Use your winter break to write an essay for the Danny Jones Essay Contest! Deadline is January 31st, 2020. Prize money will include $250 for 1st, $150 for second, and $100 for 3rd place.
Check out a resource list for developing essay ideas and examples of past winning essays below. Follow the rules and win!
Briscoe Library is pleased to announce its 3rd Annual Image of Research Photography Competition! This competition is an opportunity for UT Health San Antonio students, faculty, and staff from all five schools to capture, share, and present the essence of their research in a single visual image. The competition and its accompanying exhibition showcase the UT Health San Antonio community’s creative visual conceptualization of their research.
This is the first year that faculty and staff are invited to participate, and we are excited to see your contributions. Submissions will be accepted from December 1st, 2019 through March 13th, 2020. The awards are listed as follows:
1st Place: $400
2nd Place: $300
3rd Place: $200
IPE Award: $600
Faculty/Staff Award: $400
Visit library.uthscsa.edu/2019/11/ior2020 for more info.
As a reminder, Briscoe Library is open 24/7/365 for current faculty, students, and staff of UT Health San Antonio with a valid UT ID for card swipe entry.
During the Thanksgiving Holiday, library doors will be open for more limited hours as follows:
Wednesday, November 27: 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 28: Thanksgiving Day – Doors closed
Friday, November 29: University Holiday – Doors closed
Saturday, November 30: Resume normal hours – 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 31: Resume normal hours – 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The Friends of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library welcome submissions for the 2020 essay competition in memory of Danny Jones, M.L.S., who served as Head of Special Collections at the UT Health San Antonio Library and who was also a Past President of the Friends of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library. The essay can be on any topic related to the history of the health sciences, including medicine, dentistry, nursing, public health, or any other health science subject or profession.
The contest is open to current students in any of the schools at UT Health San Antonio, as well as affiliated interns, residents, and fellows. Unpublished essays in broad areas related to the history of the health sciences are eligible for submission. Previous essays not selected are also eligible for re-submission.
Three winners will be chosen by a panel of judges, awarding $250, $150, and $100 for the first 3 places. The awards will be presented during Student Fiesta in April of 2020.
Word Limit
No more than 2500 words
Deadline
January 31, 2020
Format
Please send entries in PDF format to segerp@uthscsa.edu.
For more information, contact Peg Seger at segerp@uthscsa.edu or 210-567-6398.
One of two artists now on display in Briscoe Library, local San Antonio artist Laura Schultz is well known for her work in cut paper. Viewers of her exhibit will be treated to many layers of meaning as they get closer to each piece. Ms. Schultz earned an MFA in fiber and mixed media from the John F. Kennedy University in 1993, and a BFA from the University of Texas at Austin in 1986. She returned to her native San Antonio in 2001, where she maintains a studio and teaches art.
Watch for more news about her artist’s talk and paper-cutting class at the end of October during the library Student Appreciation Week.
Artist Statement
With my work in cut paper I try to evoke the tenuous nature of human existence. Using a small blade, I cut intricate images that are enormous, at times even architectural in scale. The works command attention because of their size, yet when they are combined with the fragile, ephemeral nature of paper as a material, a range of emotions occurs that I find deeply provocative: tension, joy, anxiety, melancholy. This contradiction of power and vulnerability manifests a terrible beauty for me: a size that can overwhelm or intimidate, in a material that emanates susceptibility and fragility.
I draw on memories, dreams, and bits of archaic literature for my imagery. At times, certain stories morph with my personal memories and dreams until it is impossible to see where one begins and the other ends. My intention is to capture an atmosphere of emotion, visually responding to narrative moments that offer a deep sense of human experience.
Join us from 11am to 1pm October 28th through November 1st for Briscoe Library’s 3rd Annual Student Appreciation Week!
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