{"id":251571,"date":"2025-09-24T17:19:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T17:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/251571\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T17:19:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T17:19:06","slug":"expanding-research-opportunities-to-turn-ambition-into-impact-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/251571\/","title":{"rendered":"Expanding research opportunities to turn ambition into impact (PODCAST)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Texas at 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 of access and excellence across South Texas and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the exciting future of this new university through a special five-part podcast series, Launchpad: Voices of UT San Antonio.<\/p>\n<p>Produced by University Strategic Communications and featuring university leaders, the podcast presents a discussion of the leaders\u2019 big-picture vision for the university and the tremendous impact the integration promises for research, education and the region\u2019s workforce.<\/p>\n<p>September 24<br \/>\nEpisode #3: Fueling Discovery and Research at UT San Antonio<\/p>\n<p>In the third episode, <strong>Jennifer Potter<\/strong>, senior executive vice president for research and innovation at UT San Antonio, discusses the value and outlook for the university after combining two R1 research institutions into one. From eliminating barriers to inspiring interdisciplinary research, Potter says the endless possibilities of integration will turn ambition into impact.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the episode below, or tune in via <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/3ZpsVZjxYYWHs2E4p7i5bl?si=_NNMKuR5QzatUjsk_bgGfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/utsa-638890604\/fueling-discovery-and-research-at-ut-san-antonio?si=d2f045434c864bda9edbad08c0037b18&amp;utm_source=clipboard&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SoundCloud<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>September 17<br \/>\nEpisode #2: Merging Missions for a Prosperous Future<\/p>\n<p>In the second episode, UT San Antonio President <strong>Taylor Eighmy<\/strong> and <strong>Francisco Cigarroa<\/strong>, senior executive vice president for health affairs and health system, discuss how bringing UTSA and UT Health San Antonio together as one world-class university will make lives better throughout the region.<\/p>\n<p>Listeners will learn how the integration will inspire exciting opportunities for collaboration in groundbreaking research and will enhance the university\u2019s role in addressing workforce needs in the city, in Texas and beyond.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>September 10<br \/>\nEpisode #1: Building a World-Class University for South Texas<\/p>\n<p>In the series opener, UT San Antonio President <strong>Taylor Eighmy<\/strong> and <strong>Francisco Cigarroa<\/strong>, 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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The University of Texas at San Antonio brings together the power of UTSA and The University of Texas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":251572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,7202,7203,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,125984],"class_list":{"0":"post-251571","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-san-antonio","10":"tag-sanantonio","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-tx","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa","19":"tag-ut-san-antonio-integration"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}