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Spotlights - April 2017

Sep 1, 2017

A Passionate Mission
As San Antonio’s World Heritage Office director, Colleen Swain M.P.A. ’04 prepares for the city's future by highlighting its past.

Sombrilla Magazine

Aug 25, 2017

Great Minds
Researchers are making advances through UTSA’s Brain Health Initiative.

Sombrilla Magazine

Aug 11, 2017

Fact or Fake?
Digital communications expert Luis Hestres helps us sort out good versus bad news sources—and to see right through fake news.

Sombrilla Magazine

Aug 4, 2017

To Catch a Predator
Cancer is one of the most feared diagnoses for anyone. But researchers at UTSA are tackling the disease—and making serious headway toward its defeat.

Sombrilla Magazine

Apr 29, 2017

Richard Giddens
Honors student researched the lives of queer Mexican-Americans in Texas.

Commencement Spotlights

Apr 29, 2017

Brooke Balbuena
Graduate student shares her passion for piano with her students.

Commencement Spotlights

Apr 29, 2017

Freddie Cuellar
First-generation student found his calling in finance at UTSA.

Commencement Spotlights

Apr 22, 2017

Sparking Education Debate
UTSA educational psychologist Sharon Nichols studies how politics affects students and teachers.

Sombrilla Magazine

Apr 2, 2017

Monkey Business
1604 Seconds With... Husband-and-wife primate researchers Nick and Amanda Ellwanger.

Sombrilla Magazine

UTSA’s Mission

The University of Texas at San Antonio is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge through research and discovery, teaching and learning, community engagement and public service. As an institution of access and excellence, UTSA 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.

UTSA’s Vision

To be a premier public research university, providing access to educational excellence and preparing citizen leaders for the global environment.

UTSA’s Core Values

We encourage an environment of dialogue and discovery, where integrity, excellence, inclusiveness, respect, collaboration and innovation are fostered.

UTSA’S Destinations

UTSA is a proud Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) as designated by the U.S. Department of Education .

Our Commitment to Inclusivity

The University of Texas at San Antonio, a Hispanic Serving Institution situated in a global city that has been a crossroads of peoples and cultures for centuries, values diversity and inclusion in all aspects of university life. As an institution expressly founded to advance the education of Mexican Americans and other underserved communities, our university is committed to promoting access for all. UTSA, a premier public research university, fosters academic excellence through a community of dialogue, discovery and innovation that embraces the uniqueness of each voice.