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SAN ANTONIO, TX   Workforce Solutions Alamo released information today indicating that the San Antonio metro area unemployment rate increased to 7.3 percent in May, up from 7.0 percent reported for April.  Total non-agricultural employment in the San Antonio-New Braunfels MSA expanded by 3,200 jobs (0.4%) while annual growth continued at 5,000 more jobs (0.6%) since May [...]

BROWNSVILLE, TX The University of Texas at Brownsville has officially closed on the purchase of new student housing. The newly renamed Casa Bella residential complex is on 7.34 acres bordered by East Tyler Street, FJRM Avenue and East Jackson Street southeast of the university’s Fort Brown Campus. Doug Stoves, director of Residential Life, received the [...]

SAN ANTONIO, TX The Board of Directors of Workforce Solutions Alamo today announced the appointment of Patrick W. Newman as Executive Director of the Workforce Solutions Alamo team. “Patrick has 37 years of experience in employment and training,” said Workforce Solutions Alamo Board Chair Ray Romero. “We are looking forward to making use of that [...]

SAN ANTONIO, TX Next time you settle down in your family room, remember to thank George Nelson (1908-1986). When Nelson coauthored the book Tomorrow’s House in 1945, he described both the now familiar family gathering spot, and the “storagewall,” solving specific design challenges for a more informal way of living. George Nelson: Architect, Writer, Designer, [...]

SAN ANTONIO, TX Grubb & Ellis Company (NYSE: GBE), a leading real estate services and investment firm, today announced that Barbara Bushnell, CCIM, has joined the company as vice president, Office Group. “Barbara joins us with a reputation as a top professional who provides the highest level of client service, and I couldn’t be more [...]

BROWNSVILLE, TX Dr. Emilio Garrido, an associate professor in the Department of Biomedicine in the College of Biomedical Sciences and Health Professions  at The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, recently received a $426,509 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Peer Review Medical Research Program and Congressionally-Directed Medical Research Program 2010. [...]

LAREDO, TX The Laredo Development Foundation in coordination with the Logistics and Manufacturing Association, Port Laredo, Association of Laredo Forwarding Agents, Inc., Laredo Licensed U.S. Customs Brokers Association, Inc. and Texas A&M International University will host the 18th Annual “Logistics and Manufacturing Association” Symposium on September 21-23, 2011 on the campus of Texas A&M International [...]

SAN ANTONIO, TX BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, today celebrated the grand opening of its new North American Professional Service Center in San Antonio, Texas.  The site currently employs 125 BD associates and is expected to bring a total of nearly 300 new jobs to the Alamo City when [...]

SAN ANTONIO, TX South Texas Technology Management (STTM), a regional technology transfer office that assists four University of Texas institutions, today announced it will provide services for  a new member: Texas State University-San Marcos. STTM and Texas State signed a contract for STTM to assist with management of Texas State inventions and support Texas State’s [...]

HARLINGEN, TX Harlingen physician Dr. Ruben M. Torres Jr. has been appointed to the Valley International Airport Board by Mayor Chris Boswell.  Dr. Torres is a full partner in Harlingen Obstetrics & Gynecology Associates, which has offices in Harlingen, Weslaco and Brownsville. “Valley International Airport has long been the regional leader in air cargo and [...]