Two Honors College juniors receive prestigious Goldwater scholarship

APRIL 6, 2020 — UTSA students Naomi Alyafei and Christian Strong have been awarded the 2020 Barry Goldwater Scholarship, one of the oldest and most prestigious scholarships for natural sciences, engineering and mathematics students in the United States. The Goldwater Scholarship Foundation awarded 396 scholarships to college sophomores and juniors around the nation who were identified as showing exceptional
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Bizios named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

Dec. 5, 2019 — Rena Bizios, Lutcher Brown Chair and professor of biomedical engineering at UTSA, has been elected a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. The honor recognizes Bizios for demonstrating a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and
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Undergrad tested his biomedical research skills at an MIT internship

(Aug. 28, 2019) — The acceptance rate for MIT is 7.9%. That’s less than one in 10 students who apply and get in. Yet, Favour Obuseh, a junior this fall at UTSA, managed to snag a prestigious research internship position at the highly competitive institution. He’s in good company. After all, MIT was home to
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Computational researchers and oncologists develop protein cancer atlas to accelerate personalized medicine for leukemia patients

(April 17, 2019) — Only about one in four people diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) survive five years after the initial diagnosis. To improve that survival rate, researchers at UTSA and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center created an online atlas to identify and classify protein signatures present at AML diagnosis. The
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The UTSA Brain Health Consortium and the College of Engineering support the next generation of brain health researchers with $90,000 in grant awards

Originally published on UTSA Today by Sarah Hada.  (Oct. 19, 2018) — The UTSA Brain Health Consortium (BHC) is an interdisciplinary team encompassing faculty and researchers from the Colleges of Sciences, Engineering, and Liberal and Fine Arts, that uses the power of stem cells and precision medicine approaches to know the nature of brain disorders and translate
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Francisca Acosta: A Chance Encounter Led Me to Biomedical Engineering

Originally published on UT Health San Antonio’s The Pipette Gazette by Charlotte Anthony on September 13, 2018 Francisca Acosta didn’t always know Biomedical Engineering was for her. “Up until I went to college, I thought I would go into medicine and be a doctor. I grew up not knowing what a Ph.D. was and I
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Research at UTSA: Year in Review

In fiscal year 2016-2017, UTSA grew its institutional research portfolio, engaged more students, and built partnerships with industry and government to expand funded research. As a result, the 2017 fiscal year final research numbers have been the highest to date in UTSA’s history. Total research expenditures increased from US $56.8 million in FY 2016 to
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UTSA introduces diversity, inclusion initiatives

As part of the strategic vison to advance UTSA as San Antonio’s university of the future, President Taylor Eighmy today announced the President’s Initiative on Diversity and Inclusion and a series of Campus Climate Conversations. The initiatives are a vital part of the education experience as UTSA prepares its students to be world-ready. “In our
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UTSA introduces diversity, inclusion initiatives

As part of the strategic vison to advance UTSA as San Antonio’s university of the future, President Taylor Eighmy today announced the President’s Initiative on Diversity and Inclusion and a series of Campus Climate Conversations. The initiatives are a vital part of the education experience as UTSA prepares its students to be world-ready. “In our
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UT System Chancellor McRaven issues statement on DACA

UT System Chancellor William H. McRaven issued a statement today in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Chancellor McRaven joins UTSA President Taylor Eighmy in supporting the DACA program, which provides all students with the opportunity to be successful. McRaven’s complete statement is printed below: (Jan. 22, 2018) — As the date
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