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Donated Rain Barrel Catches Cash and Water for Local Preschool
Students and teachers at First Presbyterian Preschool recently created a work of art using a rain barrel donated by Arlington Water Utilities. After one of the assistant teachers for the two year-olds class painted the barrel, the little artists joined in the fun, making different animals and insects using their fingerprints. This beautiful rain barrel [...]
UT Arlington Art Student Wins Regents Award
A University of Texas at Arlington student has received The University of Texas System Board of Regents’ Outstanding Student Award in Arts and Humanities for his exceptional work in the visual arts. Bryce Bennett was recognized for outstanding two-dimensional work for his photographic series, Beneath andInside Out. Bennett is a senior photography major who works as a [...]
Fonzworth Bentley Encourages UTA Students to Set High Goals
Derek “Fonzworth Bentley” Watkins was the keynote speaker at the Center for African American Studies inaugural conference, which began Thursday night with a reception. Watkins, who held a special session, on etiquette met the students who are a part of the Emerging Scholars Program. Watkins said he really wanted to hit home the power of [...]
UTA Wishes Spaniolo Farewell
Nine years ago, a new UTA president, James Spaniolo, attended a reception to welcome him and bid farewell to his predecessor. He hardly knew anyone then, he said Tuesday. “But today, being in this room with you, I feel like I know you all,” Spaniolo paused, “in a very personal way, because you do so [...]
Race in Context Conference to Feature Hip Hop Artist, TV Host Fonzworth Bentley
The University of Texas at Arlington Center for African American Studies presents its inaugural conference Critical Issues in Black Studies: Race in Context next month. The event will be held May 2-3, 2013 in the Rosebud Theatre of the E. H. Hereford University Center, 300 W. First Street. Keynote speakers, including political analyst Ivory Toldson and entertainer, [...]
UTA Criminology Professor, Students Partner With AISD to Fight Truancy
The University of Texas at Arlington’s Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice is partnering with the Arlington Independent School District to try to better understand and reduce the district’s teenage truancy rates. Jaya Davis, UT Arlington assistant professor of criminology and criminal justice, and 10 of her students are spending two to four hours a week with [...]
Supporting Quality Education
Business leaders, residents, students and families all seek an environment that is rich with opportunities and has a culture of achievement. A successful community requires a variety of support systems and resources that enables the educational system to flourish. In an effort to be more integrated in the learning and educational opportunities in our community, [...]
Actor Kal Penn to Speak at UTA Graduation Celebration
Actor, producer and political activist Kal Penn will give this year’s keynote address at UT Arlington’s Graduation Celebration on Friday, May 10. Penn, 35, is well known for his starring roles in “House,” “24” and the popular “Harold and Kumar” franchise. In 2009 he stopped his acting career midstream to work full-time in politics, joining the Obama [...]
UT Arlington Math Department Wins National Honor
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 recognized the UT Arlington mathematics department for doubling [...]
When Big Ideas Come from Small Places
While walking out of the grocery store with his mother in a downpour so heavy he could barely see their parked car, Dalton Potter was struck with one of those ah-ha moments. What if they had a face spray that forces raindrops to bounce right off, keeping you – and your eyes – dry? Dalton, [...]
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