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  • UTMB graduation ceremony

    Education

    We've been educating and training the state and nation's health care professionals for more than 130 years. 

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  • Doctore checking babies heart

    Patient Care

    Expert care and excellent, caring providers stand ready to serve you, close to where you live and work.

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  • people faces on colorful wall mural on brick

    Commemorating Juneteenth

    Adjusted holiday hours across our campuses and clinics

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    Through innovation and discovery, we're carrying solutions to medical challenges from the research bench to the patient bedside. 

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What Is Ghosting—and Why Is It So Rude?

What Is Ghosting—and Why Is It So Rude?

Reader’s Digest, Aug. 23, 2023

“Ghosting may be an incredibly common practice, but that doesn’t make it less rude or unkind,” says UTMB’s Jeff Temple. Ghosting—the practice of ending all communication with someone without giving an explanation—can happen at any time and in any relationship explains Reader’s Digest. Temple helped Reader’s Digest explain why it happens and how to respond.

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What Is Ghosting—and Why Is It So Rude?

What Is Ghosting—and Why Is It So Rude?

Reader’s Digest, Aug. 23, 2023

“Ghosting may be an incredibly common practice, but that doesn’t make it less rude or unkind,” says UTMB’s Jeff Temple. Ghosting—the practice of ending all communication with someone without giving an explanation—can happen at any time and in any relationship explains Reader’s Digest. Temple helped Reader’s Digest explain why it happens and how to respond.

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