Hi guys, I'm doing a project for my class and would really appreciate it if you all could answer a quick Google form to collect data.

If you have experienced mold on any UTSA dorm or Uoaks, please complete the survey.
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Hey, I bought a large bug display at an art event about 2 weeks ago (it's an atlas beetle "in flight" with a base of rocks and moss) I've faced several issues with it since its purchase. From ants, to moisture and now mold growing at the base. I'm posting here because I'm curious if there is anyone with knowledge on bug specimens and entomology who can help me save the quality of my bug? I live near campus so I'm hoping, if anyone can help, we could meet in person and figure it out together. I'd appreciate any advice and if you want the pictures of it, DM me. Thank you!

Who do yall recommend for experimental psy and experimental psy labs? Or who to stay away from?

Have you ever lost something at the main campus? Did you ever find it or get it back eventually? If you don't mind could you take this survey and tell me about your experience? I'd really appreciate it, Thanks!!! 👍👍

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Seemingly no bad reviews, are they any good? Just across from campus

Guys I only have two options for taking statics: Professor Santamaria and Manuel Diaz. Who should I take?? Both of em seem mid ngl..

hi, my friend lost her utsa ID, her name is Angelica Melendez, pls send a message if you’ve seen it 🥲 thank you

The game is tomorrow and I wanted to have thread about something fun.

I want to get back into playing the viola but also i kinda need to go back to the basics and relearn how to play bc I have physically grown a lot since the last time i “professionally“ played. my form and vibrato suck so bad and i just need to start over. Are there any grad students that give lessons that aren’t for an insane price? you wouldn’t be starting with a blank slate with me but i was never super good at playing to begin with. i was like at a third year level of playing.

I'm moving to San Antonio in the spring and am interested in the apartments at Cornerstone at Overlook. It fits my budget and it's not that far from UTSA.

Anyone here have any experience with those apartments or currently located there? How are they?

I know I may be targeted, as the department is aware of my identity from previous complaints about paper volume. My peers and I have had enough of watching fellow students go from thriving to suffering in silence, fearing retaliation, and having their genuine concerns dismissed when raised.

Many have asked for the professor’s name—it’s Restrepo and his collaborators within the ME department. Though he publicly positions himself as a mental health advocate, his behavior, supported and reinforced by the department and other faculty, tells a different story. Complaints about Restrepo on here and to department have been met with pressure to stay silent, both publicly and privately. The department's recent social media campaigns aim to counter complaints and bolster his image while enabling his micromanagement, leading to paranoia and extreme overwork among his students. His students are among the most burdened, often avoid events or attend visibly stressed, fearing messages, sudden appearances, or visa threats if they take a break from research.

To Dr. Restrepo, we know you are on Reddit. You have shared your how your journey to PhD was difficult but please understand that the way you are serving as Mental Health Advocate is instilling fear, stress, and mental breakdowns in students. We hope you can get counseling along with your students who need a break.

You must be thinking why we do not leave? Some of us are close to graduation, others want pursue jobs that require graduate education, some of us are tied into a contract, or we don't have many options of funded labs we can join. Beyond these issues graduate ME students face the following as well.

*Stipend issues are pervasive: Not paid consistently. Some months skipped, yet work continues. $2000/month—if you’re lucky. Others are paid even less, or nothing at all.

*Personal financial burden for research tasks: Students often bear personal financial burdens for research expenses, including parking fees, vehicle wear, and using personal credit cards for research purchases, with inconsistent or no reimbursement. Despite knowing tax isn't covered, professors demand fast purchases outside the school system due to business department delays, leaving students financially strained. Professors express disappointment if students can't quickly obtain items or put it on their credit card, yet do not offer to use their own credit cards or go drive and make the purchase themselves.

*"We’d pay you more, but…": Professors blame graduate school, KCEID, and department policies for capping stipends. Every grad student must be paid the same, no exceptions—no matter how much grant money pours in.

*Overworked & underpaid: New grant projects? More work. Extra hours? No extra pay. Exploitation disguised as "opportunity."

*Second jobs forbidden: Professors state that GRAs/GTAs cannot work elsewhere per graduate school & KCEID requirements. Yet, Professors themselve can continue increasing their income with grants while we are stuck with same pay and more projects. But athletic students? Free to earn sponsorships with their name, image, likeness.

*Exceptions exist: Some ME department professors have paid their students more than $2000 monthly stipend despite others saying this is not allowed. So, who is telling the truth? Why must their be loopholes for fair compensation?

*"19 hours" is a myth: On paper, we work 19 hours/week. Reality? Far more. When we bring it up, we’re told “successful” students work nights, weekends, even stay overnight in labs—just like their professors once did.

*Student Organization participation discouraged: Grad student orgs face resistance—professors claim they “distract” from research. ME professional orgs cater to undergrads. No grad-level chapters. Attempts to form them? Often fail due to lack of willing faculty advisors and push back from professors.

*Lack of feedback mechanisms: No system exists for departments to evaluate grad students' experiences. No forums for honest discussion between students and professors. Silence prevails.

*Social events nearly nonexistent: KCEID & the ME department rarely host social events for grad students. When they do, it’s often last-minute or during exams. Research seminars? Many but those are arranged because they need it for the research seminar class the department offers.

*Gender-based discrimination: Women face mistreatment to harrassment from professors to administrators to peers. Some openly and some discretely play favorites and dismiss efforts and question abilities.

