UTA In The News — Wednesday, February 21, 2018
UTA president featured
UTA President Vistasp Karbhari was featured in a Texas Tribune and Eagle Pass Business Journal article about fixing higher education funding. “Having some type of performance funding tied to each institution’s mission, in addition to a consistent and stable model for funding would benefit Texas students and our economy,” Karbhari said.
Karbhari receives award
UTA President Vistasp Karbhari received an award from the U.S. Pan Asian American Chamber celebration of the Lunar New Year, The Dallas Morning News reported. Chamber president Grace McDermott recognized Karbhari for his support for the local Asian-American community.
Choosing venues
Rebecca Deen, UTA chair of political science, was interviewed by Texas Public Radio about how officials choose venues for primary elections. For those officials, picking the right size of venue is tricky. Deen said there’s some indication that this year's primaries may draw bigger crowds than usual — but who knows. “In some ways it's a guessing game on how many voters they think are going to come to the polls based on previous elections of those kinds, and then they make a determination,” she said.
Changing relationship
Allan Saxe, UTA associate professor of political science, was featured on KTRH 740 AM in Houston discussing the changing relationship between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. “They may not love each other, but they need each other. President Trump needs Ted Cruz. Ted Cruz needs President Trump,” Saxe explained.
UTA Libraries lauded
UTA Libraries Special Collections was praised as a true cartographic center in a WUSF 89.9 FM piece about a new cartographic library in Tampa, Fla. WUSF is the National Public Radio station in Tampa. "There are institutions that foster research and other institutions that have a display component, but you'd have to go to either the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. or the University of Texas at Arlington to see a true cartographic center that does all of those things in the same institution," said Rodney Kite-Powell, Touchton Map Library and Florida Center for Cartographic Education Director.
Future UTA student featured
Future UTA student Yishai Benavides, who is in a project-based research design class at George H.W. Bush New Tech Odessa, is one of many high school students learning skills for when they are in college, the Odessa American reported. Benavides, a 17-year old-senior, has decided to become an electrical engineer and has already been accepted to UTA.