School of Medicine residency programs gain repeat 5-year accreditation

April 21, 2009

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has awarded The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Medicine the best accreditation status (Continued Accreditation) for a maximum cycle length of five years, Glenn A. Halff, M.D., acting dean of the School of Medicine, announced.

For Earth Day, trees saved from construction find new home at Health Science Center

April 20, 2009

Oak and elm trees rescued from the construction site of the soon-to-open South Texas Research Facility will be replanted around The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, where they will serve as a symbol of the university’s commitment to environmental sustainability.

Teens to conduct cutting-edge biomedical research at Voelcker Academy

April 16, 2009

Twenty rising sophomores will become the inaugural class of the Max and Minnie Tomerlin Voelcker Biomedical Research Academy.

Three universities test their brainpower at neuroscience contest

April 10, 2009

Defending Brain Bowl champion Texas A&M University will go head to head against Trinity University and The University of Texas at Arlington.

CTRC executive director will run 12-hour marathon to raise cancer funds, awareness

April 2, 2009

For 12 hours next weekend, a leading cancer center executive and internationally regarded cancer researcher will be a foot soldier in the war on cancer.

In the light, muscle stem cells reveal their secrets

March 31, 2009

They hibernate with age; reversing this might treat muscle loss someday