Zakaria, Cousteau, Kristof and WuDunn open 2016-17 Maverick Speakers Series at UTA presented by Overture DFW
ARLINGTON, Texas — Internationally renowned journalists, an environmentalist and television venture capitalist headline The University of Texas at Arlington’s 2016-17 Maverick Speakers Series. Best-selling author Reza Aslan opens the highly-anticipated season Sept. 13. This year’s lineup also includes “Mr. Wonderful” of ABC’s Shark Tank Kevin O’Leary, CNN political commentator Fareed Zakaria, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Nicolas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, and Alexandra Cousteau, an environmental advocate and granddaughter of famed ocean explorer/filmmaker Jacques Cousteau. Now