Black History Month News

Black History Month News

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Kay Johnson-winters

Biochemist’s impact on science and students honored

UTA’s Kayunta Johnson-Winters named American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology fellow

Philip Wilson

Program’s expansion boosts student research opportunities

UTA undergraduate research program helps students present their work at academic conferences

Philip Baiden

Researchers uncover surprising link to stroke risk

UTA study finds that Americans over 65 who experienced parental divorce as children are more likely to suffer a stroke

Image shows Letora Anderson alongside her paintings of historically significant Black Americans

A neighborhood’s decline sparked her life’s work

UTA professor Letora Anderson applies personal experience to revitalize communities and guide future landscape architects

UTA Cheerleaders talks to student at Maverick Activity Fair

Celebrate achievements and history all month on campus

With more than 20 events scheduled, education and entertainment on tap to commemorate Black History Month

Photo of UTA provost Tamara Brown

UTA provost chosen for Millennium Leadership Initiative

Tamara L. Brown among 30 higher education leaders selected for national cohort

Tylar Brown and Yavonne Brown

Maverick community celebrates Juneteenth

Fifth annual Juneteenth Celebration hosted at UTA

Portrait of Diane Jones Allen

Diane Jones Allen named to CELA Academy of Fellows

Landscape architecture organization honored professor for work in Black communities

Reby Cary holding a megaphone

Professor’s story told at National World War II Museum

Reby Cary, UTA’s first African American professor, featured in WWII exhibit

Photo of Brandie Green, UTA undergraduate director of public health

‘In public health … we have a big reach’

In UTA Q&A, undergraduate public health director discusses the why behind her work

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