A UTSA nutrition scholar and her team are helping three local churches communicate the importance of healthy living in an effort to combat obesity among San Antonio’s Hispanic population.

Two important events bookend the Roadrunner academic experience: convocation and commencement. Of the two, commencement understandably gets more attention. We gather with students and their families at commencement to celebrate their accomplishments. I believe convocation is equally important because it marks the beginning of students’ relationship with UTSA. Sure, they’ve been through orientation. Maybe they’ve even met faculty at simulated class lectures, but it is at this ceremony where their real journey begins.  Convocation is their official induction into the Roadrunner family.

According to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), more than 20 million U.S. adults or one in 10 have tried an e-cigarette or vaping device. Many people ‘vape,’ as the practice is commonly called, to soothe their nicotine cravings without a traditional cigarette’s harmful effects. Others are trying nicotine inhalation for the first time.

But is vaping harmless? Local researchers wanted to find out.

Cristina Dominguez, UTSA Volunteer Services program coordinator and COEHD alumna, recently received the 2015 Volunteer Administrator of the Year Award from the San Antonio Volunteer Administrators (SAVA) at its annual business meeting and luncheon.

Donovan Fogt    |    Kinesiology, Health, and Nutrition

Kinesiology, Health, and Nutrition

A kinesiology researcher has found ways to prevent the kinds of muscular and skeletal stresses and pains that can affect one in ten office workers at some point in their careers.

Getting a diagnosis of depression usually involves filling out questionnaires about your mood and undergoing lengthy interviews with a psychiatrist. But smartphone apps might be able to handle some of that work, and at least tell you if you are at risk of depression, simply by collecting GPS and other data, according to a new study.

The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that the nation’s multiracial population will triple by 2060.

Texas residents seeking to earn high school equivalency certificates may soon have less expensive, more flexible testing options.

A study published July 8 in the scientific journal PLOS ONE that found people who receive higher education outlive those who do not. What’s more, it also found that failing to obtain a high education could be as detrimental to a person’s life as smoking cigarettes.

A federal report out today reinforces the notion that when it comes to state standards, proficiency is still in the eye of the beholder.