A LOOK AT WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON

ACADEMY OF SCIENCES FELLOW

Maria Konsta-Gdoutos, a UTA civil engineering professor and associate director of the Center for Advanced Construction Materials, has been elected a fellow of the European Academy of Sciences, Engineering Division. The European Academy of Sciences recognizes scientific excellence and cutting-edge fundamental and interdisciplinary science. “I am humbled in being elected to this revered international organization,” Dr. Konsta-Gdoutos said. READ MORE

ATLAS EXPERIMENT

Haleh Hadavand, assistant professor of physics at UTA, is supervising part of an upgrade to the ATLAS experiment, the largest general-purpose particle physics project at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Switzerland. Dr. Hadavand is supervising an upgrade to the so-called High Luminosity LHC era. With this upgrade, the LHC will be able to deliver more data in a shorter amount of time and therefore be able to answer fundamental questions about the nature of the universe. READ MORE

Q&A: JOHN GARRIGUS

In 2019, John Garrigus, professor of history, became the first scholar from UTA to be selected for the prestigious Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program. He was one of 32 chosen from a pool of 273 nominations and the only fellow from a Texas university in his class. Dr. Garrigus is a leading scholar of Atlantic and Caribbean history who uses archival research and geographic information systems technology to provide fresh insight into the 18th-century Haitian revolution—the only successful slave uprising in modern history. READ MORE

DALLAS ALUMNI

UTA alumnae Lupe Prado ’10 and Jennifer Cortez ’11 hosted a group of alumni interested in establishing the UTA Dallas Alumni Chapter at the UTA men’s basketball game. If you’re interested in participating in the chapter, please contact alumni@uta.edu for more ways to get involved.

SCIENCE STARS

UTA will host North Texas’ brightest middle and high school students at the 69th Fort Worth Regional Science and Engineering Fair, Feb. 23-24. UTA is a major sponsor of the event, with funding from the Office of the Provost and Lockheed Martin that allows hundreds of middle and high school students to participate in the competition and engage in UTA campus activities. 
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JOB FAIR

Attend the Spring Job Fair, Wednesday, Feb. 26, from noon to 4 p.m. in the Maverick Activities Center. Nearly 150 employers from across multiple industries will be in attendance. This campus event is open to both students and alumni, and there is no RSVP required. LEARN MORE

 

February 28 | Friday

Men’s Basketball vs. Texas State | Show your Alumni Membership Card at the box office and get two free tickets to the Mavs’ Sun Belt Conference matchup against the Bobcats. Tipoff is at 8 p.m. in College Park Center. REQUEST MEMBERSHIP CARD

March 20 | Friday

UTA Night at Bass Hall | Catch an 8 p.m. performance of Beautiful, The Carole King Musical at UTA's first-ever Night at Bass Hall in Fort Worth. The musical tells the story of the early life and career of Carole King, using songs. Discounted tickets begin at $54.45 when using promo code UTABASS. TICKETS

March 6 | Friday

UTA Night with the Dallas Mavericks | Attention all UTA Mavericks! Come out and show your school pride for the second UTA spirit night hosted by the Dallas Mavericks. Enjoy a discounted ticket and watch Luka Dončić and the Dallas Mavericks take on the Memphis Grizzlies. Tipoff is at 7:30 p.m. in American Airlines Center. TICKETS

March 28 | Saturday

Military Science 2020 Hall of Honor | Join friends and members of the Cadet Corps Alumni Council for the Military Science 2020 Hall of Honor on Saturday, March 28, at 10:30 a.m. in the E.H. Hereford University Center at UTA. This year's inductees are Robert R. Roten ’61 and Andrew C. Ward ’72. REGISTER

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