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First semesters can shape your future. Handle the rigorous coursework and you’re on the road to graduation and […]
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Alumnus Selected for National ‘Genius Grant’
Roland Fryer ’98 tackles controversial subjects with a straight-ahead rationalism you’d expect from a nationally acclaimed economist. Much of his vast body of research, which has been featured on 60 Minutes and in Time magazine, The New York Times, and numerous other media outlets, focuses on the black-white economic and social divide. In September the MacArthur Foundation named Dr. Fryer one of 22 MacArthur Fellows […]
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Exercise and Weight Management
EXSA 1247
It’s a course that improves the body even as it feeds the mind. Kinesiology Assistant Professor Chris Ray’s popular online offering Exercise and Weight Management helps students develop weight management strategies in a flexible, accessible platform. Students are outfitted with an accelerometer and instructed to use online dietary intake logs that track their daily and semester-long calorie intake. Simultaneously, they are exposed to 15 lessons […]
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Optical Tweezers, 2050
When discussing ways to fight deadly forms of cancer, tweezers rarely enter the conversation. But two UT Arlington researchers are changing that. By manipulating cells with focused laser beams, or optical tweezers, they’re enabling drug-carrying nanoparticles to deliver medicine to cancer cells. Bioengineering Associate Professor Kytai Nguyen and physics Assistant Professor Samarendra Mohanty are part of the interdisciplinary effort in the Biophysics and Physiology Lab […]
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Wired for Recovery
A cross-discipline study helmed by bioengineering Professor Hanli Liu and social work assistant professor Alexa Smith-Osborne will help us understand why some veterans have difficulties learning when they return from their tours of duty. The study will also enable the researchers to explore better treatment for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, and other issues that hamper cognition.
Web Exclusive · June 25, 2011 · Comment ·
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The Business of Fun
As we celebrate 50 years of Six Flags Over Texas, Evelyn Barker, a librarian at UT Arlington, takes us on a mini-tour of “What You Wish The World Could Be,” a special collection exhibition at UT Arlington’s Central Library detailing the early years of Six Flags. The exhibit runs through August 13, 2011.
Web Exclusive · June 24, 2011 · Comment ·
