South San Antonio News

For one San Antonio native, the opportunity to connect passion with purpose became a reality when she was recently appointed as the inaugural director of a ground-breaking partnership focused on strengthening the school-to-college educational pipeline in south Bexar County.

UT HEALTH SAN ANTONIO: Viral ‘molecular scissor’ is next COVID-19 drug target

American and Polish scientists, reporting Oct. 16 in the journal Science Advances, laid out a novel rationale for COVID-19 drug design – blocking a molecular “scissor” that the virus uses for virus production and to disable human proteins crucial to the immune response.

ALAMO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT: Alamo Colleges Signing Up Second Cohort of AlamoPROMISE Students

Beginning Thursday, October 15, 2020, eligible high school seniors of the class of 2021 can sign up to be AlamoPROMISE Scholars by filling out the “Save Your Seat” form at www.alamo.edu/promise.

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-SAN ANTONIO: A&M-San Antonio receives $2.1M Department of Education grant

A $2.1 million grant from the federal Department of Education to Texas A&M University-San Antonio’s College of Education and Human Development (COEHD) will fund a unique program to help bridge the equity gap for students with intellectual disabilities and boost their ability to either earn a college degree or complete a college experience.

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-SAN ANTONIO: Pilot program helping Bexar County foster and adopted youth earn a university degree celebrates first anniversary at Texas A&M University-San Antonio

A pilot partnership in Bexar County – the first of its kind in Texas to support the former foster and adopted youth in earning a college degree – is setting record numbers at Texas A&M University-San Antonio.

UT HEALTH SAN ANTONIO: On streets of injustice, here’s how we drive toward transportation equity for Latinos

Latinos face many transportation inequities, as years of unjust street planning practices have ignored them and cut them off from opportunities for health and wealth.

UNIVERSITY OF INCARNATE WORD: Digital Equity and Inclusion to be held on Oct. 10

Join Youth Code Jam's executive director, Lori Price, as she identifies strategies on how digital equity and inclusion can help to combat systemic inequities through education and collaboration.

TRINITY UNIVERSITY: Trinity Announces 2020-21 Faculty Promotions and Tenure

Trinity University is proud to announce the following faculty promotions, which took effect for the Fall 2020 semester on September 1.

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-SAN ANTONIO: Majors and Minors Week - Business to be held on Oct. 07

Choosing a major can be a challenge! You may have questions about what direction your degree can take you.

PALO ALTO COLLEGE: Spotlight Series: Tony Longoria

Since 2018, TEDxPaloAltoCollege has brought together inspiring and innovative minds to present new ideas and spark conversations. The annual event is an important community-building event, and this year it will be accessible online and free of charge.

SOUTH SAN ANTONIO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT: South San HS Alum Launches New Magazine to Highlight Community

A South San High School alum has launched a new magazine which will highlight our community.

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-SAN ANTONIO: A&M-San Antonio launches the Jaguar Excellence Guarantee & Achiever Promise

As more high school seniors and families face increasing costs to earn a college degree, Texas A&M University-San Antonio is continuing to address this national concern with the launch of two new initiatives focused on maximizing scholarships, value and continued access to quality higher education.

UT HEALTH SAN ANTONIO: 160 genes linked to brain shrinkage in study of 45,000 adults

A new study implicates 160 genes in brain shrinkage seen on MRIs of 45,000 healthy adults.

PALO ALTO COLLEGE: TEDxPaloAltoCollege to inspire hope in third annual event, hosted virtually