Academics

You may have heard about the new proposed rule pertaining to changes to the F-1 visa program that may go to effect on Oct. 26 if passed. Here is the link to the information on that topic.  The article below assess this rule through critical eyes of an international student. I am... Read More →

Over 185 people attended the first ever virtual Terry M. Mikiten Graduate Research Symposium. The event had 30 guest speakers, many of whom were graduates of UT Health San Antonio, and returned to speak about their career paths and journeys since leaving the halls of campus.... Read More →

In the winter of 1944-1945 in the Netherlands a great famine occurred due to the German occupation. This led to many people having to consume as little as 1000 calories a day for many, many months. The recommended intake for a healthy adult person is, on average, 2300 calories a... Read More →

The use of non-human primates (NPH) for research has been a hot-topic button for several years. While the use of primates in research in the United States is tightly regulated and highly scrutinized by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) to ensure that the... Read More →

Figuring out your future career is hard. Figuring out your future career in graduate school is even harder. Figuring out your future career in graduate school during a pandemic is just ridiculous. To alleviate some of the pain associated with choosing a career path, EnventureSA... Read More →

Mark your calendars: October 15 will be the final AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships Live Chat of 2020. The theme is “Ask a Fellow Anything!” Hear directly from fellows and fellowship staff to learn about the impact policy fellows have been making for... Read More →

Kristian Odfalk, a second-year student in the Neuroscience discipline of the Integrated Biomedical Sciences program is one of the recipients of the Neuroscience T32 award. The T32 award is an award given by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to enable... Read More →

Trevi Mancilla, a student in the South Texas Medical Scientist Training Program, has published a first-author publication in PLOS ONE. The title is “Doxorubicin-induced p53 interferes with mitophagy in cardiac fibroblasts.” Her mentor is Dr. Greg Aune. We interviewed... Read More →