UTA In The News — Friday, June 22, 2018
Burnout explored
James Campbell Quick, the John and Judy Goolsby-Jacqualyn A. Fouse Endowed Chair in the Goolsby Leadership Academy at UTA and a management professor, said there are financial consequences for companies that ignore the mental health of their workforce, Forbes reported in an article about why there is so much burnout in the tech industry. “There are huge, if sometimes hard to calculate, financial costs associated with poor mental health at work," Quick said.
ASLA smart policies
The American Society of Landscape Architects released its smart policies for a changing climate, EnvironmentGuru, Landscape Architecture Magazine and Prism reported. ASLA’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Climate Change and Resilience released the list of standard development practices to help secure a more sustainable future. Diane Jones Allen, program director for landscape architecture in UTA’s College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs, served on the panel. Allen also is a principal landscape architect with DesignJones LLC.
Recruiting STEM teachers
The National Science Foundation has awarded close to $1.5 million in a Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program grant to The University of Texas at Arlington to promote the recruitment, preparation and induction of new science and mathematics teachers, bionorthTX In The Know newsletter reported.
Hervey drafted
Kevin Hervey, a UTA basketball player, was selected by the Oklahoma City Thunder with the 57th pick in last night’s NBA Draft, ESPN, The Dallas Morning News, The Oklahoman and Star-Telegram reported. Hervey is the Mavericks’ all-time leading rebounder and is second all-time in total points scored. The News also had a national and local reaction story on Hervey’s selection.
UTA startup
A UTA startup, SolGro, is using special greenhouse nanotechnology to convert incoming sunlight from all colors of the spectrum into red and blue light, which encourages better plant growth, Dallas Innovates reported. The SolGro team includes Wei Chen, a UTA physics professor who specializes in nanotechnology and material sciences. Chen said the technology could increase food production by at least 50 percent.
Alumnus exhibit
Colorado-based architect Mark Harris pushes boundaries from what is to what can be with his exhibit at the 2018 International Venice Biennale, Modern in Denver reported. Each project in the exhibit transcends architecture to investigate human culture with an optimistic vision of our “future future,” depicting what already exists in radical and innovative ways. Harris is a UTA architecture alumnus.
Tarrant County demographics
Rebecca Deen, UTA chair of the Department of Political Science, said Tarrant County may be changing to more Democrats demographically but that doesn’t mean they all go out and vote, the Texas Standard reported in a story that aired on KUT 90.5 FM in Austin.
Little chance at change
Allan Saxe, UTA associate professor of political science, said there isn’t a great chance of Congress making new immigration law because of the divisiveness in Washington, D.C., Miami’s WIOD 610 AM reported.
Textbook guide
The book Designing & Creating a Culture of Care for Students and Faculty: The Chamberlain University College of Nursing Model serves as a guide for any organization seeking to make cultural and structural changes to improve student or employee satisfaction, engagement and achievement, the KXRA 1490 AM and KXRA 92.3 FM website reported. Anne Bavier, UTA College of Nursing and Health Innovation dean and the National League for Nursing president, said the book describes how caring can be operationalized.
Civil rights speaker
Ray Jordan, UTA adjunct professor of African-American studies, presented a sermon advocating people to tell their history of civil rights and celebrate those who gave their lives for that cause, the Philadelphia, Miss.-based Neshoba Democrat reported. Jordan, who also is the senior pastor of Central United Church of Christ in Dallas, spoke at the 54th annual memorial service for the three civil rights workers murdered in 1964 by the Ku Klux Klan.
Expo exhibit
UTA’s College of Engineering will display unmanned aerial systems at the 2018 Commercial UAV Expo Oct. 1-3 in Las Vegas, WAVE NBC 3 in Louisville, Ky., and other websites reported. It will be one of more than 100 exhibits at the expo.
World Cup fever
Hassan Sedky, a 25-year-old Egyptian who is pursuing dual master’s degrees from UTA, was profiled in an F3News story after being photographed as he was carried in his wheelchair by a joyous World Cup crowd. Sedky’s compelling story included his playing on UTA’s Movin’ Mavs 2017 National Championship team.