García served as the president of the University of Texas at Brownsville until it merged with the University of Texas-Pan American to become the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. She is the first Mexican American woman to lead a college or university in the United States.
A few weeks ago, the Nigerian media space was awash with the news of the discovery of a "novel antibiotic" called Anietocin by one Ugochukwu Anieto, a United States-based Nigerian microbiologist. According to Anieto, the "innovation" can treat antibiotic-resistant microbial infections.
Acoustic guitarist Leo Kottke was born in Athens, Georgia, but left town after a year and a half. Raised in 12 different states, he absorbed a variety of musical influences as a child, flirting with both violin and trombone, before abandoning .