UTSA Receives $822K to Purchase Electron Microscopes

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) announced it has received $822,000 from the Robert J. Kleberg Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation to purchase three high-powered electron microscopes. The scanning, tunneling, and atomic force microscopes will be housed in the College of Sciences but will be made available for multidisciplinary research ranging from physics and engineering to archaeology and art conservation. "These microscopes, which represent some of the most important tools in modern science, will form the nucleus of a groundbreaking research unit that will be unique not only here in San Antonio but also in the entire state of Texas," said UTSA President Ricardo Romo. The foundation has donated more than $2.5 million to UTSA over the past decade.