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UT San Antonio launches podcast series to break down the new university’s big-picture vision

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It is the beginning of a new era as The University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio) brings together the power of UTSA and The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. The new UT San Antonio will serve as a model for access and excellence across South Texas and beyond.

Learn more about the exciting future of this new university through a special five-part podcast series, Launchpad: Voices of UT San Antonio.

Produced by University Strategic Communications and featuring UT San Antonio leaders, the podcast presents a discussion of their big-picture vision for the university and the positive developments the integration will bring to research, education and the region’s workforce.

Taylor Eighmy and Francisco Cigarroa
Taylor Eighmy and Francisco Cigarroa discuss the impact that the newly-merged university will have on the region in the first episode of Launchpad: Voices of UT San Antonio.

Podcast #1: Building a World-Class University for South Texas

In the series opener, UT San Antonio President Taylor Eighmy and Francisco Cigarroa, senior executive vice president for health affairs and health system, discuss how the integration of two top-tier research institutions will create a world-class university for San Antonio.

Listeners will learn more about their vision for the newly-integrated university and how it is poised to bring transformational change to the San Antonio region through a growing impact on the healthcare and biosciences sector, innovative academic offerings, expanding research capabilities and greater opportunities to attract resources.

Check out the first episode below, or listen via Spotify or Soundcloud.

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