Speeches
Thank you to the National Humanities Alliance for inviting a biology major to address this distinguished audience of English majors and advocates for the humanities and liberal arts.
It is always a great pleasure for me to return to Johns Hopkins Hospital. My pediatric surgery and transplant surgery fellowships at this institution were a transformative experience and a turning point in my career. I came here from Mass General in Boston, where I had spent five years in general surgery, two years in basic science research, and an additional year as chief resident. Here at Hopkins I was exposed to an extraordinary faculty, including Mass General Hospital surgical alumni Dr. Melville Williams and Dr.
It is my pleasure to participate in South by Southwest e-d-u this year.
My office is on 6th Street, one block from Congress Avenue, and I am always delighted to hear music wafting through the downtown streets during the South by Southwest music festival. I myself play flamenco guitar, and I’m waiting for the invitation to perform at one of the venues. Maybe something big and bold, like Auditorium Shores. In the meantime, you’ll have to hear me talk about why higher education is big and bold in Texas.
I want to begin by expressing my gratitude to the National Academies, specifically the National Research Council, for inviting me to serve on the Committee on Research Universities. It has been an important and very productive undertaking, and one that will have a beneficial impact on higher education in both the near and long term. If we members of the Committee have done our job, our recommendations will inspire institutions of higher learning to take innovative actions to better achieve their goals. And with equal effect, our recommendations will compel federal, state,
Welcome, everyone.
To our guests from industry, I welcome you to the campus of The University of Texas at Austin. This is one of the most highly regarded public research universities in the nation, and I hope you have an opportunity to visit some of the state-of-the-art research facilities on this attractive campus. As you may know, the UT Austin College of Pharmacy is ranked among the top four colleges of pharmacy in the nation.
Chancellor Cigarroa's speech from the American Academy Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences Conference, Saturday, January 12, 2013, at the Four Seasons in Chicago:
On Dec. 6, 2012, Chancellor Cigarroa asked the Board of Regents for its vote to create a new university in the Rio Grande Valley that will include a school of medicine.
Chancellor Cigarroa discusses plans to bring medical education to the Rio Grande Valley during a meeting at the Regional Academic Health Center in the Rio Grande Valley.
Chancellor Cigarroa gives the first annual progress report on the implementation of the Framework for Excellence Action Plan's nine major areas of focus.
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Even though more students are entering college than ever before, the nation is a long way from meeting the "preparation gap" for the future workforce. Andrea Mitchell moderates this panel discussion at Education Nation. Juliet Garcia's panel begins the segment.
Dr. Cigarroa's panel begins at the 19:00 minute mark.
