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Aerospace engineering research on testing to produce safer, faster, more reliabl...

5/8/2013 11:53 AM EST  -   University of Texas at Arlington
Office of Naval Research grant studies composites using variety of methods
A University of Texas at Arlington aerospace engineer is developing diagnostic and predictive tools that can aid aircraft manufacturers in analyzing composite structures used to make aircraft safer, faster and more reliable.

Andrew Makeev, an associate professor of Mechanical...
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UT Arlington electrical engineer using quantum nature of light to boost Internet...

5/7/2013 5:20 PM EST  -   University of Texas at Arlington
Research could increase capacity, speed, too
Michael Vasilyev’s goals in his research are simply stated: increase by tenfold the amount of information that can be securely transmitted via the Internet and the distance over which that data can be transmitted.

Vasilyev, a UT Arlington associate professor of electrical engineering, is participating in an $8 million research project funded by the Defense Advanced...
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Two University of Texas at Arlington faculty members honored with national dista...

5/3/2013 10:41 AM EST  -   University of Texas at Arlington
ARLINGTON, Texas -- The United States Distance Learning Association has honored two University of Texas at Arlington professors for their efforts to promote the development and application of distance education.

Peggy Semingson, assistant professor of curriculum and instruction in the College of Education and Health Professions, received the organization’s Platinum level – Best Practices Award for Excellence in...

UT Arlington Commencement Week 2013 features Graduation Celebration with Kal Pen...

4/26/2013 4:54 PM EST  -   University of Texas at Arlington
UT Arlington will confer more than 4,500 degrees this spring, a 14 percent increase compared with the Spring 2012 semester.
The University of Texas at Arlington will award a record number of degrees during Commencement Week 2013, which features a free, Friday night festival with fireworks and remarks by actor, producer and political activist Kal Penn.

Graduation Celebration begins at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 10,...
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UT Arlington research shows early dialogue between parents and children most eff...

4/24/2013 4:54 PM EST  -   University of Texas at Arlington
Study also shows negative strategies are less effective
Early, substantive dialogue between parents and their grade-school age children about the ills of tobacco and alcohol use can be more powerful in shaping teen behavior than advertising, marketing or peer pressure, a University of Texas at Arlington marketing researcher has shown.

The findings of Zhiyong Yang, an associate professor of marketing in the UT...

New center hopes to offer support and accountability to UT Arlington students re...

4/15/2013 1:28 PM EST  -   University of Texas at Arlington
ARLINGTON, Texas -- The University of Texas at Arlington will launch a new Center for Students in Recovery this fall to provide support, resources and a safe environment for students who are recovering from alcoholism or drug addiction.

The center will operate under the UT Arlington Division of Student Affairs and be funded in part by a $100,000 grant from The University of...

UT Arlington Math Department wins national honor for exemplary Ph.D. program

4/15/2013 12:03 PM EST  -   University of Texas at Arlington
The American Mathematical Society honored UT Arlington for doubling the size of its doctoral program over five years and bolstering those ranks with historically underrepresented student groups, including women and minorities.
The American Mathematical Society has named The University of Texas at Arlington the winner of its 2013 AMS Award for an Exemplary Program or...
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Political activist, actor Kal Penn to speak at UT Arlington’s Graduation Celebra...

4/10/2013 5:30 PM EST  -   University of Texas at Arlington
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Actor, producer and political activist Kal Penn will give this year’s keynote address at UT Arlington’s Graduation Celebration honoring the Class of 2013.

Graduation Celebration is set for Friday, May 10, at the Levitt Pavilion in Founder’s Square, 100 W. Abram St. in downtown Arlington.

The event begins at 7:30 p.m. with live music and free food. The formal program starts at 8 p.m.

The...

University of Texas Arlington, Ilumno Network partner to offer new Spanish-langu...

4/10/2013 3:18 PM EST  -   University of Texas at Arlington
The Public Health program was developed by UT Arlington College of Nursing and represents the college’s first venture into Latin America.
Beginning in May, The University of Texas at Arlington will offer five certificate programs to Latin American, post-secondary students, including a new Certificate in Public Health, in partnership with the Ilumno Network.

UT Arlington will...

Architectural historian Robert Bruegmann to headline UT Arlington’s Second Annua...

4/4/2013 4:40 PM EST  -   University of Texas at Arlington
The symposium highlights the David Dillon Center for Texas Architecture and the legacy of the beloved architecture critic
ARLINGTON – Chicago architecture historian Robert Bruegmann, a provocative figure in urban design, headlines UT Arlington’s Second Annual David Dillon Symposium scheduled April 18-19 in Dallas.

Proceeds benefit the David Dillon Center for Texas Architecture, which was established in 2012 as...