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Former actress finds joy in helping others

Her termination came courtesy of Elizabeth Taylor—at least she’s pretty sure it did. Ann Palmer ’60 was playing one of five princesses in filming the movie Cleopatra when Richard Burton, in full view of Taylor, acknowledged Palmer by her first name. “Miss Taylor glared,” Palmer recalls. “I had my notice three days later!” Palmer, who earned her degree in commercial art from UT Arlington, had always wanted […]

Military Tradition

Al Ellis, right, and retired Col. Archie P. Davis are the 2013 inductees into the Military Science Hall of Honor. A UT Arlington Distinguished Alumnus, Ellis earned his bachelor’s degree in 1965. He served in the Dominican Republic and Vietnam before leaving the Army in 1969 to pursue a law career. He is “of counsel” with Sommerman & Quesada LLP in Dallas. Davis is a […]

Small-Scale Security, Full-Force Defense

A new center aims to strengthen national security by devising nanoscale probes to test food and water, creating sensor technology to track border threats, and developing nanomedicine to treat radiation exposure.

In Wei Chen’s futuristic universe, incredibly sensitive nanotech sensors fly about in drones, are implanted in high-traffic bridges, and journey aboard robots into environments no humans could survive.

Taming Traffic

Aided by UT Arlington civil engineers, a regional transportation team seeks to unclog North Texas roadways by merging voluminous amounts of data into high-tech transit information systems.

It’s a common and costly occurrence on North Texas freeways: Traffic suddenly slows, then creeps, then stops. Should you bail at the next exit or stick it out? When will you finally get to where you’re going? Could you have avoided the problem altogether? Alumnus Shaun Dodge asks himself questions like this during the drive from his southeast Arlington home …

Career Switch

Your first job is rarely your last. In fact, many Americans change occupations a half-dozen times. Four alumni describe how UT Arlington prepared them to succeed in professions vastly different from their original ones.

A wall street financier dreamed of making a difference. An aircraft mechanic was laid off. An engineer faced a health crisis. An Air Force veteran pondered his next move. Career change happens all the time, but researchers say the instances have increased dramatically as the Great Recession and shifts in the workplace make some jobs obsolete.