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University of North Texas President Neal Smatresk. [Image sources: Smatresk, Gary Payne/UNT Photo; background, DI Studio]
Next Chapter: University of North Texas President Neal Smatresk Announces Plans to Step Down
by Quincy Preston | Feb 6, 2024
Neal Smatresk's decade at UNT sparked big changes and growth, boosting its standing in academics and research. From "record-breaking enrollment" to "making UNT the highest-ranked Tier One institution in the North Texas region," his tenure marks transformation across multiple fronts.
by Quincy Preston |
Nov 2, 2023
The new on-campus facility at the University of Arlington will be a major upgrade in research infrastructure for the Texas Tier One institution. A focus of the new center will be pressing issues in brain health.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 17, 2023
China dominates rare earth metals, controlling 60% of global production. A new $300K National Science Foundation grant enables a team of chemists, engineers, and materials scientists at UT Arlington to diversify and strengthen the U.S. supply chain.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 31, 2023
Emma Yang, an industrial engineering expert, will use the funds to purchase 3-D hybrid manufacturing equipment that can print metals and alloys. UT Arlington calls the equipment critical to the education of the next generation of scientists and engineers.
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![Shirin Nilizadeh, a University of Texas at Arlington researcher is working on the vulnerabilities of AI to online misrepresentation. Misrepresentation is part of the word cloud that depicts artificial intelligence challenges. [Sources: DI, Illustration Rob Wilson/Shutterstock]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/AI-Word-Cloud_970_Shutterstock-DIedit-940x436.jpg)
[Sources: DI, Illustration Rob Wilson/Shutterstock]
UTA Researcher Gets $568K NSF Grant To Explore AI Systems’ Vulnerability to Misinformation
by David Seeley | Jun 8, 2023
The whole world's abuzz about the wonders of ChatGPT, Bard, and other generative AI systems. But there's also buzz about AI's many dangers. See how adversaries might try to "poison" these systems with false information—and what UT Arlington's Shirin Nilizadeh is doing to protect the systems from attack.
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by David Seeley |
May 10, 2023
UTA alumnus Kelcy Warren, executive chairman and chairman of the board of directors of Dallas-based Energy Transfer LP, has made a $12 million gift to help elevate UT Arlington to the forefront of the growing resource and energy engineering (REE) field. "Texas faces a critical need for highly skilled graduates who can manage energy resources," Warren says, "and this innovative REE program will help meet that demand.”
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 5, 2022
John R. Davidson has been named vice president for business and finance and chief financial officer at The University of Texas at Arlington.
“As vice president for business and finance and CFO, John will serve as a key leader in helping UTA be one of the nation’s most inclusive and impactful research universities,” UTA President Jennifer Cowley said in a statement....
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by Alex Edwards |
Sep 10, 2020
COVID-19 delayed the opening of a 3D-printed display from Lyda Hill Philanthropies IF/THEN Initiative of the most statues of women ever assembled. Starting Sept. 10, the exhibit is instead doing a pop-up near Macy’s Court.
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[Photo: Courtesy UT Southwestern Medical Center]
Discovery: UTSW Studies Existing Drugs to Fight COVID-19, UTA Researches Economic Abuse
by Lance Murray | Mar 20, 2020
Check out our weekly roundup on research and development activities by North Texas organizations to stay up-to-date on the important work.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 21, 2020
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you’ll read about a study led by researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington that could lead to better treatment for osteoporosis, and the Center for BrainHealth seeking pilot phase participants.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 7, 2020
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you'll also find out how a team at UT Dallas is repurposing an old MRI contrast agent to eliminate the need for using heavy metals.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 6, 2019
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you’ll also read about how Caris Life Sciences is offering a new tool to evaluate hereditary cancer risks.
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Nerve fibers (green) and progenitor/stem cells (magenta) in cleared bone marrow from a mouse [Image: The Fiolka laboratory and the Microscopy Innovation Laboratory, UTSW]
Discovery: UTSW’s Hi-Res Microscope Produces Better Images; UNT Prof Finds Polluted Air Can Cause Weight Gain
by Lance Murray | Nov 8, 2019
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you'll also find out about a UTA researcher's extensive study that shows no link between violent video games and acts of violence.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 1, 2019
Also in this weekly roundup of research and development news, you’ll find out how $500,000 in grants is helping a UTA research team study bridges’ effects on stream ecology and safety during floods.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 24, 2019
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you’ll also find out why an important computing society recognized a UNT associate dean for her scientific contributions.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 18, 2019
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you’ll also find out how UTA is using water fleas to study infertility.
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