2026 Highlights

Across our Academic Enterprise, 2026 has been a remarkable year. We are proud to share these significant highlights from the Provost's Office and Academic Services areas. Each month we will share more of these areas' major achievements, leading up to the release of our FY26 Provost's Report.

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Interprofessional Continuing Education

A new centralized resource: This newly created office provides accredited continuing education services to UTMB and external collaborators.

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AE Office of Wellness

Building a foundation for well-being: Establishing this office reflects an important commitment to faculty, staff, and students' health and well-being.

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Health Education Center

Affirming excellence: The HEC achieved full Society for Simulation in Healthcare accreditation in Human Simulation and Research.

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Moody Medical Library (MML)

A new and improved site to power learning: MML launched a new website, aligned with university style and updated branding.

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Institutional Effectiveness (OIE)

Advancing the path to reaccreditation: OIE collaborated with Workforce Operations to develop a detailed faculty roster as required by SACSCOC for accreditation.

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Student Services

Empowering students: Provide a broad range of financial assistance while balancing institutional resources, federal funding requirements, and changing student eligibility criteria.

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Office of Faculty Development (OFD)

Enriching the faculty experience: OFD brought 114 total events (150 total contact hours) to our campus, with 588 faculty participants (49% of all UTMB faculty).

OFD Program Highlights:

  • Faculty Leadership Collaborative (FLC): Early-Career Bootcamp participants showed significant gains in leadership confidence (4.81 pre-program to 8.26 post-program).
  • Educational Mentoring Programs reached faculty members across 26 departments representing all five UTMB schools. 
  • Advancing Research through Mentoring (ARM) mentees in their first year received 20 awards as Principal Investigator, totaling an estimated $7.4 million, from 78 applications.