contents FEATURE STORIES Robotics of the Future
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Aging in a Social Context
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Preserving Architecture along the Camino Real de los Tejas 09
ON THE COVER
South African medical microbiology Ph.D. student Nontuthuko Maningi works with Dr. Luke Daum to prepare samples for review during her tuberculosis research.
The University of Texas at San Antonio President
Ricardo Romo
Vice President for Research
C. Mauli Agrawal
Assistant Vice President for Commercialization and Innovation & Chief Commercialization Officer
Cory Hallam
Assistant Vice President for Research Integrity
Michelle Stevenson
Assistant Vice President for Sponsored Project Administration
Can Saygin
Assistant Vice President for Research Support
Bernard Arulanandam
Connecting Research
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Where Does UTSA Stand on Cloud Computing?
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Big Data Analytics
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A Place in the Sun
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Alcohol-Fueled Research
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Navigating the Cybersecurity Battleground
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Demographer Aims to Investigate Cancer
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Heading Toward Breakthroughs
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Knowledge. Leadership. Service.
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Cutting-Edge Research, Cutting-Edge Institutions
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Dedicating Decades to Research
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Landscape for Learning
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Cibolo Preserve
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From Students to Scholars
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Resurgence of Consumption
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Making Sense of the Census
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Healing Blade
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Reaching Beyond
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Sos Agaian: UTSA’s 2014 Innovator of the Year
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Robotics of the Future Ashley Festa
Writers
What was once only in the realm of science fiction may soon become science-fact thanks to researchers at UTSA and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).
Mailing Address: The University of Texas at San Antonio Office of the Vice President for Research One UTSA Circle San Antonio, TX 78249
Preserving Architecture
Director of Communication for Research
Tim Luukkonen
Ashley Festa, Brian Willeford, Analisa Nazareno, Kathryn Jones, Kate Hunger, Tony CantĂş
Visit us on the web http://research.UTSA.edu
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Discovery
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Analisa Nazareno
Using modern GIS systems, historical data, and an eye for detail, UTSA architecture researchers are digitizing old San Antonio. Their ambitious plan? To document and recreate a virtual Camino Real de los Tejas.