December 10, 2012
Entrepreneurship Professorship Established in Memory of Melvin Lachman
Alvarez College of Business
A $500,000 distinguished professorship has been established in entrepreneurship in the UTSA College of Business in memory of Melvin Lachman, a San Antonio businessman and entrepreneur. Lachman, who passed away in 2005, was known not only as a successful businessman, but also as someone who helped others build businesses as well.
December 5, 2012
Team Developing and Marketing Laparoscopic Kidney Cooling Technology Wins UTSA Entrepreneurship Competition
Alvarez College of Business
Lapara Medical Inc., a team comprised of four engineering students and three business students who developed a prototype laparoscopic cooling device for kidney surgery and wrote a business plan to market the technology, triumphed this weekend at the $100,000 Student Technology Venture Competition, presented by the UTSA Center for Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship (CITE).
