Maverick Personified

With a clear vision and collaborative spirit, James D. Spaniolo has helped UT Arlington reach unprecedented milestones during his eight-plus years as president. The retiring leader believes the next president will join a university poised to achieve even greater accomplishments.

From day 1, James D. Spaniolo didn’t like his odds. Among the five finalists for UT Arlington’s presidency in 2003, he was the only one who lacked a Ph.D., who had ascended no higher than dean, whose university appointments could be counted on one finger. Even he voted himself least likely to succeed Robert Witt, now chancellor of the University of Alabama System. Listen to […]

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Cultivating Genius

Twelve-year-old Ewin Tang is the latest in a line of wunderkinds to begin their UT Arlington careers while other students their age are still in elementary school or junior high. History suggests he’ll continue to amaze.

Ewin Tang’s classmates tend to overlook the slight, bespectacled youth sitting in the front row until he answers the professor’s queries—all correctly. Then they ask their own questions. “Who is this guy?” “Why is he here?” And always, “How old is he?” At 12, Ewin, the son of bioengineering Professor Liping Tang, is the youngest student on campus and among the youngest in UT Arlington […]

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Too Much Information

People often reveal more about themselves when communicating electronically than they do in person. Although the tendency to overshare is usually innocent, it can have consequences both personally and professionally.

Angry? Hate your boss? Hung over? Lonely? Many of the 1 billion people on Facebook and 500 million active Twitter users are all of these and more. And they don’t think twice about telling the world. Anyone who visits social media sites sees it every day: the constant chatter about everything from what people ate for breakfast to who hooked up last night to how […]

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Training Ground

In addition to providing a first-rate game-day experience, College Park Center boasts one of the most advanced sports medicine facilities in the nation. It's here that students work behind the scenes to prepare players for success and themselves for careers in the growing athletic training field.

Just steps from the sleek arena floor, Roy Rudewick stands in the middle of UT Arlington’s Sports Medicine Center surrounded by premier, state-of-the-art rehabilitation equipment. Hydrotherapy swimming pools. Underwater treadmills. Adjustable treatment tables. Rows of taping stations. “This center rivals those of the top universities across the country,” says Rudewick …

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Ahead of the Game

Joining Sun Belt Conference expected to boost University’s national exposure

Come fall 2013, Maverick athletes will display their talents as members of the Sun Belt Conference. UT Arlington has accepted an invitation to join the Sun Belt, a move expected to elevate the University’s athletics programs and increase its national profile. Conference play will begin in the 2013–14 academic year. President James D. Spaniolo says the move will advance the University’s goals of becoming a […]

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MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR

Hungarian author Frigyes Karinthy debuted the idea of six degrees of separation in a 1929 short story. The […]

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COLLEGE PARK COMEDY

For one night in November, College Park Center transformed into an oversized comedy club. As part of the […]

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CASON NAMED VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH

Carolyn Cason is committed to increasing UT Arlington’s cross-disciplinary approach to research and to ensuring that the University’s […]

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BASEBALL

When the 2012 Major League Baseball season began, Hunter Pence hoped to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a […]

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MELTING POT

U.S. News & World Report ranks UT Arlington seventh nationally for providing a racially and ethnically diverse campus. […]

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POIGNANT VOICES

The fifth season of UT Arlington’s marquee lectures, the Maverick Speakers Series, continues in the spring with astronaut […]

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A BRIDGE TOO FAR

When Dallas opened the Santiago Calatrava–designed Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge earlier this year, it signaled the beginning of […]

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HEROES FOR HOPE

A squad of superheroes charges into a children’s hospital. Their steps are purposeful and determined, their smiles huge […]

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CROSS COUNTRY

The men’s cross country team took four of the top 10 spots to win UT Arlington’s first Western […]

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POWER OVER POWER

Right now, energy providers control the Web-based smart meter applications that help homeowners monitor and regulate energy consumption. […]

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BREATHING EASIER

When Hung Cao saw his baby boy behind the big glass window at the hospital, the UT Arlington […]

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NEW LIBRARIES DEAN BRINGS FOCUS ON SERVICE

Rebecca Bichel probably won’t hunt you down if your books are overdue, but the new dean of the […]

