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NEWS CENTER
September 2016
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Business assist
A federal grant received by UTA's TMAC is aimed at helping defense industry contractors steer away from that shrinking defense industry dollar and retrofit their businesses to more productive, sustainable and profitable uses.
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Guaranteed service
UTA computer science engineer receives National Science Foundation grant to mesh data center service level objectives with actual resources needed by computer consumers.
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New hope for arthritis
UTA enzyme research that opens doors to developing new inhibitors for arthritis was published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Biology Chair Clay Clark led the project.
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Toward Tier 1
UTA continues to move steadily toward Tier 1 status, graduating more than 200 doctorates for the third year in a row and generating research expenditures in excess of $85 million, up nearly nine percent from the year before.
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Road improvement
A UTA civil engineering professor is implementing a system for the Texas Department of Transportation that will help reduce cracking in highway pavement and stabilize highway slopes when soil begins to shift.
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Tackling tumors
A UTA professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department is working on research through a National Institutes of Health grant that would create better nanotechnology to treat inoperable cancer tumors.
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New leader
Dr. Troy Johnson, Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management at Illinois State University, joins UTA this November as the new Vice President for Enrollment Management.
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Record conferrals
The University of Texas at Arlington has awarded a record 11,526 degrees for the 2015-16 academic year. UTA has also been recognized by Diverse Issues in Higher Education as a leader for degrees conferred to minority students.
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Groundwater study
An initial UTA study has found abnormalities in drinking water in the Eagle Ford Shale region, indicative of some contamination from industrial or agricultural activities in the area. The research, led by Professor Kevin Schug, was published recently in the journal "Science of the Total Environment."
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High honor
A UTA bioengineer's perseverance throughout her life has earned her the inaugural Embracing Challenge Award from Materials Today magazine and the Elsevier Materials Science Council. Kytai Nguyen, the UTA bioengineering professor, will be honored at the Materials Research Society conference Nov. 29 in Boston, Mass.
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Solar fuels research
UTA chemists are the first to prove that inexpensive semiconducting organic polymers can harvest sunlight to split carbon dioxide into alcohol fuels. The research study was published recently in the prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry journal "ChemComm."
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National ranking
U.S. News & World Report's 2017 "Best Colleges" rankings issue has named The University of Texas at Arlington as the top public institution in the U.S. for graduating students with the least student debt.
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Blood pressure control
UTA researchers are using a National Institutes of Health grant to develop a new method and device for automatically controlling blood pressure levels in cardiac care environments that use targeted electrical stimulation rather than drugs.
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Record numbers
The University of Texas at Arlington enrollment climbs 7.3 percent, closing in on 40,000 Texas-based students. Enrollment is anticipated to surpass 57,000 by the end of this academic year, making UTA potentially the largest campus in The University of Texas System.
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Disability history
More than 50 archivists, curators, librarians, disability studies scholars, disability historians, and disability rights activists gathered recently at UTA to discuss the process of creating a national Disability History/Archives Consortium. People with disabilities are the largest minority in the country.
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Leading in life sciences
bionorthTX, the region’s leading life sciences industry association, will hold its annual iC3 Life Science Summit on Tuesday, Oct. 26, at UTA's College Park Center. More than 400 industry, government and university leaders are expected to attend the event.
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Solutions for Web 3.0
UTA is designing new models for networked group learning and online work settings for the third generation of internet, or Web 3.0. The project will bring together world leaders in the areas of language technologies, human-computer interaction, computer supported cooperative work and computer supported collaborative learning and education.
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Longer lasting roads
UTA is working with the Texas Department of Transportation to install a brand new standard in fiber-reinforced concrete pipes that is more durable and longer lasting than current pipes. The UTA civil engineering team also is working to develop 100-year service life protocols for synthetic fiber pipes for the Florida Department of Transportation.
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White House invitation
The University of Texas at Arlington is one of just nine universities nationally - and the only university from Texas - represented recently during a gathering of nearly 200 makerspace leaders at the White House.
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Bright light
A UTA bioengineering professor shows the benefits of near infrared light treatment on brains traumatized through post traumatic stress disorder, suffered many times by U.S. veterans. The interdisciplinary team includes representatives from the College of Science, the College of Engineering,
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Improving STEM education
UTA mathematicians are conducting research to refine and supplement curriculum materials used in college mathematics courses designed for students who plan to become high school math teachers. Over the long-term, the project will impact the learning experiences of hundreds of thousands of socio-economically disadvantaged students across the country.
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Growth abounds
Major construction projects are under way at The University of Texas at Arlington this fall to meet the growing student body and its specialized needs. One project is the Science and Engineering Innovation and Research building on the south side of the campus. West-side projects also are on the drawing board.
August 2016
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Developing new catalysts
UTA chemists are developing novel ways to use metal ions to activate simple hydrocarbons present in natural gas or petroleum products to produce more complex molecules valuable to the chemical and pharmaceutical industries.
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Advocating science education
Ramon Lopez, UTA physics professor, has been named the winner of the 2016 Richard Carrington Education and Public Outreach Award by the Space and Aeronomy section of the American Geophysical Union. The AGU’s Carrington Award is presented in recognition of significant impact on students’ and the public’s understanding of science through education and/or outreach activities.
