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City of San Antonio approves land transfer for UTSA Downtown Campus initiative

October 18, 2018

(October 18, 2018) – The San Antonio City Council today unanimously approved the transfer of two parcels of land to expand the UTSA Downtown Campus. The collaboration is a major component in UTSA’s 10-year vision to accelerate the development of the Downtown Campus as an exemplary urban serving university that produces highly skilled professionals, advances economic development and creates prosperity in San Antonio. The City of San Antonio properties transferring to UTSA include 2.5 acres at the intersection of South Santa ...
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NSF CAREER Web Series Now Available

October 18, 2018

The Office of Research Support is now offering a NSF CAREER Web Series which is self-paced. A user can register at any time. >> To register This self-paced web series will: - cover the basics of the NSF CAREER proposal - discuss how to plan your CAREER project and position yourself to be competitive -discuss how to write the proposal, section by section, with special attention on what each section needs to accomplish and how to avoid common mistakes. Please note: Once you submit the reservation ...
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UTSA professor’s creation could unmask malware attacks

October 1, 2018

NSF grant will help UTSA professor Shouhuai Xu create a malware recognition algorithm to unmask malicious software. (October 1, 2018) -- They still don’t know how long they had been planning the attack. Either way, the hackers with several strokes of a keyboard, unleashed a malware that hijacked the City of Atlanta’s computer systems. Mayor Keisha Laice Bottoms at the time called it a “hostage situation.” Sam Sam, the group thought to be the masterminds behind the ...
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UTSA receives $15 million gift and parcels of land downtown for construction of proposed School of Data Science and National Security Collaboration Center

September 19, 2018

(September 18, 2018) -- UTSA today announced it has received a $15 million gift from San Antonio business leader Graham Weston to support the university’s proposed School of Data Science. The school is a major component in UTSA’s phased, 10-year approach to accelerating the development of its Downtown Campus as a destination for producing highly skilled professionals in big data and analytics, advancing economic development in the urban core and creating prosperity for San Antonio. At the same time, UTSA is ...
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UTSA and Cibolo Preserve renew research collaboration agreement

September 17, 2018

Yongli Gao’s student research team performs research at the Cibolo Preserve. (September 17, 2018) -- The UTSA Vice President for Research, Economic Development, and Knowledge Enterprise (VPREDKE) and the Cibolo Preserve have renewed their research collaboration master agreement for another five years. Cibolo Preserve, a Texas charitable foundation/nonprofit, allows UTSA faculty, staff and students the controlled access to observe, instruct and conduct research per an application and vetting process managed by the VPREDKE. The Cibolo Preserve, originally established ...
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