Event Announcement
Author Gary Taubes to Speak at 48th Annual Friends of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library Dinner
August 10, 2018
Gary Taubes is the co-founder and senior scientific advisor of the Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI). He’s an award-winning science and health journalist, the author of Why We Get Fat and Good Calories, Bad Calories, and a former staff writer for Discover and correspondent for the journal Science. His newest book, The Case Against Sugar, was […]
Library Fiesta Events on April 24
April 9, 2018
Save the date for the Student Fiesta and Fiesta Open House on April 24. The Student Fiesta will run from 11am to 2pm with lots of fun activities and refreshments. The Fiesta Open House from 4pm to 7pm will showcase the collection of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library with a focus on local San Antonio […]
We Have a Winner!: The 2018 History of the Health Sciences Essay Award
April 9, 2018
On March 29, the winner of the Danny Jones History of the Health Sciences Essay Award, Farhan Ahmad, was presented with a check by Senior Director of Libraries Owen Ellard. Farhan won the 2018 competition with his essay, Knee History: From Early Developments to the Total Knee Replacement. The annual $500 award is sponsored by […]
Watch for Library Events in April!
March 6, 2018
Student Fiesta Day Come for refreshments and Fiesta fun! P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library Open House Join us for refreshments and help us celebrate the historical significance of the library collection in this Tricentennial year in San Antonio!
Coming to the Library: Before I Die Interactive Art Wall, May 8 – 16
April 27, 2017
Candy Chang is an artist who has made an international impact with her reflective, public art projects. She is probably most famous for her Before I Die walls which have been featured in major cities all over the world. While the architecture of each wall is slightly different the concept is simple: a wall of […]
November NPR Book Club Choice
November 3, 2015
Come join us for a discussion of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks at the next NPR Book Club meeting on November 19th, 6 -7 p.m. The November meeting will be held at the Briscoe Library room 4.074 (the Collaboratory). A few copies of the book will be available […]
Briscoe Library to Partner with SAPL on NPR Campus Community Book Club
September 4, 2015
The UT Health Science Center Briscoe Library and the San Antonio Public Library Forest Hills Branch are joining forces to start a new NPR (National Public Radio) Book Club as a community engagement project. There are many community issues that can benefit from engagement utilizing a book club as a platform for interaction and conversation. […]