The city of Arlington and UTA will use a $50,000 grant to disseminate information about existing healthy initiatives and programs in the Arlington area, tailor new programs for children, and facilitate and encourage safe outlets for exercise for adults and children alike.

The College of Business' Diversity, Racial Equity, and Inclusion Group will host Jerry Hawkins, executive director of Dallas Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation and co-founder of The Imagining Freedom Institute, for a public lecture titled "A Journey into the Black History of Arlington, Fort Worth, and Tarrant County" Thursday, Feb. 9, from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.

February is American Heart Month. To celebrate, wear red on Friday, Feb. 10, and join the UTA community at 10 a.m. for a 10-minute walk on the library mall. Tag your selfies with #utheartwalk and #MavWell.

On Friday, Jan. 27, OIT enabled Safe Attachments for SharePoint, OneDrive, and Microsoft Teams for all users at UTA. All UTA-owned devices are equipped with Microsoft Defender to increase security against malicious attacks. Safe Attachments provides additional levels of security and will help satisfy the UT System policy on malware prevention.

Prospective and current Mavericks can discover the tools to apply for scholarships with confidence at the Maverick Scholarship Summit Saturday, Feb. 18, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m at the University Center. Register to attend.

The Training and Experiential Learning in Biomedical Informatics (TExBioMed) Summer Institute at UTA supports short-term training that prepares undergraduate students for biomedical informatics and data science graduate studies and research careers. Eleven students will each receive a $7,200 stipend to participate. The deadline to apply is Tuesday, Feb. 28.

UTA alumni are invited to the next Fort Worth Alumni Chapter Luncheon at Joe T. Garcia’s on Wednesday, March 1. The luncheon will feature guest speaker Troy Johnson, vice president for enrollment management. Tickets are $25 per person and include a buffet lunch. Five dollars of the ticket cost is a gift to support alumni programming.