*Opaque doctoral milestones: No clear criteria for passing/failing qualifying exams, proposal defenses, or dissertation defenses. Annual pass/fail rates by gender and score ranges of low, median, high are not shared. Students have reported being passed despite lower scores, while others are failed with higher marks. Inconsistent exam formats (open book, formulas sheets, open note, to closed book and formulas by memory, varying professor expectations, and a lack of clarity compound the frustration.

*Rule changes without warning: Professors often change rules despite what is outlined in the graduate school policies and the official graduate catalog, leading to inconsistency and unfair expectations for students.

*Micromanagement beyond research: Certain professors micromanage students' activities, hobbies, and personal hours, including evenings and weekends, while maintaining complete flexibility over their own schedules, often leaving exactly at 5 pm, working from home, canceling live lectures in favor of videos, and modifying their schedules as they see fit for personal convenience.

*Visa status threats: Professor has threatened to jeopardize graduate students' visa status by dropping them from their research hour classes, which would cause them to lose their full-time student status, leading to deportation by immigration authorities.

*Exploitation of graduate class work: Some Professors use class assignments as a means to extract free research work from students, blurring the line between coursework and unpaid labor for their own benefit.

*Ongoing teaching, lab management, and safety issues: Persistent issues related to teaching duties, lab management, and safety protocols continue to surface. Despite having been highlighted and documented numerous times before.

Edit: Another point. Handling of deaths: The department does not acknowledge or communicate the deaths of current students or employees. For instance, it took over a year for the ME department to acknowledge Professor Feng’s death, leaving his students taking his class unaware and resulting in class changes without recognition of his passing.

I’m currently #50 on the waitlist for ochem I, how likely am I to get in?

My professors on Friday uploaded lecture videos online which would be fine, but each class are only 50 minutes in person. My professor for one 50 minute class added several hours of lecture videos to make up for the cancelled day. How is this fair? I would have just gone in person for an hour compared to having a couple hour lectures that I need to make additional time for that I wasn’t planning for in my schedule. It ended up being more work to cancel the school day had we just gone in person to learn the material. Thoughts?

i got admitted to utsa and i recently finished online orientation but on checking my account i can see that course registration date is coming close and i still haven’t gotten to meet with an academic advisor hence it is not allowing me to register for classes

2. i am trying to login to the microsoft account but i dont have the password for it and idk where to find it and i also tried to reset it but nothing is working out.

please help me asap i am doomed fr.

Hey guys, I am a freshman majoring in Mechanical engineering. I just want to know how you guys maintained A’s. I am getting scared because starting sophomore year I have to take statics, engineering analysis, etc with 16 hr credit and i genuinely don’t know how to maintain all those classes. I am scared for thermodynamics and all too 😭 I am taking calc 1 right now which is easy for me getting A+. Give me tips plzz

I work for a local company close to the medical center and I just got tasked with referring people to a new junior dev role they just opened. They’re urgently hiring so the process won’t take much time. It’s an entry level position so no prior experience needed

Work is full time and in person

If you’re interested hit me up so I can refer you to directly interview with them

What is the point of a mental health day when I still have an online exam, and 2 writing assignments due tonight? Is anyone else experiencing their “day off” going towards assignments?

I wish to learn either guitar or keyboard, but haven't been able to, so I am looking for a club or a chance that gives me the chance to learn piano or guitar.
Any help would be appreciated

Hi! If anyone is in the masters program for psychology at UTSA could you tell me what it’s like? And what was your gpa?

Hi there, I am doing Bs computer science and interested in pursuing masters degree at Utsa . Can someone tell me how good their ms cyber security program is and will i easily get job after my degree in ms cyber security?

Traditionally cybersecurity falls in the department of Computer Sciences. How is this degree different than conventional CS based Cybersecurity. Is it worth doing? Or should I try for PhD in Computer Science with a concentration on Cybersecurity?

Hello all. This is the information for the vigil we are holding for Bruno. Candles will be provided. If you knew him personally and have a memory you would like to share with the family, please get in contact with me.

Also, Bruno’s family has asked that in lieu of flowers, if anyone would like to please donate to the Xochimilco wetland conservation to preserve a cause that was deep in his heart. He had 12 axolotls and the conservation efforts go into the species’ well-being. https://www.moja.ong/donate/

I just want to remind everyone that this is a time to honor Bruno and what matters most in this time is to respect the family. We are all frustrated with how things have been handled after a life is lost. However, the vigil is not the time to air these grievances. This is time to honor Bruno and his family as they go through the hardest moments in their lives. Please be respectful is all we ask 🤍

Do yall know if i can 3d print on the makerspace on weekends?

Dw i already blocked this person. But like im just in shock

I can’t believe I have to ask this again this year, but does anyone know if there’s a memorial near the garage for students to put flowers by? I did it for the student that passed in the spring and it feels even closer to home knowing they were from the same college as me.

FYI,

UTSA campus offers wellbeing services, call 210-458-4142 if you need individual counseling.

UTHSCSA campus offers student counseling Center, call 210-567-2648 if you have questions.

Bear County mental health services are operated and ran by the center for health care service. Their phone is 24/7 210-261-2427

University Health Emergency room offers 24/7 Emergency care including psychiatric.

Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital offers psychiatric Emergency services. They also have a SANE nurse oncall.

San Antonio Behavior Health inpatient and outpatient psychiatric facility

Laurel Ridge psychiatric inpatient and outpatient care

Baptist Health inpatient psychiatric care

Cedar Hills inpatient care

Audie Murphy VA hospital offer care for Veterans 210-617-5300

The United Way of San Antonio 211 24/ help line

National Domestic Violence Hotline 800-799-7233

Rape Crisis line 800 656 4673

Suicide Hotline call 988

None Emergency Number SAPD 210-207-SAPD