Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics

01/26/2026

Please join us for a reflective hour of visual art inspired by the theme of the 19th Annual Community Engaged Learning Conference, The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Community Health.

We have 5 artists showing creative work, including students, residents, and community members. Please share with interested family, friends, and co-workers. All are welcome!

Tuesday, January 27, 2026
3:00 - 4:00 pm
UTHSA Briscoe Library, Main foyer

01/22/2026

Our annual Night of the Arts is tomorrow, Friday, January 23rd. Our students have put together a night of performances by talented students, faculty, and local professional performers.

There will be a light dinner, a silent auction, and an opportunity to showcase our wonderful Free Clinic program.

Tickets are donation-based and start at $10, but you are welcome to contribute as much as you would like! All proceeds go to support the SFCP program.

Doors open at 5 pm for the silent auction and dinner, and the Show begins at 6 pm.

Holly Auditorium, UT Health San Antonio (7703 Floyd Curl Dr.)
Parking in the Visitor’s lot, across from the main campus courtyard

Tickets link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdUYsPcP22rhlE6-hw4IhjU4NhjNGdL2lNxT29CtL9103E01Q/viewform

01/14/2026

Last call for submissions of original art for the Community Engaged Learning Conference Art Exhibition, January 27, 2026. Selected submissions will be displayed in the UT San Antonio Health Science Center Library in conjunction with the Conference.

We call on artists to explore this year's theme, including questions such as: Can AI invoke emotions and images that empower efforts to improve community health? How does AI challenge our notions of creativity, beauty, and appreciation of art? How is the creative process part of health, and how does AI impact this process?

Submissions of visual work (paintings, prints, sculpture, collage, drawings, mixed-media work, etc.) that explore the theme must be received by 11:59 pm on Sunday, January 18th.

Submit images of your work https://forms.gle/acQCeXsDtN9ZxtzM7

12/23/2025

Our students undertaking the Art Round elective recently completed their own original art with help from the team at the McNay Museum.

Art Rounds is an interactive, interprofessional course where students learn physical observation skills. Using artwork as patients, students will learn how to observe details and how to interpret images based on available evidence for improved patient physical observation skills.

12/17/2025

Celebrating our San Antonio Refugee Health Clinic (SARHC) student coordinators as they wrap up a year of service, leadership, and commitment to our refugee community. Grateful for all the work they’ve done this past year!

12/10/2025

Here is an article by our faculty members Dr. Melanie Stone and Dr. Jason Rosenfeld 'Putting Precision Public Health Into Action'. Dr. Stone and Rosenfeld write about how we can apply the concepts of precision medicine that take into account individual variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle for each person and use it in a public health setting to improve the health of populations. https://journals.lww.com/jphmp/fulltext/2026/01000/putting_precision_public_health_into_action.4.aspx

12/09/2025

Dr. Rachel Pearson, is giving a virtual talk for the Methodist Bioethics Lecture Series on Breaking Bad News in Pediatrics. The event will cover basic evidence-based techniques for breaking bad news, developmental understandings of death by age, and specific responses for emotional situations that emerge in pediatric care.

Register: https://hcaconnect.webex.com/hcaconnect/j.php?MTID=m7c808d02658ccee26a0c6c6f1ff6fb60

12/09/2025

Health Confianza is hosting a free Sensory Wellness Tools Workshop this weekend to support healthcare professionals in creating more inclusive, responsive, and effective care environments.

If you want to learn more about understanding how sensory processing affects patients, community members, and providers, and recognize signs of sensory overload and stress, this course is for you.

Register: https://forms.gle/4j5bxwttWcZgasCa6

12/08/2025

Dr Fazlur Rahman from our Advisory Council is featured in this month's Texas Medicine, the Texas Medical Association Journal, for his long-standing medical presence and empathy with his rural patients.

Fazlur Rahman, MD, made San Angelo his home more than a half-century ago. Over that time, he’s made it his mission to stress how bedside compassion is just as important as science in caring for patients.

12/08/2025

Calling on all students, faculty, staff, and community artists. Virtual auditions are now open for those who want to perform at the annual student-run Night of the Arts event. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScwUK-RG8V6YcESmjQruE6s_HX69DDFfF3JM1-aSX9Gsy8FvA/viewform

12/04/2025

OnCorps is a wonderful arts initiative for Veterans led by our colleagues in the UTSA School of Music and UTSA Arts. Please support their event this week.

12/03/2025

The inaugural performance of the baby grand by MS1 Isabella Truong last night in the Holly auditorium foyer at the Annual Research Day reception.