Cooking up healthier lives — and connections — at Blue Zones-inspired classes October 9, 2026 • 3:37 p.m. by Margaret Battistelli Gardner UTMB is helping Galveston residents discover the benefits of healthier eating through Blue Zones-inspired cooking classes at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. How alumna Sheba Luke is helping future nurses succeed October 8, 2026 • 7:24 a.m. by Leslie Sanderson For Dr. Sheba Luke, a recommendation from her sister led her to graduate nursing school at UTMB. What kept her there was a series of doors that opened and helped shape her career. Back where she started, Amber High enjoys front row seat to School of Nursing progress October 7, 2026 • 8:00 a.m. by Leslie Sanderson For lifelong Galveston County resident Dr. Amber High, lecturing in the same classrooms where she took her first nursing courses decades ago brings a sense of nostalgia, but transformations at UTMB are what brought her back to her alma mater. Courtney Townsend came to be a surgeon — and stayed to lead October 6, 2026 • 8:00 a.m. by Margaret Battistelli Gardner A childhood dream of becoming a surgeon brought Courtney Townsend, MD, to UTMB. The mentors, opportunities and collaborative culture he found here turned that dream into a lifelong career in academic medicine. UTMB: A history of heroes October 5, 2026 • 1:57 p.m. by Margaret Battistelli Gardner For 135 years, generations of visionaries, physicians, scientists, educators, and philanthropists have helped transform UTMB from a small medical school in Galveston into a leading academic health system. For Dr. Shawn Nishi, home has always been at UTMB September 29, 2026 • 9:21 a.m. by Katherine Adams Over 25 years, Shawn Nishi, MD, has grown from a UTMB medical student into a physician, educator, mentor, and division chief. Dean Starnes-Ott is guiding the next generation of nurses September 25, 2026 • 10:39 a.m. by Leslie Sanderson Kristen Starnes-Ott leads the UTMB School of Nursing during a transformative era in healthcare, focused on preparing the next generation of nurses and advancing innovative, future-focused nursing education. First ISLAND Promise nursing students find community, support, and a future at UTMB September 16, 2026 • 4:16 p.m. by Leslie Sanderson A new group of students in The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) School of Nursing is making history as the inaugural recipients of the ISLAND Promise, a scholarship and workforce development initiative. Becoming a ‘doctor of the soul’ August 26, 2026 • 3:04 p.m. by Katherine Adams Aidan Carroll once measured his worth by grades and achievement. After academic struggles, legal trouble, and personal challenges, the UTMB medical student found a deeper sense of purpose and discovered the kind of physician he wants to become. UTMB School of Nursing launches new maternal health digital badge program August 18, 2026 • 11:40 a.m. by Leslie Sanderson The UTMB School of Nursing recently launched the Birth Advocacy: Bridging Instruction, Education & Support (BABIES) program, which aims to ensure nurses are equipped to better care for and support patients from pregnancy through postpartum. About The University of Texas Medical BranchThe first academic health center in Texas opened its doors in 1891 and today has four campuses, five health sciences schools, seven institutes for advanced study, a research enterprise that includes one of only two national laboratories dedicated to the safe study of infectious threats to human health, a Level 1 Trauma Center and a health system offering a full range of primary and specialized medical services throughout the Texas Gulf Coast region. UTMB is an institution in The University of Texas System and a member of the Texas Medical Center. Search Categories Awards & Accolades Education Faculty/Staff News Health Care In The News Innovations News Releases Top News UTMB Research Contact Media Team UTMB Experts
Cooking up healthier lives — and connections — at Blue Zones-inspired classes October 9, 2026 • 3:37 p.m. by Margaret Battistelli Gardner UTMB is helping Galveston residents discover the benefits of healthier eating through Blue Zones-inspired cooking classes at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
How alumna Sheba Luke is helping future nurses succeed October 8, 2026 • 7:24 a.m. by Leslie Sanderson For Dr. Sheba Luke, a recommendation from her sister led her to graduate nursing school at UTMB. What kept her there was a series of doors that opened and helped shape her career.
Back where she started, Amber High enjoys front row seat to School of Nursing progress October 7, 2026 • 8:00 a.m. by Leslie Sanderson For lifelong Galveston County resident Dr. Amber High, lecturing in the same classrooms where she took her first nursing courses decades ago brings a sense of nostalgia, but transformations at UTMB are what brought her back to her alma mater.
Courtney Townsend came to be a surgeon — and stayed to lead October 6, 2026 • 8:00 a.m. by Margaret Battistelli Gardner A childhood dream of becoming a surgeon brought Courtney Townsend, MD, to UTMB. The mentors, opportunities and collaborative culture he found here turned that dream into a lifelong career in academic medicine.
UTMB: A history of heroes October 5, 2026 • 1:57 p.m. by Margaret Battistelli Gardner For 135 years, generations of visionaries, physicians, scientists, educators, and philanthropists have helped transform UTMB from a small medical school in Galveston into a leading academic health system.
For Dr. Shawn Nishi, home has always been at UTMB September 29, 2026 • 9:21 a.m. by Katherine Adams Over 25 years, Shawn Nishi, MD, has grown from a UTMB medical student into a physician, educator, mentor, and division chief.
Dean Starnes-Ott is guiding the next generation of nurses September 25, 2026 • 10:39 a.m. by Leslie Sanderson Kristen Starnes-Ott leads the UTMB School of Nursing during a transformative era in healthcare, focused on preparing the next generation of nurses and advancing innovative, future-focused nursing education.
First ISLAND Promise nursing students find community, support, and a future at UTMB September 16, 2026 • 4:16 p.m. by Leslie Sanderson A new group of students in The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) School of Nursing is making history as the inaugural recipients of the ISLAND Promise, a scholarship and workforce development initiative.
Becoming a ‘doctor of the soul’ August 26, 2026 • 3:04 p.m. by Katherine Adams Aidan Carroll once measured his worth by grades and achievement. After academic struggles, legal trouble, and personal challenges, the UTMB medical student found a deeper sense of purpose and discovered the kind of physician he wants to become.
UTMB School of Nursing launches new maternal health digital badge program August 18, 2026 • 11:40 a.m. by Leslie Sanderson The UTMB School of Nursing recently launched the Birth Advocacy: Bridging Instruction, Education & Support (BABIES) program, which aims to ensure nurses are equipped to better care for and support patients from pregnancy through postpartum.