JUNE 22, 2022 — Editor’s note: The following message was sent today via email from President Taylor Eighmy to all faculty and staff:
I am writing to announce the launch of a national search for our next Senior Vice President for Research & Economic Development.
This individual will build on our tremendous momentum towards our strategic destination as a great public research university. This is an especially opportune time for a new leader to shepherd our trajectory as a Carnegie R1 and Hispanic Serving Institution, joining other distinguished members of the Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities.
As previously announced, UTSA’s Vice President for Research, Economic Development and Knowledge Enterprise, Bernard Arulanandam, departed earlier this month to become Vice Provost for Research at Tufts University. Jaclyn Shaw, Associate Vice President for Strategic Research Initiatives, will serve in the interim role until our new Senior Vice President is selected and joins our community during the 2022-23 academic year.
Given the importance of this hire in advancing UTSA’s mission as a discovery enterprise and growing our strong culture of research excellence across all units, I have elevated this position from a vice president to a senior vice president.
UTSA has evolved significantly as a discovery enterprise, and our Senior Vice President search website goes into much further detail regarding our how this individual will fortify and build upon our foundations and advance our culture of discovery.
The search advisory committee—which includes representation from faculty, staff and students—will be chaired by Kimberly Andrews Espy, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs. Additionally, a subcommittee of community leaders will be convened to contribute to candidate evaluation and provide advice as a part of the search process.
Isaacson, Miller, a nationally renowned search consultant with substantial experience successfully recruiting research leaders at AAU and R1 institutions, will assist us with this search, helping to identify and vet qualified candidates. The search advisory committee will begin work over the summer—including developing the position description—with activity picking up as the fall semester begins.
As we advance through this process, I will provide regular status updates to keep our community informed. As always, I welcome your feedback and suggestions and look forward to filling this important leadership role as we take our research enterprise to the next level.
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Covidence is a systematic & scoping review tool used to streamline the process of screening and reviewing articles. Using this software, research teams can easily import studies, perform automatic deduplication, and extract data using templates. This workshop will show attendees how to start a review in Covidence, add collaborators, and get started on screening.
Virtual (Zoom)In this workshop, attendees will be introduced to Pandas, a Python tool for working with data easily. It makes it simple to organize and analyze information when data is organized and categorized, like spreadsheets or tables.
Group Spot B, John Peace LibraryEach fall and spring semester, students convene at the Main Campus at UTSA with booths, ideas and prototypes. A crowd of judges, local organizations, students, faculty and sponsors walk around and talk to the students about their projects and ask questions. Students get the real-life experience of "pitching" their project with hopes of getting funding or support to move to the next level.
UTSA Convocation Center, Main CampusJoin the doctoral candidates for the Doctoral Conferreal Ceremony and celebrate their accomplishments.
Arts Building Recital Hall, Main CampusCelebrate the graduates from the Carlos Alvarez College of Business, College of Education and Human Development, Margie and Bill Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design and University College.
AlamodomeCelebrate the graduates from the College for Health, Community and Policy, College of Liberal and Fine Arts and College of Sciences.
AlamodomeThe University of Texas at San Antonio is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge through research and discovery, teaching and learning, community engagement and public service. As an institution of access and excellence, UTSA embraces multicultural traditions and serves as a center for intellectual and creative resources as well as a catalyst for socioeconomic development and the commercialization of intellectual property - for Texas, the nation and the world.
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We encourage an environment of dialogue and discovery, where integrity, excellence, respect, collaboration and innovation are fostered.
