Dr. George Perry, Dr. C. Mauli Agrawal, Dr. Joo L. Ong, Dr. Jose L. Lopez-Ribot, Dr. Bernard Arulanandam (July 20, 2017) – Today, the UTSA Academy of Distinguished Researchers (ADR) is inducting two new members: Dr. Joo L. Ong and Dr. Jose L. Lopez-Ribot. The Academy of Distinguished Researchers was established in 2015 to select and honor outstanding faculty who are accomplished scholars and who share UTSA’s continuing commitment to research excellence; to foster the highest quality of ...
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Today, Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20) announced a five-year federal grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), expected to total $5,000,000.00, for the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). UTSA will receive the grant through the NSF’s Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) program, which supports the enhancement of research capabilities of minority-serving institutions. The funding will go towards the establishment of a multi-disciplinary Center for Security and Privacy Enhanced Cloud Computing dedicated to integrated education and ...
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AUSTIN—Five University of Texas institutions will receive $8.2 million allocated by the UT System Board of Regents to fund innovative campus-based projects designed to enhance student success. Through a competitive process, the UT’s academic institutions prepared grant proposals in response to a Request for Proposals. Grants were evaluated by higher education experts outside of Texas as well as UT System reviewers, including Regent Sara Martinez Tucker, Deputy Chancellor David Daniel and Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Rebecca Karoff. Proposals were evaluated ...
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San Antonio will be celebrating its linguistics roots at the upcoming International Historical Linguistics Conference (ICHL23), thanks in large part to its current president, Dr. Bridget Drinka, Professor of Linguistics in the Department of English, College of Liberal and Fine Arts.   UTSA is in good company. The last of these biennial conferences was held in Naples, the preceding one in Oslo. The next will be hosted at the Australian National University in Canberra, followed by Oxford. UTSA is one of only ...
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