development in the Rice-BCM negotiations that I’m excited about. Bob McNair and Jim Hackett will be heading up a team to focus [...]

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BCM and Rice Merger Progressing

November 12, 2008

Today’s Houston Chronicle has an article and an editorial on the proposed merger between Baylor College of Medicine and Rice University based on an interview with Rice President David Leebron. The key take-aways are: Leebron expects to have a decision one way or another by the end of the academic year. There is enormous positive [...]

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Rice and Baylor College of Medicine in Merger Talks

October 29, 2008

Merger talks between Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) is terrific news. It has long been my opinion that the two should merge. BCM’s lack of brand is a huge obstacle to its future success. Save for fielding a nationally-ranked football team, BCM will never expand its reputation beyond biomedicine. Merging with Rice, [...]

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