Taylor Eighmy, PhD, was officially named president of The University of Texas at San Antonio and UT Health San Antonio Aug. 20 by The University of Texas System Board of Regents. He serves as the inaugural president of the institution created through the merger between The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and The University of Texas at San Antonio, which will be effective Sept. 1.
The appointment comes at the end of a year-long process to combine both institutions into a single large university.
Eighmy has served as president of UTSA since 2017, leading transformative initiatives that propelled the university to Carnegie R1 research status, launched Texas’ first College of AI, Cyber and Computing, and positioned the institution as a driver of San Antonio’s booming technology and national security sectors. In February, he was appointed acting president of UT Health San Antonio, which he held alongside his presidential role at UTSA, and has guided the complex integration process of merging the two institutions.