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UT Arlington, Arlington ISD collaborate for STEM Academy

A new UT Arlington, Arlington school district collaboration will create a STEM Academy for high school students, starting in 2015.ARLINGTON – A new partnership between The University of Texas at Arlington and the Arlington Independent School District will offer high school students classroom and enrichment experiences that put them on a path to success in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. The new STEM Academy will open in August 2015 at Martin High School, with students from across the district selected the previous spring. When the program is fully implemented,

UT Arlington teams with Mansfield, Grand Prairie school districts to help more students earn college degrees

The collaborative program provides qualified high school students deferred early admission provided they earn their diploma and meet other criteria.The University of Texas at Arlington announces new partnerships with the Grand Prairie and Mansfield school districts for a significant expansion of Bound for Success, the early admissions initiative aimed at increasing the number of high school students who earn a college degree. The collaborative program provides high-achieving students deferred, unconditional admission provided they graduate with a recognized college preparatory diploma

National health care education leader Anne Bavier appointed UT Arlington nursing dean

Former University of Connecticut School of Nursing dean is president-elect of the National League for Nursing.The University of Texas at Arlington has named Anne Bavier, a nationally recognized health care leader who has held posts at top ranked universities and at the National Institutes of Health, as the new dean of the College of Nursing. Bavier previously served as dean of the University of Connecticut School of Nursing in Storrs, Conn. and also served as dean of nursing at Saint Xavier University in Chicago. She is president-elect of the National League for Nursing, which includes

UT Arlington enrollment exceeds 34,000 for the first time

Students continue to flock to engineering, online nursing and education programsUT Arlington enrollment for the Spring 2014 semester has climbed to a record 34,249 students, buoyed by strong growth in the College of Engineering and sustained demand for College of Nursing programs, preliminary reports show. The University’s total enrollment including students who are enrolled online but who live outside the state of Texas is nearly 38,000. Enrollment will continue to increase throughout the spring as new sections of popular online nursing and education programs begin. The strong

Texas Trust Credit Union Signs on as a Major Sponsor of UT Arlington Intercollegiate Athletics

Sponsorship is first of its kind for UT Arlington, Texas TrustThe University of Texas at Arlington has named Texas Trust Credit Union the official credit union sponsor of the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics. The seven-year, strategic partnership is the largest sponsorship agreement in UT Arlington athletic program history. Through the agreement, Texas Trust  gains marketing and promotional rights through the University’s athletic programs. The credit union will open a branch in the University’s 20-acre College Park

UT Arlington wins federal funding to help veterans become nurses

The College of Nursing will use the grant to expand and adapt its popular online BSN program to educate pre-licensure nurses with military backgrounds that included medical training.Federal officials who aim to help veterans translate their military service into nursing careers have awarded a grant of almost $300,000 to the UT Arlington College of Nursing for to increase enrollment and graduation rates for veterans. Kelly Bowman, a 2003 graduate of the UT Arlington College of Nursing who served nine years active duty in the Navy, was deployed in Iraq and other areas of the Middle East.

Vistasp Karbhari takes helm as eighth president of The University of Texas at Arlington

Karbhari will lead an institution recognized for its world-class research program, attracting top-tier students and faculty members and garnering international attention for its successful online initiatives and diverse student population.ARLINGTON, TX – Vistasp Karbhari, the former provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at The University of Alabama in Huntsville and a renowned engineer and researcher in composite materials and structural engineering, begins his tenure today as the eighth president of The University of Texas at Arlington. Karbhari succeeds James D.

Khosrow Behbehani named dean of the UT Arlington College of Engineering

The University of Texas at Arlington College of Engineering serves more than 4,000 students, includes more than 200 faculty members and has total research expenditures exceeding $30.6 million.ARLINGTON – Khosrow Behbehani, a noted biomedical researcher, inventor and chairman of the UT Arlington Department of Bioengineering, has been appointed dean of the University’s College of Engineering. Behbehani joined The University of Texas at Arlington in 1985 and has served as chairman of his department since 2002. He holds nine patents, with one patent pending, and is a fellow of the National

UT Arlington appoints Arlington Deputy Police Chief Kim Lemaux as next University Police Chief

