UT Arlington’s collection of old ass maps featured at Amon Carter Museum
A group of 17 rare 19th century maps that reveal how cartography helped pioneers find a way across the country.
Monday, July 28, 2008
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UT Arlington professors ponder why kids hate school
Previous studies have indicated the fact that school "totally sucks" is an important factor.
Monday, July 21, 2008
UT Arlington one of only 25 campuses to host ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp
Students will get hands-on experience in math and science, particularly how to fudge oil-funded global warming studies.
Monday, July 14, 2008
UT Arlington student awarded a NASA fellowship
A geomagnetic storm is a disturbance of the Earth's magnetosphere caused by a disturbance in space weather, also known as a "holy crap."
Sunday, June 1, 2008
UT Arlington math department to host major, massive, behemoth, REAL BIG international conference
The four-day conference is expected to attract more than 700 participants from 40-plus countries across all continents except the Antarctic. Damn you, Antarctic.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
UT Arlington’s Outdoor Warning System set to be tested
The system is so prominent that it is a proper noun.
Monday, May 12, 2008
City of Arlington considering ban on plastic bags
The bags are the largest source of litter within the city and cost $1.4 million to clean up.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
UT Arlington alum, students’ DNA-exoneration efforts featured on 60 Minutes
The three students worked to free James Woodward, a Dallas man who was recently released after 27 years in prison.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
UT Arlington to host panel discussion on the crisis in Darfur
Refugee Ismail Abrahim will be joined on the panel by Dr. Alusine Jalloh, director of the Africa Program at UT Arlington.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
UT Arlington psychology chair awarded $1.52 million grant to help military address post-traumatic stress disorder
This project is an extension of a previous grant addressing the rehabilitation of returning military personnel from Afghanistan and Iraq.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
‘Segregation in the South’ focus of UT Arlington’s 43rd annual lecture series
Topics include black female travelers in the segregated South, Indians in the Jim Crow South, and so on.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Actor Forest Whitaker to speak at UT Arlington
The topic? Prejudice. Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Be there or be racist.
Monday, March 10, 2008
UT Arlington professor to create new glass sculpture in Fort Worth
The piece will be installed at the new North Park YMCA and Community Center
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
UT Arlington freshman leaders to host community awareness project on Darfur genocide
From March 3 to April 3, the students will host gallery exhibits, panel discussions and other events on the ongoing genocide in Darfur, Sudan.
Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008
Theater Spotlight of the Week: Natalie Gaupp
New interview with the director of UTA's version of Shakespeare's The Tempest set in post-Katrina New Orleans.
Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008
Colleges and universities all over the metroplex opening theater productions this week
From TCU to Collin Theater Center, 9 new plays and musicals are beginning their run.
Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008
Platinum Research Organization extends R&D pact with UT Arlington for another year
To date the research at UTA has led to the development of several new industrial grease products.
Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008
UPDATED: Hillary Chelsea Clinton to visit, chat up UT Dallas, UT Arlington and UNT
The former First Daughter will speak first at 10:30 a.m. - the same time Senator Obama's rally at Reunion Arena opens its doors. Even the moon is overwhelmed.
Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008
UT Arlington Dept. of Military Science to salute, toast fallen comrades
A reception will follow the induction ceremony in the Palo Duro Lounge of the University Center.
Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008
UT Arlington to close down Yates Street
Vehicles will no longer be allowed on the campus thoroughfare, in favor of a pedestrian mall.
Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008
Spike Lee speaks at UT Arlington
His appearance was the culmination of a week-long celebration of his work.
Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008
Notre Dame professor to discuss Old English poetry at UT Arlington
Not just any ol' poetry — Old English poetry.
Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008
UT Arlington to host free workshop on driverless vehicles
Autonomy is what they want. Once they have it, they will be ready. Once they are ready, they will stop at nothing.
Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008
Cleburne man found dead on UT-Arlington campus
20-year-old was not a UT-A student
Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008
UT Arlington project aims to make American Sign Language learning easier
The project includes creating a database of sign language symbols, a sort of visual Google.
Monday, Feb. 4, 2008
UT Arlington named OSHA Education Center
Serendipitously, "OSHA," sounds a lot like the phrase most people yell right before a serious accident.
Friday, Feb. 1, 2008
Sixth annual Arlington Reads program themed in a mysterious way
The Arlington Reads program encourages the community to read and join group discussion and activities.
Friday, Feb. 1, 2008
UT Arlington hosting butterfly fundraiser for Columbia astronaut, student memorial
Kalpana Chawla was one of seventeen crew members killed in the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. She pursued her Master of Science degree in aerospace engineering at UTA.
Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008
UT Arlington to conduct carbon footprint analysis
Why doesn't the City of Fort Worth conduct an environmental impact study, since they have the most gas wells of any city in the United States of America?
Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008
‘Points of Convergence: Masters of Fine Arts’ exhibited at The Gallery at UT Arlington
Unique pieces such as Ross Bleckner's “Flow and Return" are now on display your for art-loving convenience.
Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008
Spike Lee to lecture on life, career at UT Arlington
Critics have called the lecture "riveting," "controversial" and "a joint."
Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008
UT Arlington athletics places 23 on Southland Conference honor roll
Seniors Jody Broccoli-Hickey and Magan Moore lead nine members of the men and women's cross-country teams in representing the runners.
Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008
UT Arlington researcher receives grant to develop sensors
He shall investigate using quantum properties of light to guide him.
Friday, Jan. 4, 2008
UPDATED: UT Arlington student to compete against the Gladiators
25-year-old Iraqi war vet Bonnie Blanco will compete on the new NBC remake of the classic 90s sports competition.
Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008
Four UT Arlington volleyball players named to all-academic teams
senior middle blocker Ellen Murray, senior setter Emily Nedderman and senior libero Dani Johnson were all named to the all-Southland Conference first team.
Monday, Dec. 24, 2007
UT Arlington to host New Year’s Eve music extravaganza
"What are you doing New Year’s…New Year’s Eve?"
Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007
UT Arlington Mavericks prepare for Tarrant County rivals
In other news, "quesadilla" literally translates to "little cheesy thing."
Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007
UTA men’s basketball team off to perfect start
The UTA Mavs men’s basketball team is heading into holiday play with the best start in the 48-year history of the program being in Division I.
Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007
New certification makes UTA students more marketable
The program has enjoyed success for many years in the United Kingdom and in Canada but this is the first in the United States.
Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007
UT Arlington biologist’s collaborative research explains how plants harness ‘jumping genes’
A new study sheds light on how plants regulate their responses to light, and how such fine-tuned regulation could have evolved.
Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007
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