Best of the City 2021: Personalities
Published: February 22, 2021 Mayor Ron Nirenberg and Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff
Nearly every weekday evening since March 2020, Mayor Ron Nirenberg and Judge Nelson Wolff have appeared before the media and community (via social media and public access TV) to provide COVID-19 updates. Along with reporting SA’s daily case numbers, deaths and hospitalizations, they’ve answered questions about regulations, reminded the community to mask up and tried to communicate the urgency that came with filling hospitals and emerging vaccine availability. The virus became a political issue at nearly every level in 2020 and our local leaders played the game when necessary, with Wolff finding what can only be described as a loophole in Gov. Greg Abbott’s initial order not requiring masks. While the state regulation said Wolff couldn’t mandate mask wearing for residents, Wolff found he could require county businesses to insist their customers wear mas
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Jefferson: Rackspace co-founder Graham Weston wants progress, and he wants it now
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Graham Weston talks about his Community Lab Covid-19 testing program on Sept. 23, 2020.Tom Reel, San Antonio Express-News / Staff photographer
It’s hard to tell how serious Graham Weston was three years ago when he proposed that the University of Texas at San Antonio sell its downtown campus to another higher ed institution, one that had gumption.
Maybe he was just spit-balling.
“I think I was just trying to express that it seemed to us like it was without a champion and not focused on, loved or cared about,” said the co-founder of the cloud-computing company Rackspace Technology. “It didn’t really seem like there was any real effort afoot to do the hard work to unlock its potential.
Jefferson Trust to award nearly $1M in grants
Grants WVIR By Daniel Grimes | February 9, 2021 at 4:13 PM EST - Updated February 9 at 6:18 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The Jefferson Trust, a nonprofit that is part of the University of Virginia Alumni Association, is giving nearly $1 million in grants this year that will benefit UVA and the greater-Charlottesville area.
The Jefferson Trust has already given over $9.6 million in grants since it started in 2005.
Now, 15 programs that range from a camp for young scientists to an initiative aimed at anti-racist pedagogy for teachers, will benefit this year.
The UVA Brain Camp will receive nearly $50,000. The camp gives young people from minority or financially disadvantaged backgrounds a hands-on educational experience in neuroscience.