120th graduating class For immediate release: April 19, 2007 GALVESTON, Texas - The School of Nursing at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston will hold its 120th commencement at 3 p.m. Friday, April 20. Some 230 nursing students will receive their diplomas at the ceremony at Moody... more »

For immediate release: April. 18, 2007 GALVESTON, Texas - A Sealy & Smith Foundation grant for $4 million is expected to propel the Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston into an advanced clinical resource for patients with cancer. Transformation is... more »

For immediate release: April 18, 2007 GALVESTON, Texas - The Galveston Relay for Life is looking for walkers to raise funds for cancer research. The relay is scheduled for April 27-28 at Moody Gardens. Sponsored in part by the Comprehensive Cancer Center and Sealy Center for Cancer Cell Biology at... more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL 18, 2007 GALVESTON, Texas - Despite the fact that they both infect the liver, the hepatitis A and hepatitis C viruses actually have very little in common. The two are far apart genetically, are transmitted differently, and produce very different diseases. Hepatitis A... more »

Experts focus on helping children adapt to school and adulthood For immediate release: April 10, 2007 GALVESTON, Texas - Internationally renowned experts in brain trauma will convene April 25-27 for the seventh annual Galveston Brain Injury Conference at Moody Gardens. This invitational event is... more »

UTMB seeks 10 to 15 volunteers for 'potentially ground-breaking' study  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL 6, 2007 GALVESTON - Everyone already knows what causes asthma attacks: It's an allergic reaction to things like cigarette smoke, house dust, cat hair, horse hair, cockroach feces and other... more »

Research overturns long-held medical dogma on respiratory syncytial virus FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL 5, 2007 GALVESTON, Texas - The most common cause of infant hospitalization in the United States, respiratory syncytial virus, infects virtually all children by age two. Along with the influenza... more »

For immediate release: Monday, April 2, 2007 GALVESTON, Texas - "Breaking the Silence," an onstage, artistic presentation, will explore the experience and effect of abuse and hatred at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 11, in the Levin Hall auditorium, 10th and Market streets, at the University... more »

For immediate release: March 30, 2007 GALVESTON, Texas - Elizabeth J. Protas, interim dean of the School of Allied Health Sciences at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, has received the Herbert deVries Research Award for Distinguished Research on Aging from the Council on Aging... more »

For immediate release: March. 29, 2007 GALVESTON, Texas - The School of Nursing at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston is hosting an open house for its new Center for Nursing Research and Evaluation and its Biobehavioral Laboratory. The University of Texas System provided funding... more »