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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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Smart Grid, 2067
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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Energy Efficient
College Park Center achieves LEED Gold certification for embracing environment
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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Earning Respect
Baseball team advances to NCAA tourney
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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Hoops Pioneer
Alumnus Kaleb Canales is NBA’s first head coach of Mexican-American descent
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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Olympians Lanny Bassham (1976) and Doug Russell (1968)
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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