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 […]

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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 […]

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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.

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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 …

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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.

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MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR

In his acceptance remarks at the 2012 Distinguished Alumni Gala, honoree Wayne Watts suggested we call UT Arlington […]

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INTO THE FUTURE

A sold-out Texas Hall crowd heard Mark Kelly discuss America’s future and his career as an astronaut and […]

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RISING TRAJECTORY

The morning after the men’s basketball season ended March 20, Scott Cross awoke excited about his program’s future. […]

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NEW BUSINESS DEAN BRINGS RESEARCH FOCUS

Rachel Croson says she’s eager to build on the reputation of UT Arlington’s College of Business. “The University […]

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SPECIAL EFFECTS MAKEUP DESIGN

From witch faces to demon horns to werewolf paws, students in Associate Professor Joseph Kongevick’s Special Effects Makeup […]

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LIQUID ASSET

Discovering ways to better judge water quality is an important mission for scientists across the globe. Chemist Purnendu […]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

Call them literary sleuths. English Associate Professor Cedrick May and graduate student Julie McCown recently discovered a never-before-published […]

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BRILLIANT IDEAS

Devices that help people sleep and technology that improves drug analysis are among the inventions that landed four […]

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PLANT DOCTOR

Biologist Maeli Melotto hopes that by discovering the secrets of plant hormones, she can reduce chemical use in […]

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TRACK AND FIELD

Being 6 foot 6 and 290 pounds draws attention. And when this fellow is a three-time NCAA All-American […]

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PLIABLE LAPTOPS, 2015

They may look like brochures or magazines, but the futuristic devices unfurled before these business professionals are actually […]

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STARSTRUCK

Studying star explosions can help reveal the secrets of the universe. But scientists typically focus on either the […]

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PITCHMAN

San Francisco Giants outfielder Hunter Pence offered words of wisdom to members of the Maverick baseball team at […]

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HYEJIN MOON

Mechanical engineering Assistant Professor Hyejin Moon has received a $400,000 National Science Foundation Early Career Development grant for […]

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LEISA MARTIN

The National Association of Professors of Middle Level Education has named Leisa Martin its 2012 Outstanding Professor of […]

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Aaron Neville

With a stirring blend of R&B and soul, Grammy-winning singer Aaron Neville entertained a College Park Center crowd in the final presentation of the 2012–13 Maverick Speakers Series. Billed as “A Night With New Orleans Music Legends,” the evening featured jazz legend Ellis Marsalis. Neville’s solo career has produced four platinum albums and a string of hits, including “Tell It Like It Is” and “Everybody Plays the Fool.” He also has recorded with his brothers, Art, Charles, and Cyril, as The Neville Brothers. Neville and Marsalis, who are both members of the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame, answered audience questions between their performances.

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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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