UT Health San Antonio ranks among world's top universities for clinical medicine
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio this week took home the honor of being ranked among the world's top 5% of universities for clinical medicine. Indeed, UT Health San Antonio landed at No. 51 out of 1,000 best universities in U.S. News and World Reports' 2024-25 Best Global Universities for Clinical Medicine. UT Health also ranked in the top 12% of Best Global Universities.
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San Antonio visual artist Donald Moffett to receive Texas Medal of Arts
San Antonio-born visual artist Donald Moffett is among those being honored with the 2025 Texas Medal of Arts Award. The nonprofit Texas Cultural Trust presents the awards every other year to Lone Star State creatives whose work has "profoundly influenced Texas and beyond." This year's honorees also include actor Dennis Quaid, filmmaker Richard Linklater, musician Gary Clark Jr. and arts patron Mercedes Bass. The awards will be presented Feb. 25-26 at a ceremony in Austin.
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Texas Supreme Court rules execution of Robert Roberson may move forward
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the state can move ahead with the execution of Robert Roberson, a 57-year-old man with autism accused of killing his 2-year-old daughter in 2002. Even so, the court ruled that the Texas House of Representatives' Criminal Jurisprudence Committee still can subpoena Roberson for testimony, as long as “a subpoena issues in a way that does not inevitably block a scheduled execution.” The court’s decision comes after a chorus of legal justice advocates joined a bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers in calling for Roberson’s life to be spared.
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Documentary Idaho's Forgotten War to screen for free Saturday at San Antonio Public Library
The 1970s were a time of both activism and strife in Native American communities, from the flourishing of the American Indian Movement to Leonard Peltier's controversial 1975 arrest and Amy Trice's 1974 declaration of war on the U.S. Trice was a member of the Kootenai tribe.
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