Study explores the effects of religion on child development
February 26, 2019
John Bartkowski, a UTSA professor of sociology, conducted a study on the effects of religion on the development of young children. “I study cultural influences on personal and community well-being, including religion, life course development and health as well as faith-based organizations efforts...
Researchers study stress-induced plants
February 26, 2019
Jurgen Engelberth, associate professor in the department of biology and several undergraduate students studied the effect of stress in plants. Undergraduate students studied plants at different developmental stages and interpreted the data and drew conclusions. According to Engelberth ‘green leaf...
Grant goes toward autism research
October 2, 2018
UTSA, The Children’s Hospital of San Antonio and the Autism Treatment Center (ATC), received a two-year $1,251,063 grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for research on infant and toddler autism treatment. Assistant professor of educational psychology Amarie Carnett, Ph.D., Board...
Waterway Contamination
Kimiya Factory
August 30, 2018
Research on effects of Hurricane Harvey Hurricane Harvey’s aftermath is still present nearly a year later, research for UTSA’s department of civil and environmental engineering has discovered bacteria contaminating major waterways. UTSA assistant professor, Vikram Kapoor, validated that fecal bacteri...