Annual Celebration of Excellence by Students (ACES)
ACES 2010: March 25, 2010
Keynote Speaker: March 25, 2009, 7:30 pm, Rosebud Theater
ACES 2010: March 25, 2010
Keynote Speaker: March 24, 2010, Time to be announced, Lone Star Auditorium

Donating to ACES

ACES is a single day symposium that features both graduate and undergraduate research presentations, and represents a broad cross-section of disciplines and talents. Student research and work is presented as either an oral presentation within a "paper session" or in a poster display session.

During this spring event, The Graduate School invites a prominent guest lecturer to share their experiences in academia and research. This event is an opportunity for faculty, students, alumni, and the community to listen to a distinguished researcher and also provides a venue for graduate Alumni reconnect to campus. Past lecturers have included: Dr. Carl Djerassi, Dr. Ellen Vitetta, Dr. Teresa Sullivan, Dr. Cathy Birkenstein-Graff and Dr. Gerald Graff, Dr. Henry Petroski, and Barbara Ehrenreich. The 2010 ACES Guest Speaker is Jeffrey Toobin, a senior analyst for CNN, staff writer for The New Yorker, and author.

Graduate education is a critical driver for academic research, a crucial initial stage in the development of technologies and processes that, once commercialized, can help spur economic development, create the industries and jobs of the future, and improve national defense and homeland security. Graduate students form the university's and the nation's research workforce, helping faculty in the lab turn their ideas into useful discoveries. This experience helps graduate students become researchers in their own right who will make significant contributions after they graduate. ACES highlights UT-Arlington's commitment to student research.

ACES investment opportunities include corporate sponsorships, visiting judges, underwriting of the awards dinner and reception, and honoraria for guest lecturers.

Contacts
Dr. Philip Cohen, Dean
Graduate School
333 Davis Hall, Box 19167
Arlington, TX 76019
(817) 272-5164
http://grad.uta.edu/

Kerri Ressl
Senior Associate Director of University Development
UT Arlington
(817) 272-1075
kerri@uta.edu