UTSA Opens its School of Data Science – San Antonio Magazine

David Mongeau was not looking for a job when the University of Texas at San Antonio started recruiting a founding director for its School of Data Science, which welcomes hundreds of students into a new $98.1 million downtown facility in January. But for a full year, the Roadrunners’ recruiter kept calling. Mongeau agreed to talk … Read more

Mural capturing a San Antonio barrio may be removed – Spectrum News

SAN ANTONIO — Crystal Tamez has a deep connection to the murals she paints. She recently flipped through photos of herself in 2001 painting a mural titled “Peace and Remembrance,” which honors lives lost to violence.  “Our murals are the voice of the community. A lot times we feel our voices aren’t heard,” Tamez said.  … Read more

Judge kept FTX execs’ plea deals secret to get founder to US – mySA

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge kept secret that two of Sam Bankman-Fried’s closest associates had turned against him so the cryptocurrency entrepreneur wouldn’t get spooked and fight extradition from the Bahamas, according to court transcripts made public Friday. U.S. prosecutors in New York waited until Bankman-Fried, the founder of the collapsed crypto exchange FTX, … Read more