UTA In The News — Friday, August 17, 2018
UTA professor leads pain advisory group
Robert Gatchel, UTA Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Nancy P. and John G. Penson Endowed Professor of Clinical Health Psychology, led a federal advisory group that published recommendations on the prevention of acute and chronic pain to the Federal Research Pain Strategy, Scienmag, Medicine Newsline and Medical Xpress reported. The strategy is an interagency committee that oversees the government's long-term strategic plan to support pain research.
Smart skin
UTA has patented a smart skin, created by UTA electrical engineering professor Zeynep Çelik-Butler, that gives robots a more sensitive, tactile feeling than humans, ASEE’s First Bell, Edgy Labs, Germany’s Ingenieur.de and Turkey’s Future Notes reported. ASEE is the American Society for Engineering Education.
Remembering the Queen of Soul
UTA’s Jamar Jones reminisced about playing with Aretha Franklin yesterday, WFAA ABC 8 reported. Jones, a lecturer of music industry studies at UTA and an alumnus, played with the Queen of Soul several times in his career as a pianist. Franklin died yesterday. He said that with Franklin’s passing, “It’s like we’ve lost a diamond.”
ICARUS project
UTA professors, researchers and students are busy readying the data acquisition system for the ICARUS project, which recently has been moved to its new Fermilab home in Illinois, NewsEdge.com reported.
Transparency key to public institution
Jim Quick, the John and Judy Goolsby-Jacqualyn A. Fouse Endowed Chair in the Goolsby Leadership Academy, said transparency is a key for a public institution, KTVT CBS 11 reported in an investigative report on the financial dealings of Grand Prairie school district. “You ask the question, you put it out on the table and you figure out what’s the right thing to do,” Quick said.
Doctoral fellowship
Marialis Rosario-Franco, a UTA doctoral student in physics, has been awarded the Gröte Reber Doctoral Fellowship from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, a facility of the National Science Foundation, Scienmag reported.
Professor elected Fellow
Mark Haykowsky, a UTA nursing professor and leading expert in exercise physiology and heart failure rehabilitation, has been elected a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, Cancer Weekly reported.
App helps elderly
Kathy Lee and Rebecca Mauldin, who will start in the fall semester as assistant professors in the School of Social Work, began developing the SageServe app for aging-related services, Clinical Trials Week reported. The duo won the Best Human Services App Idea Award for their idea at the Education and Social Development Conference in Dublin, Ireland, recently.
Lady Movin' Mavs players in championships
Lady Movin’ Mavs Rose Hollermann and Abby Dunkin, seniors and gold medalists in the 2016 Paralympic games, along with graduate student Morgan Wood, are set to represent Team USA in the 2018 International Wheelchair Basketball Federation’s World Championships in Hamburg, Germany, ArlingtonTX.gov reported. The championships run through Aug. 26.
Alumna named dean
Pamela Holland Obiomon was named dean of Prairie View A&M University’s Roy G. Perry College of Engineering, USBE Information Technology Magazine reported. Obiomon earned her UTA bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
New principal
Karina Lopez was named principal of Houston’s Edison Middle School, Houston ISD’s blog said. Lopez earned her UTA master’s degree in educational leadership and policy studies.
Alumnus appointed
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Feyi Obamehinti to the Texas Diabetes Council, NewsEdge.com reported. Obamehinti received a UTA bachelor’s degree in microbiology.
CEO talks to alumni
Brian Coltharp, president and CEO of Freese and Nichols, talked about his business career to UTA’s Alumni Association, Fort Worth chapter, at its August luncheon, Freese.com reported. Coltharp is a 1992 UTA graduate in civil engineering.
Column warns of future meetings
People may have to work with or for bullies from previous life experiences, Marti Harvey wrote in a Dallas Morning News op-ed column. She suggested some strategies on handling awkward situations like that. Harvey is a lecturer for UTA’s Department of Communication.
Alumna profiled
Ashley Whitt was profiled in LENSCRATCH, a publication about fine art photography. Whitt is a UTA graduate.