base, post

Air Force facilities are bases. Army facilities are known as posts. To refer to both, use military installations. Local military installations include

Fort Sam Houston (Army post)
Lackland AFB (base)
Randolph AFB (base)

Bexar

As in Bexar County, pronounced “bear”

bi, pan

Prefixes relating to bisexual (an adjective referring to sexual, romantic, and/or emotional attraction to men, women, and/or non-binary persons) or pansexual (an adjective referring to sexual, romantic, and/or emotional attraction to others regardless of whether they are men, women or non-binary persons).

big data

UTSA does not use the term “big data.” It is outdated. Instead, use “data science” or “data sciences.”

Black (adj.)

May be used for individuals, groups or culture. African American is acceptable for an American of African descent. Do not use either term as a singular or plural noun, unless in direct quotation. Phrasing such as Black people, white people, Black teachers, white students is preferable when clearly relevant. Capitalize Black in these instances. This is an update to AP style in 2020.

board

Capitalize as part of the formal name:

the Teacher Retirement System of Texas Board of Trustees, the University of Texas System Board of Regents
The board of trustees met to discuss the issue at last night’s meeting.

boilerplate

The university’s identifying statement

The University of Texas at San Antonio is a Tier One research university and a Hispanic Serving Institution specializing in cyber, health, fundamental futures, and social-economic development. With more than 34,000 students, it is the largest university in the San Antonio metropolitan region. UTSA advances knowledge through research and discovery, teaching and learning, community engagement and public service. The university embraces multicultural traditions and serves as a center for intellectual and creative resources as well as a catalyst for socioeconomic development and the commercialization of intellectual property—for Texas, the nation and the world. Learn more online, on UTSA Today or on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube or LinkedIn.

brackets

Use brackets to add explanations or corrections to quoted material (an exception to AP style):

"We can talk about theory, but [students] need to learn how to translate what they are learning in school into a real situation," Tangum said.

Use brackets as parentheses within parentheses:

The game has been immortalized in articles and a book (Harry Walters, The Game That Went Down in History [New York: Good Sports Press, 1987]).

Brooks City-Base

Formerly Brooks AFB

buildings

Spell out the names of buildings on the first reference; abbreviations may be used on the second reference:

Applied Engineering and Technology Building—AET
Arts Building—ART
Biosciences Building—BSB
Biotechnology Sciences and Engineering Building—BSE
Bosque Street Building—BOS (formerly Physical Plant Building)
Buena Vista Street Building—BVB
Business Building—BB
Business Services Annex—BSA
Center for Archaeological Research—CAR
Central Receiving and Warehouse—CRW
Convocation Center—CC or Convo
Durango Building—DBB
Engineering Building—EB
Flawn Science Building—FLN
Frio Street Building—FS
Graduate School and Research Building—GSR
H-E-B Student Union—HSU (formerly H-E-B University Center)
Institute of Texan Cultures—ITC
Intercollegiate Athletics Building—IAB (formerly Physical Education Building)
John Peace Library Building—JPL
Large-Scale Testing Laboratory—LST
Main Building—MB
Margaret Batts Tobin Laboratories—MBT
McKinney Humanities Building—MH (formerly Humanities and Social Sciences Building)
Multidisciplinary Studies Building—MS
Monterey Building—MNT
North Paseo Building—NPB
Recreation Wellness Center—RWC
Roadrunner Café—RRC
Science and Engineering Building—SEB
Southwest School of Art—SSA
Student Union—SU (formerly University Center)

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