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Interdisciplinary research
UTA has awarded four seed grants to interdisciplinary research projects that address growing problems such as loneliness among the elderly, the need for sustainable green education spaces, the health crisis among urban American Indians or the mechanisms behind heart failure among the elderly.
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Innovators in science and education
Three faculty and a graduate of UTA won Tech Titans Awards for excellence and leadership in technology fields in 2016, announced at a recent celebratory gala. UTA professors won the the Tech Titans Inventors Award and Tech Titans of the Future University Award and a UTA alumnus was named Tech Titans Corporate Company CEO of the year.
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Printing 3-D tissues
Kyungsuk Yum, a UTA assistant professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department, has received a $100,000 National Science Foundation grant to develop nanocomposite hydrogel bioinks that could be used for printing 3-D tissue and organs.
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Stellar student-athletes
UTA is welcoming a cadre of outstanding student-athletes this year. Their focus is on the courts, the fields, and the classrooms as well. The volleyball team starts its 2016 campaign at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26 at College Park Center.
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Protecting air quality
UTA chemists have published a new study that indicates that highly variable contamination events registered in and around unconventional oil and gas developments are the result of operational inefficiencies and not inherent to the extraction process itself. The study was published today in "Science and the Total Environment."
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Nursing Programs Ranked Highly
The University of Texas at Arlington’s College of Nursing and Health Innovation doctoral programs offer two of the best values in the country for practicing nurses seeking terminal degrees, according to Value Colleges.
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Enabling supercomputing
UTA physicists have been awarded a new $1.06 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to upgrade the software that runs on the Titan supercomputer at Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility in Tennessee to support extremely data-heavy scientific applications such as advanced biology and materials science simulations.
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National recognition
The U.S. Air Force ROTC has named the Air Force ROTC Detachment 845 at The University of Texas at Arlington among the best in the nation for academic achievement.
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MavsMeet Convocation
Convocation keynote speaker Ya'Ke Smith challenged students to be extraordinary in finding their academic paths while at The University of Texas at Arlington. Thousands of students attended the 2016 MavsMeet Convocation and AfterParty
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Talent meets opportunity
Graduates of The University of Texas at Arlington will have a critical advantage over their job-seeking competition as the University’s new Career Development Center begins serving their needs in a revolutionary way. The center officially opened its doors Tuesday.
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Terry Scholars
The Terry Foundation announces new recipients of its prestigious scholarship award, the largest private source of scholarships in Texas. Of the 167 high achieving students, 13 will attend UTA.
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Kinesiology PhD Launched
The University of Texas at Arlington’s College of Nursing and Health Innovation will begin offering a doctoral degree in kinesiology in the fall, in response to soaring demand for healthcare scientists and faculty.
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Mining thoughts
A UTA computer science and engineering professor has received a National Science Foundation grant that would use data mining to improve diagnosis and treatment of patients with depression.
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Clean energy
UTA and The Korea Institute of Energy Research have joined forces to develop clean energy technologies that improve the lives of citizens worldwide. South Korea’s government recently unveiled a plan to invest about $36.6 billion in developing renewable energy industries, such as solar and wind power and eco-friendly power plants, by 2020.
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Shipboard testing
A UTA electrical engineering associate professor received an Office of Naval Research grant to purchase a machine that will allow him to use simulations to test how well a battery will perform as part of a full shipboard system.
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Big data
An assistant professor of Computer Science and Engineering is the fourth UTA professor to receive a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development, or CAREER, grant. Junzhou Huang will employ multiple methods to access and analyze very large, complex patient data. This research could ultimately allow scientists and doctors to make better clinical predictions and work toward cures for diseases.
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ApplyUTA launches
Maria Martinez-Cosio, UTA assistant vice provost for Faculty Affairs, addresses members of the news media as ApplyUTA is announced. The initiative expands recruiting efforts of exceptional Latino students.
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UTA NAACP honored
The UTA student chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People received the College Chapter of the Year award during the NAACP 107th National Convention. UTA also received the Game Changer for Economic Impact award.
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Developing cancer therapy devices
UTA physicists are leading a multidisciplinary project with UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston to develop a new multifunctional platform that can integrate imaging and photo-induced cancer therapy in a single, portable device.
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Weighted flight
A UTA team has designed, built and flight tested an unmanned aerial vehicle that uses a mass actuation system or weights that move back and forth within the wings to maneuver the aircraft. The findings were disclosed in a paper that was presented at a recent American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics conference.
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Quality of life
The city of Dallas is using students from Institute of Urban Studies in UTA's College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs to examine possible Dallas Executive Airport enhancements that would spur economic growth and quality of life for surrounding neighborhoods.
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Understanding addiction
UTA's Linda Perrotti is studying how fluctuating estrogen levels make females increasingly sensitive to the rewarding effects of cocaine and ultimately, vulnerable to cocaine addiction. Compared to men, women experience higher levels of craving and relapse during periods of abstinence and take larger amounts of cocaine during bouts of relapse.
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Innovations in analytical chemistry
Chemists at UTA have invented a method to quantify water content in solid pharmaceutical drugs that is faster, cheaper, more accurate and more precise than Karl Fischer titration, the method currently recognized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and widely used worldwide.
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UTA In The News
New hope for arthritis
UTA enzyme research that opens doors to developing new inhibitors for arthritis was published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Phys.org reported. Clay Clark, chair of the UTA Department of Biology, led the project.
