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Walking across the stage Sunday to accept his medical degree from the UT Health Science Center is a long way from one of Houston's roughest neighborhoods, where 29-year-old Thomas Rodriguez grew up.

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UTSA President Dr. Ricardo Romo is fighting to get his college to Tier One status, but figures released today by the Chronicle of Higher Education show Romo is already pulling down a Tier One salary, 1200 WOAI news reports.

The University of Texas at Tyler recognized 842 degree candidates at spring 2012 commencement ceremonies Friday and Saturday.

It's 'game on' in the battle to build a Tier One Children's Hospital in San Antonio, as Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff blasted CHRISTUS Santa Rosa's plan to convert its flagship downtown hospital into a Children's Hospital as inadequate, 1200 WOAI news reports.

The naked mole rat is one animal model of aging under study at the Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies.

A review of 30 years of life-threatening asthma cases in a San Antonio intensive care unit found that annual ICU admissions for the condition have dropped 74 percent.

The naked mole rat, a burrowing rodent native to East Africa, has many advantages that enable it to have a long, healthy life.

College graduation ceremonies will take place this week for students at two Tyler schools.

Tyler city leaders plan Wednesday to celebrate the recent voluntary annexation of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler and announce the start of a new communication education program.

WASHINGTON - The Senate is nearing a showdown vote over a Democratic plan to prevent federal student loan interest rates from doubling for 7.4 million students.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis has received a grant totaling $378,000 to continue arthritis treatment research.

Natasha Johnson participates in a line-dancing exercise class at Church Health Center Wellness.

Nursing instructor Cheryl Scott and students Kimary Lee-Banks and Ramona Moore practice in the nursing simulation lab at the UT Health Science Center.

Shelbi Anderson plays with sons Christian Washington, 2, and Caden Washington, 1, in their home.

The University of Texas System regents voted Thursday to increase undergraduate tuition at the University of Texas at San Antonio by 1.7 percent each year for the next two years.

Women make a small percentage of representation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics career fields.

Across the country and in San Antonio, more men are applying for nursing school.

Science jobs from Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio: job description ) at the UT Health Science Center - San Antonio is looking for an outstanding postdoctoral fellow to work in the laboratory of Dr.

Research led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators suggests that safeguarding cell survival and maintaining a balanced immune system is just the start of the myeloid cell leukemia sequence 1 protein's work.