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In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, PBS filmmaker John Valadez brought two new films on the Mexican-American experience to St. Mary’s University on Oct. 10, 2013. War and Peace and Prejudice and Pride, produced by Valadez and …

Tim Tingle, award-winning author of Native American fiction and folklore, visited St. Mary’s University on Oct. 15, 2013 at Treadaway Recital Hall. Tingle, an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, has performed five times at …

The Saint John’s Bible is the first handwritten, hand-illuminated bible to be commissioned by a Benedictine abbey in more than 550 years, and its heritage edition now resides at St. Mary’s University. St. Mary’s, the first organization …

A $129,700 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will support the work of researchers at St. Mary’s University. Principal investigator S. Colette Daubner, Ph.D., Professor of Biological Sciences, along Ahmad Galaleldeen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biological …

About 800 people of all faiths came to St. Mary’s University for the International Prayer for Peace, held in conjunction with the 11th Annual Catholic Intellectual Tradition Lecture Series and led by the Community of Sant’Egidio in …

Six Bill Greehey School of Business students have received scholarships totaling $10,000 from the Insurance Council of Texas Education Foundation. The Education Foundation provides scholarships and academic funding to junior and senior students from a selection of …

Frustrated about water issues? Not sure how to vote on Proposition 6? St. Mary’s University will host “Water: Now What?” – a Texas Tribune panel discussion focused on state water spending and infrastructure – on Tuesday, Sept. …

St. Mary’s University ranked fifth in the West region in the “Great Schools at Great Prices” category by U.S. News Media Group, which today released the 2014 edition of its annual Best Colleges guide. This category uses …

The Texas Festivals and Events Association recently honored Fiesta Oyster Bake, organized by the St. Mary’s University Alumni Association, with three awards at its annual conference: Best event to benefit a charity Best promotional poster Best event …

The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) site at St. Mary’s University had a milestone 2013 tax season. It processed about 1,200 tax returns, which resulted in refunds of more than $2 million for the community, breaking records …

St. Mary’s University has established an undergraduate Mechanical Engineering program, which received Southern Association of Colleges and Schools approval this month. St. Mary’s and UTSA are the only institutions in San Antonio to offer a Bachelor of …

St. Mary’s University student Ruth Torres (B.B.A. ’14) is one of 14 students nationwide to receive a scholarship funded by the Derek Hughes/National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) Educational Foundation. Torres, a Financial Services and …