TOP STORIES
![Material World](/sombrilla/fall2019/img/toc-materials.png)
![Material World](/sombrilla/fall2019/img/toc-materials-mobile.jpg)
Material World
How UTSA’s researchers are solving today’s biggest challenges—as well as the problems of tomorrow—by working with novel and advanced materials.
![Momentum Builds](/sombrilla/fall2019/img/toc-momentum.png)
Momentum Builds
At the end of its first 50 years, UTSA is already tackling issues for the next 50.
![Ready for Tomorrow](/sombrilla/fall2019/img/toc-citymester.png)
Ready for Tomorrow
UTSA helps students create their future by providing immersive experiences.
![Now and Forever…](/sombrilla/fall2019/img/toc-view-mobile.jpg)
Now and Forever…
Sombrilla Magazine keeps track of activities of Roadrunner Nation.
![Count the Reasons](/sombrilla/fall2019/img/toc-abroad.png)
Count the Reasons
Roadrunners share their “pics or it didn’t happen” moments from study abroad.
DEPARTMENTS
![Redefined Frontiers](/sombrilla/fall2019/img/toc-space.png)
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Redefined Frontiers
New ventures are blasting UTSA’s research-centric relationship with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration into an out-of-this-world orbit.
![Unearthing Secrets](/sombrilla/fall2019/img/toc-car.png)
Unearthing Secrets
University experts have been digging up the past since the beginning of (UTSA’s) time.
![Thomas Tunstall](/sombrilla/fall2019/img/toc-tunstall.png)
Thomas Tunstall
Whether workforce plans or movie reviews, the economic forecaster gives valuable counsel.
![U of First-Gen](/sombrilla/fall2019/img/toc-firstgen.png)
![U of First-Gen](/sombrilla/fall2019/img/toc-firstgen-mobile.jpg)
U of First-Gen
UTSA gains acknowledgment and respect for its programming efforts that help support students who are the first in their family to attend a college or university.
'RUNNERS & SHAKERS
![Rowdy’s Roots](/sombrilla/fall2019/img/toc-gonzalez.png)
![Rowdy’s Roots](/sombrilla/fall2019/img/toc-gonzalez-mobile.jpg)
Rowdy’s Roots
Antonio “Tony” Gonzalez III ’82 recalls how he was revealed to a cheering crowd as the university’s first Rowdy mascot at the inaugural men’s basketball game.
![The Very First](/sombrilla/fall2019/img/toc-tholen.png)
The Very First
News about UTSA from the 1970s was inseparable from Peggy Jo Tholen M.Ed. ’76
![Superstar Athlete](/sombrilla/fall2019/img/toc-gervin.png)
Superstar Athlete
Basketball great Derrick Gervin stays close to the game he loves by mentoring students.
![Campus Mastermind](/sombrilla/fall2019/img/toc-babbitt.png)
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Campus Mastermind
Architect Milton Babbitt recounts how the original designs for the Main Campus, including the structure at UTSA that he’s most proud of in his career, came to life.