Student Appreciation Week: Oct 29 – Nov 2
Image of Research Exhibit and Awards Reception
Fresh Food and Coffee Vending Now Available
New Study Rooms Open for Reservations
Liaisons Teach Youth in St. Matthew’s STEM Club
Visit with Gary Taubes October 26th, 2-3pm, ALTC 3.304
Briscoe Library’s 2nd Annual Student Appreciation Week will be taking place October 29th through November 2nd! Head over to the library each day from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm to participate in fun activities and enjoy some food, prizes, and other giveaways.
Briscoe Library’s Image of Research Photography Competition received a number of outstanding entries from UT Health San Antonio students. We welcome you to come view all of the submissions in our Image of Research Exhibit located on the newly completed gallery wall at the entrance of the library.
The library will be holding the Image of Research Awards Reception during Student Appreciation Week on Thursday, November 1st from 2pm to 3pm. All are welcome!
Please stay tuned for announcement of the winners in mid-October.
The star of the current Library art exhibit of local physician-artist Miguel Vazquez is his creation, Starletta. While Starletta is currently housed in the Library 5th floor Nixon Library Reading Room behind (sometimes locked) doors and within a glass case, she may be caught from time to time wandering the library floors.
As we understand, Starletta wants to get out and meet people and to learn more about what goes on in the library. We might even put her to work!
In order to make Starletta available to her fans, we have set up a schedule for her from October 8th to 31st from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. During these hours, you can come to the library to meet personally with Starletta and take pictures.
You will have to guess where she is!
The long-awaited fresh food and coffee vending machines have arrived at Briscoe Library and are now available for use! Located on the 3rd floor next to The Hub, the three brand new vending machines contain snacks, a selection of fresh food and drinks, and coffee. While the coffee machine can only accept cash for the time being (only $1.50 a cup!), the snack and fresh food machines accept both cash and credit card.
These vending machines are accessible 24 hours a day, 365 days a year so you’ll never go hungry or thirsty again!
Looking for more places to study? We have an answer for you.
An additional 22 classrooms on the Library Building 2nd floor are now open and available for after-hours and weekend reservations in the library reservation system. This includes the library computer lab, 2.011.
All of the classrooms will remain open 24/7/365 and reservations are available Mon-Fri between the hours of 6 pm to 7 am and on weekends from 6 pm Friday night to 7 am Monday morning.
Lounge areas and microwaves are also available on the 2nd floor. Direct access to the rooms on the 2nd floor is available through the library 24/7/365.
Please keep in mind that all student study space reservations on the 2nd floor are subject to availability with preference given to academic and non-academic events.
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On September 19, and for the third year in a row, the Library Liaisons visited and presented to the St. Matthew Catholic School STEM Club. The club consists of approximately 45 highly-motivated 4th-8th graders who meet weekly at 6:30 a.m. to engage in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics activities. Many of the students are preparing for their annual science fair. They were divided into two classrooms based on grade level and learned about formulating research questions and using reliable sources, particularly websites. They were also tasked with finding STEM-related information using the National Library of Medicine’s K-12 resources.
The mother of a fourth grader who attended the presentation provided the following feedback regarding the outreach:
“Wanted to let you know Eduardo loved the stem presentation yesterday. He came home and told me what he researched, how, and what he learned with his research. It was pretty neat to listen to him talk about it all. Wow! Please tell your colleagues thank you!!! Very very impactful.”
The STEM Club is led by St. Matthew’s parent Sandra Sanchez-Reilly, M.D., who is a UT Health faculty member in the Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Gerontology and Palliative Medicine.
To support our faculty’s research efforts, Briscoe Library has added an additional feature to our monthly newsletter. You will now be able to view citations and link to articles from our UT Health Faculty Publications list. As an added feature, altmetric information is also included. This list will be produced monthly by our Library Liaison group who can also provide further assistance with scholarly publication efforts. If you do not see your publication listed, you can provide us with the proper citation information by completing this form.
Click here to view the citations for September 2018 publications.
At the annual dinner of the Friends of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library dinner, you will have the chance to hear speaker Gary Taubes discuss the history, politics, and science of sugar and high fructose corn syrup, arguing that these sweeteners may indeed be far more harmful to our health than public health authorities have been willing to accept.
Register online at: https://uthscsa.libwizard.com/nixondinner
Date: Friday, October 26, 2018
Time: Meet & Greet: 6:30 PM | Dinner: 7:00 PM
Dinner, dessert, wine, coffee, or tea
Speaker: 8:00 p.m. followed by book signing
Location: Valero Community Engagement Center located at the San Antonio Food Bank,
5200 Enrique Pkwy, San Antonio, TX 78227.
Cost: $55 per person, $35 for students.
Paid sponsorships for students available upon request. Advanced registration is required
For more information about Gary Taubes visit: https://www.prhspeakers.com/speaker/gary-taubes
