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TRANSFORMATIONAL GIFT
To help meet the growing demand for care of older adults, the Deerbrook Charitable Trust has made a $4.7 million gift to the College of Nursing and Health Innovation to further develop the college’s adult gerontology nursing programs. The transformational gift will fund scholarships, create an endowed faculty position, and strengthen the number of gerontology-focused nursing professionals. READ MORE
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TOP RANKED IN NORTH TEXAS
In its 2019 list of the nation’s top universities, Washington Monthly magazine ranked UTA as the top national university in North Texas. The methodology accounts for contributions to the public good in the three broad categories of social mobility, research, and public service. The rankings also placed UTA first in Texas and 23rd nationally for the performance of first-generation students.
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FACULTY EXCELLENCE
UTA welcomed more than 70 new faculty members to campus for the start of the 2019-20 academic year. The new teachers, scientists, and researchers are spread across eight degree-granting colleges and schools and include three National Academy members and eight recipients of University of Texas System Faculty Science and Technology Acquisition and Retention (STARs) Program funding. READ MORE
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WOODWARD SPEECH
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Bob Woodward discussed “The State of the American Presidency” before a huge Texas Hall audience last night at the first event of the 2019-20 Maverick Speakers Series. Read more about this season’s lineup on the
MAVERICK SPEAKERS SERIES WEBSITE.
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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Sabrina Martinez Harrison (’05), co-owner and interior designer of MINT Dentistry and founder of Equipped by Faith Ministries, was named a Woman of Distinction by the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas. READ MORE
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LIFETIME AWARD
Florence Haseltine, presidential distinguished professor in the College of Nursing and Health Innovation, was selected to receive the PCOS Challenge Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Association. Dr. Haseltine is a member of the National Academy of Medicine. READ MORE
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