Telehealth Physiotronic Chips, 2032

Telehealth often refers to something simple like email communication between doctors and patients. But in J.-C. Chiao’s laboratory, the term invokes a science fiction movie. Dr. Chiao, the Jenkins Garrett Professor of Electrical Engineering, and psychology Associate Professor Yuan Bo Peng are designing computer chips that can be placed inside the body, on the body, or in medical instruments to monitor and improve patient care. […]

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Grand Gratitude

Donors feted at College Park Center dedication

When fueled by passion, innovation, and generosity, dreams can become reality. Look no further than College Park Center for proof. The $78 million special events showpiece provided a striking backdrop for a dedication celebration in March to honor UT Arlington’s closest friends and supporters for helping make the long-anticipated venture a dream come true. “College Park Center represents the hopes and dreams of so many,” President James […]

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Jessica Carrillo ’09

Last year found Jessica Carrillo ’09 living the daydreams of a legion of teenage girls. Not only did she meet Twilight star Robert Pattinson, she spoke with him at length about his latest film. It’s all part of the job for Carrillo, 27, who hosts the Los Angeles-based Telemundo entertainment show Acceso Total. “I’m a big fan of his, so I was really nervous,” she […]

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Sparking a Transformation

Rarely does the opportunity arise to forever change the face of a university. But College Park Center is just such a history maker. Not only does the dazzling facility fulfill the long-held dreams of a generation of alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends, it represents a symbol of UT Arlington’s rising arc of excellence.

The grand opening of College Park Center was a night like no other in UT Arlington’s 117-year history, the electricity of the moment rivaled only by the promise of what lay ahead.

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Cancer Crusaders

Breakthroughs in tissue engineering and optical imaging have brought UT Arlington bioengineers millions of dollars in funding to fight the disease that took more than 570,000 American lives last year.

The num­bers are alarm­ing. The National Can­cer Insti­tute esti­mates that almost half the country’s male pop­u­la­tion will have some form of can­cer, as will about one in three women. Though sur­vival rates con­tinue to improve, almost 35 per­cent of Amer­i­cans diag­nosed with can­cer will die within five years. Three UT Arling­ton bio­engi­neer­ing researchers aim to improve those statistics.

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MESSAGE FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS

A new day has dawned at UT Arlington, one full of energy and promise. The opening of the […]

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A HINT OF HIGGS

UT Arlington’s high energy physics group is helping illuminate one of the biggest mysteries of the universe. The […]

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NEW ATHLETICS DIRECTOR SEES PROMISING FUTURE

Jim Baker’s first day on the job was one of the most exciting in UT Arlington sports history. […]

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NEW TAKE ON OLD THEORY MAY BOOST BOTTOM LINE

Many business owners consider speed the key to success: how quickly they can enter the marketplace, promote their […]

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SENSING SLEEP SOLUTIONS

Sleep apnea—the chronic interruption of breathing during sleep—affects 15 percent of adults nationwide, but detecting the disease can […]

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FRUIT FLY FOCUS

To most people, flies are pests. To Esther Betrán, they’re fascinating creatures (and only sometimes pests). The biology […]

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BASEBALL

Hunter Pence says this off-season was no different from any other. He was in the batting cage honing […]

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BONE BREAKTHROUGH

Our understanding of bones just took a leap forward, thanks to a study by kinesiology Assistant Professor Rhonda […]

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STARRY, STARRY NIGHT

A group of UT Arlington astrophysicists hopes its work will help NASA determine whether life exists in a […]

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STAGE FLIGHT

If it’s possible to shrink the history of Texas Hall into a single story, it’s this one: When […]

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FORENSICS FOR NURSING

The term “forensic nursing” may conjure images of nurses tending to lifeless bodies, but that’s dead wrong. As […]

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SPEED RACERS

For three decades, a group of UT Arlington students has been building race cars. Also unmatched portfolios, unparalleled […]

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ALICIA SHAFFER

Senior libero Alicia Shaffer became the UT Arlington volleyball team’s career digs leader last season. She broke Ashley […]

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PURNENDU DASGUPTA

Purnendu “Sandy” Dasgupta, the Jenkins Garrett Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, was quoted in an MSN Health story […]

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HEALTHY GIFT

The largest nursing program in Texas has received its first endowed faculty chair. A gift from the Moritz […]

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One Night Without a Home

It was cold, near freezing, last November when more than 50 students huddled together to spend the night on the library mall. They slept in cardboard boxes and ate chili and saltine crackers. It wasn’t much, but it was more than many homeless Americans have on a given evening. That was just the message Alysia Castillo, director of health and homelessness for UTA Volunteers, hoped to send. “Students give up their shelter for a night so they can get a better understanding of homelessness,” she says of the University’s annual One Night Without a Home event. “Education and awareness are the keys to lasting reform.” This year UTA Volunteers partnered with the National Coalition for the Homeless and the Arlington Life Shelter during National Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week. A vigil walk and five speakers from the shelter, four of whom had been homeless themselves, brought the message into focus. “We try very hard to create programs that not only educate but expose our volunteers to the complexity of it all,” Castillo says. “The more people who can be reached, the better chance we have at changing lives.”

Alumni Buzz

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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GROUNDBREAKER

Brianna Hinojosa-Flores (’07 MBA) is the first Hispanic woman to serve on the Coppell City Council. She is also a patent research attorney Research In Motion, maker of the Blackberry smartphone.

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INTRAMURAL PROFESSIONAL

Chris Watkins (’08 BA) works in the intramural sports area of the Rice University Recreation and Wellness Center. His career in intramural sports began at UT Arlington.

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JUSTICE SERVED

Jeff Vaden (’90 BBA) joined Bracewell & Giuliani LLP as a partner in its white collar defense, internal investigations and regulatory enforcement practice. Read more about his distinguished career.

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BUDDING BRILLIANCE

Lisa Van Gemert (‘05 MEd) was recently named American Mensa’s gifted youth specialist. Read the press release.

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MERIT AWARD

Amelia Potee (’07 BSA) and Brandon Allen (’01 BSA) were honored with the TSA Special Merit Award for their Exploring Architecture program. Read more on the TSA blog.

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