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MILITARY MUSTER

Injured service veterans learned about adapted sports and recreation at the Military Muster in August at UT Arlington. […]

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KID FRIENDLY

A 2-foot-tall robot named Zeno could offer hope for children with autism. UT Arlington researchers have teamed with […]

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FUELING DISCOVERY

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments and UT Arlington are partnering on a $25.2 million endeavor aimed at transforming research capabilities […]

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MavsMeet AfterParty

Where can you put on pajamas and slippers, bowl a few frames in the dark, ride a zip line, and devour a Belgian waffle with unlimited toppings? The 2012 Maverick Stampede Welcome Week offered all these activities and more. The centerpiece of Maverick Stampede was the MavsMeet Convocation, which officially kicked off the fall semester. Held in College Park Center for the first time, the academic gathering drew thousands of students who spilled onto The Green at College Park lawn for the MavsMeet AfterParty. Other events that welcomed new and returning students to campus included Success U, Residence Hall Move-In Day, Wet ‘n’ Wild, Pajama Jam, MavSwap, Waffleopolis, Big Howdy Party, and Maverick Cookout.

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SCHOOL LEADER

Jovan Wells (MEd) is a principal at the Dallas Independent School District’s Science and Engineering Magnet Public School, which Newsweek named the No. 1 public high school in America.

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A GREAT WOMAN

Hollace Ava Weiner (MA, History) was named a Great Woman of Texas by the Fort Worth Business Press. A freelance historian, she has published several novels.

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WITH DEEPEST REGRETS

Robin Michael Smith (BA, Journalism) wrote With Deepest Regrets, a memoir of his childhood and military service, including his being sent on a mission to assassinate Saddam Hussein.

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ART START

Nikki Milavec (BA, Art History) and Karen Hakimi founded the Milavec Hakimi Gallery in New York City, which promotes emerging contemporary art.

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COUNTRY STAR

Casey Donahew (BBA, Finance) is leader of the Casey Donahew Band. The band’s self-titled album hit the Top 10 on the Billboard Top Independent Albums.

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TRAVELING COACH

Amy Nichols (BA, Journalism) is an account executive for Traveling Coaches, a Dallas-based training, application configuration, and user adoption consulting partner to law firms and corporate legal departments.

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DIVERSITY OFFICER

Jose S. Jimenez (BS, Electrical Engineering) is chief diversity officer for Computer Sciences Corp., a software and technology management company in Falls Church, Va.

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GOOD NEWS

Daniel Armbruster (BA, Broadcast Communication) is a reporter/anchor for KBTX-TV in Bryan/College Station. Previously, he worked at KXII in Sherman.

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TEACHER FEATURE

Karen Marx (BA, Kinesiology) was named 2011–2012 Teacher of the Year by the Dallas Independent School District.

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BOLD WOMAN

Mia Hall (MEd, Educational Administration) received the Bold Award from Girls Inc., which recognizes women in the community for being exceptional role models.

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POETIC REWARD

Ken Hada (PhD, English) won the 2011 Western Heritage Award for Poetry from the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City for his book Spare Parts.

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ART OF LANDSCAPING

Lara Moffat (MLA) is director of marketing and recruitment for Lambert Landscape Co. in Dallas. She is publishing a guidebook developed from her master’s thesis, Art and the Built Landscape in the Central Business District of Dallas: Influences from an Identifiable Era in the Late Twentieth Century.

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8

Julie Gould (’10 BFA, Art) co-directed the short film 8, which was the short winner at the SXSW festival in Austin this March. The film’s name comes from the jersey number of her late husband, Clay Gould, who played and coached baseball at UTA.

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DOCTOR OF MUSIC

Danny Mekonnen (’03 BM, Music) is in the music doctoral program at Harvard. His group, Debo Band, has recorded albums and performs regularly in the Boston area.

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EXCELLENT NURSING

Harold Magee (’08 BSN), nurse manager at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth, earned the Student Excellence in Clinical Nursing Award from UTA’s College of Nursing for the fourth straight year.

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