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Hungarian author Frigyes Karinthy debuted the idea of six degrees of separation in a 1929 short story. The […]
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As energy demand rises, the electrical grid in the United States is steadily pushed to its limits. More efficient technology like smart grids can help ease that burden, but no one knows how much demand these grids can take. Electrical engineering Professor Qilian Liang plans to find out. Dr. Liang received a National Science Foundation grant to determine the upper boundary of a smart grid’s threshold. […]
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You can add gold to College Park Center’s sterling credentials. The U.S. Green Building Council has awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold certification to UT Arlington’s 7,000-seat special events showpiece. LEED certification is an independent, third-party verification that a structure is designed and built using strategies that achieve high performance in environmental health, sustainability, water and energy efficiency, materials selection, and indoor environmental […]
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Many considered the 2012 UT Arlington baseball team a major underdog. In preseason polls, Southland Conference sports information directors and coaches picked the Mavericks to finish eighth. So coach Darin Thomas and his players went out and posted one of the best seasons in school history. UT Arlington won the Southland Conference Tournament and advanced to its fifth NCAA regional berth and first since 2006. […]
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Kaleb Canales didn’t set out to make history. But the 2001 UT Arlington graduate broke a racial barrier when he was named interim head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers in March. Canales became the first person of Mexican-American descent to lead an NBA franchise. At 33 he’s also the youngest coach in the league. “I am very blessed and fortunate to get this great opportunity,” […]
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Count UT Arlington alumni Doug Russell and Lanny Bassham among the select group of athletes who’ve experienced the thrill of winning an Olympic gold medal. At the 1968 Summer Games in Mexico City, Russell upset legendary swimmer Mark Spitz in the 100-meter butterfly. His 55.9 set an Olympic record and fell just 0.3 seconds shy of Spitz’s world record. Russell, who set five NCAA marks […]
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Hungarian author Frigyes Karinthy debuted the idea of six degrees of separation in a 1929 short story. The […]
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For one night in November, College Park Center transformed into an oversized comedy club. As part of the […]
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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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When the 2012 Major League Baseball season began, Hunter Pence hoped to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a […]
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U.S. News & World Report ranks UT Arlington seventh nationally for providing a racially and ethnically diverse campus. […]
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The fifth season of UT Arlington’s marquee lectures, the Maverick Speakers Series, continues in the spring with astronaut […]
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When Dallas opened the Santiago Calatrava–designed Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge earlier this year, it signaled the beginning of […]
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A squad of superheroes charges into a children’s hospital. Their steps are purposeful and determined, their smiles huge […]
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The men’s cross country team took four of the top 10 spots to win UT Arlington’s first Western […]
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Right now, energy providers control the Web-based smart meter applications that help homeowners monitor and regulate energy consumption. […]
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When Hung Cao saw his baby boy behind the big glass window at the hospital, the UT Arlington […]
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Rebecca Bichel probably won’t hunt you down if your books are overdue, but the new dean of the […]
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Injured service veterans learned about adapted sports and recreation at the Military Muster in August at UT Arlington. […]
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A 2-foot-tall robot named Zeno could offer hope for children with autism. UT Arlington researchers have teamed with […]
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Shimadzu Scientific Instruments and UT Arlington are partnering on a $25.2 million endeavor aimed at transforming research capabilities […]
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Karen Marx (BA, Kinesiology) was named 2011–2012 Teacher of the Year by the Dallas Independent School District.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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