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University border consortium formed
Eric Swedlund
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 11.13.2006
The formation of a nine-university border consortium, creating new links between experts in myriad areas to examine and resolve challenges in border security, immigration and trade was announced Monday by the University of Arizona.
The consortium was announced at ComDef 2006, a conference on technologies for border security, defense and commerce in Tucson.
"The consortium is a response to the issues that face us as a nation and challenges on our border," said Bruce Wright, the UA's associate vice president for economic development. "We believe this is a very powerful group of universities applying their expertise and technologies to issues of the border."
Joining the UA in the Southwest Border Security Consortium are Arizona State University, San Diego State University, the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, New Mexico State University, the University of New Mexico, Texas A & M Engineering, the University of Texas at El Paso and the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Combined, the universities have experts who cover essentially every subject related to the border. Neutral politically, Wright said the universities are in a unique position to work on solutions, a point on which his colleagues agree.
"We don't have dog in the fight," said Bob Welty, director of homeland security projects at San Diego State. "We're trying to solve problems in a way that can be a benefit to everybody."

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I can hardly wait for tomorrow. I got a feeling I know where this is going.