University of Texas System

Since June 2012, UTMB Galveston doctoral student Ashley Purgason has served as the Student Regent on the UT System Board of Regents. With her service coming to a close at the end of May, she recently answered a few questions about her experience and her future plans.

Read the Q & A with Ashley Purgason.

Two students have been awarded the Regents’ Outstanding Student Awards in Arts and Humanities by The University of Texas System Board of Regents for their exceptional work in the visual arts.

Read about the students. 

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Vanguard Health Systems and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia are progressing with plans to build and operate a new state-of-the art children’s hospital and an associated network of clinics that will change the paradigm of pediatric health care in San Antonio and beyond. 

Read about the hospital.

“The site pIan for this project joins together the best in academic and community resources, and I’m very proud of the Board of Regents’ leadership in bringing this medical school to fruition.”

 - Gene Powell, Chairman of the Board of Regents

Read about the site plan.

University of Texas System leaders are promoting a transformational plan to create a new university in the Rio Grande Valley that will include a school of medicine.

Visit the South Texas Initiative website to learn more.