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

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...

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

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...
 

UT Arlington Research Institute launches Assistive Robotics Lab

Industry leaders RE2, QinetiQ North America contribute high-tech robots
FORT WORTH, Texas – Fueled by gifts of high-tech robots from industry leaders, The University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute announces its new Assistive Robotics Lab aimed at advancing robotics for healthcare, first-responder and other applications.

RE2 Inc., a Pittsburgh-based robotics engineering...
 

UT Arlington Police Chief Robert Hayes to retire in 2013

Under Hayes’s leadership, the department achieved accreditation in 2006 through the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators and the Commission on Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies and maintained that status.
ARLINGTON – UT Arlington Police Chief Robert Hayes, who has led the University’s fully accredited campus police department since 2001, has announced plans to retire this...

UT Arlington, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments forge $25.2 million research partn...

The new Institute will include the existing Shimadzu Center for Advanced Analytical Chemistry, the new Center for Imaging and the new Center for Environmental, Forensic and Material Analysis.
The University of Texas System Board of Regents today allocated $7.5 million from the Permanent University Fund toward the formation of the Institute for Research Technologies at UT Arlington, a $25.2 million endeavor that...
 

UT Arlington promotes Carolyn Cason to vice president for research

The former associate nursing dean will have administrative oversight for all University research – now valued at more than $71 million annually – and will lead divisions that manage technology development, intellectual property and the University’s rapidly expanding centers for research excellence.
The University of Texas at Arlington announces the appointment of Carolyn L. Cason, a former associate dean for...

Philanthropic support for UT Arlington climbs to new record

Gifts, commitments increase 55 percent from previous year
ARLINGTON – Philanthropic support for The University of Texas at Arlington has reached a new record with $23.3 million in gifts and commitments for the 2011-2012 fiscal year, an increase of more than 55 percent from the previous year and the largest ever year-end total.

The success was fueled in large part by gifts to boost innovation and technology in...

New study cites UT Arlington’s $13.6 billion impact on Texas

The University fuels 131,200 jobs a year, and its impact on business activity reflects about 4 percent of the North Central Texas economy, the study found.
ARLINGTON – The University of Texas at Arlington has a $13.6 billion total annual impact on the State of Texas and fuels 131,200 jobs a year, according to a new assessment of the University’s operations, research and workforce enhancement effects on business...
 

UT Arlington neural regeneration researcher named 2012 Tech Titan

Mario Romero-Ortega was honored for his work in developing better prosthetic arms that can allow injured military veterans and other amputees greater movement and may restore the sense of touch.
DALLAS -- The Metroplex Technology Business Council has named Mario Romero-Ortega, a UT Arlington bioengineering associate professor and expert in neural regeneration, a 2012 Tech Titan in the Technology Innovator...
 

College Park District debuts new student living space, parking and dining option...

The residential and retail development includes 1,800 parking spaces in three garages to serve the campus community and visitors.
ARLINGTON – UT Arlington move-in day will be exponentially more exciting next week as students take up residence at Vandergriff Hall and The Lofts at College Park and sample new parking garages and restaurants in the new, 20-acre College Park...