UTSA Research News

The UTSA Brain Health Consortium and the College of Engineering support the next generation of brain health researchers with $90,000 in grant awards

October 19, 2018

(October 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 this knowledge to improve patient lives. Earlier this summer, the BHC offered a special funding opportunity: seed grant awards for graduate students and postdoctoral research fellows on campus whose research focuses on brain health or regenerative medicine. ...
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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 economics professor studies unauthorized immigrants

October 8, 2018

(Oct. 4, 2018) -- Studying the economic interactions of unauthorized immigrants from a policy perspective, Hamid Beladi, associate dean of faculty and research and Janey S. Briscoe Endowed Chair in Business, conducted research in this area with colleagues. The article, “A Model of Smuggling and Trafficking of Illegal Immigrants with a Host Country Policy,” appeared in the Review of Development Economics. The staggering volume of unauthorized immigrants has motivated many influential studies in economics, political science, sociology and international law. “It is a ...
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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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