UTA In The News — Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Maverick Talent Pipeline Program
The University of Texas at Arlington earned a $250,000 grant to provide students a chance to showcase their skills to potential employers while earning a paycheck, U.S. Fed News and Targeted News Service reported. Awarded by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the grant will support UTA's new Maverick Talent Pipeline Program, which aims to create and sustain more equitable work-based learning opportunities for UTA students.
Nursing gift
A $100,000 gift from longtime University of Texas at Arlington benefactors Dr. Al Clark and Shalyn Clark will better equip the next generation of nurses to thrive in today's dynamic health care environment, U.S. Fed News reported.
Teacher program highlighted
Catherine Elisabeth Robert, a UT Arlington professor who specializes in education policy, said teaching is an art that requires skill, pedagogical knowledge, compassion and creativity in a story about the Teacher Incentive Allotment Program, The Katy Rancher in Katy, Texas, reported. “An incentive system that pits one teacher against another and assigns value to one subject over another—when we're there to educate the whole child—negates the broader mission of why we teach,” Robert said. The Ranch is a neighborhood supplement to the Houston Chronicle.
Scholarship winner
Maria Calzada from Arlington High School was awarded a Texas Trust Foundation scholarship, CUToday.info reported. Calzada will be attending UT Arlington to pursue a degree in early childhood education and psychology.
Improving UAV flight
Kamesh Subbarao, aerospace engineering professor at UT Arlington, said developed integrated guidance, navigation and control algorithms can improve situational awareness in unmanned aerial vehicles to avoid collisions, sUAS News – The Business of Drones reported. The story highlighted UT Arlington’s collaborative work with Galaxy UAS.
High gas prices
Thomas Marshall, UT Arlington political science professor, said that presidents generally get blamed for high gas prices, though their impact isn’t direct, the Wichita (Kansas) Eagle reported. The story was published originally in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.