Lemaux is a UT Arlington alumna with more than three decades of law enforcement experience and expertise in training, operations and event safety management.Kim Lemaux, an Arlington, Texas, deputy police chief with more than three decades of law enforcement experience and expertise in training, operations and event safety management, has been named chief of the UT Arlington Police Department. Lemaux is a UT Arlington alumna who earned her undergraduate degree in business management. She is currently working toward a master’s degree in security management through American Public

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 Achievement in a Mathematics Department. The award honors the mathematics department at UT Arlington as a model of excellence among the group’s 570 member institutions. The Society

University of Texas Arlington, Ilumno Network partner to offer new Spanish-language certificate programs in Latin America

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 offer professional certificates developed by the University’s Division of Enterprise Development  in Global Supply Chain Management;

UT Arlington Research Institute launches Assistive Robotics Lab

Industry leaders RE2, QinetiQ North America contribute high-tech robotsFORT 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 firm associated with Carnegie Mellon University, has given UT Arlington a robotic nursing assistant – a mobile manipulative device with two arms that can aid nurses with physically

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 spring. Chief Hayes has directed a staff of 138, including 38 sworn officers, and managed a budget of more than $5 million. After a distinguished, 45-year law enforcement career,

UT Arlington, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments forge $25.2 million research partnership

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 will transform research capabilities and STEM education throughout the UT System and Texas. The Institute is a collaboration of The University of Texas at Arlington and Shimadzu

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 research in the College of Nursing, as vice president for research. In her new role, Cason will have administrative oversight for all University research – now valued at more than $71

Philanthropic support for UT Arlington climbs to new record

Gifts, commitments increase 55 percent from previous yearARLINGTON – 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 the University’s College of Science. UT Arlington also benefitted from philanthropists who established endowments to support faculty and research in the College of Engineering and

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 activity by The Perryman Group. UT Arlington’s impact reflects about 4 percent of the North Central Texas economy, the study found. Economic activity associated with the University

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 category. Mario Romero-Ortega, associate professor of bioengineering, has been named a 2012 Tech Titan. The council is the largest technology trade association in Texas. It has about

College Park District debuts new student living space, parking and dining options at UT Arlington

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 District  development. The residential and retail development includes 1,800 parking spaces in three garages to serve students living on campus, patrons of restaurants and retail outlets

UT Arlington micropunching lithography project could yield pliable cell phone, laptops

The process is used to create lightweight, low-cost and more flexible polymer-based devices that have the potential to replace silicon-based materials commonly used in computers and other electronic devices.UT Arlington professor Cheng Luo can envision the day that a flexible cell phone could be folded and placed in a pocket like a billfold or that a laptop computer could be rolled up and stored. Through an active $300,000 National Science Foundation grant, the mechanical and aerospace engineering professor is developing a process called “micropunching lithography.” The process is used

James Franco, College Park Center ceremonies highlight UT Arlington Commencement Week 2012

ARLINGTON – The University of Texas at Arlington will confer a record number of degrees during Commencement Week 2012, which will be highlighted by a free, community festival featuring fireworks and remarks by award-winning actor James Franco. Graduation Celebration begins at 8 p.m. Friday, May 11, with speakers, music and food at the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Arlington, 100 W. Abram St. Graduates, their families and friends and supporters are encouraged to attend. For the first time, most UT Arlington commencement ceremonies will be staged at College Park Center 

UT Arlington to partner with White House for LGBT conference  on Safe Schools and Communities

The March 20 conference will feature keynote remarks from Attorney General Eric Holder.The White House has announced that it will partner with The University of Texas at Arlington for a March 20 LGBT Conference on Safe Schools and Communities, an event that will feature remarks from Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. and Valerie B. Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Obama. The conference is co-hosted by the White House Office of Public Engagement and the U.S. Department of Justice in partnership with the UT Arlington Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice 

Superstar Drake to headline first concert at UT Arlington’s new College Park Center

The show is sponsored in part by the Division of Student Affairs; as such, ticket sales will be restricted to UT Arlington students, faculty and staff. Tickets  will be available beginning Jan. 19.ARLINGTON – The University of Texas at Arlington announced Tuesday that Grammy-nominated superstar Drake will perform March 2, 2012 in what will be the inaugural concert for the new $78 million College Park Center. The artist announced Tuesday that he had added UT Arlington to his 17-city North American Club Paradise Tour, which kicks off Valentine’s Day in Miami and wraps up March 11 in San

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