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Elite Eight

Since 1965 UT Arlington has recognized its most outstanding alumni with the Distinguished Alumni Award. Honored at the 2010 Distinguished Alumni Gala in October were, from left, Clifford Hahne ’82, Robert Irish Jr. ’66, James Ditto ’48-’51, Jean McSweeney ’83, Ignacio Nuñez ’75, Nasser Ahmed Lozi ’79, Thomas Rourke ’74, ’78, and Greg Barron ’91. Ditto received the Distinguished Alumni Service Award, and Lozi received […]

We Are the World

International alumni are making an impact in all corners of the globe

The reach of UT Arlington alumni extends far beyond North Texas. With graduates finding success in 90 countries on six continents—from Mexico to Thailand to Australia—the University’s global reputation as a premier destination for higher education continues to soar. In some cases that reputation approaches royal status. Nasser Ahmed Lozi, who earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering in 1979, serves as chief of the Royal […]

Robotics Revolution

With their surveillance, crowd-control, and intelligence-gathering skills, the tiny robots that UT Arlington researchers are inventing and mass-producing could transform the defense industry.

The slight creature scurrying through the leaves pauses. It darts left to avoid a fallen branch, flattens itself to crawl under yet another branch, them clambers over a pile of refuse before hesitating, as if testing the air. Or scouting an enemy. Or both. As small as it is—smaller and lighter than a deck of cards with legs—it is transporting even smaller creatures that will soon […]

Alumni Gift Matched to Endow Scholarships

Ignacio Nuñez’s parents taught him the value of a good education long before he was a successful Arlington doctor or a UT Arlington Distinguished Alumnus. Now, Dr. Nuñez and his wife, Lynda, are honoring his mother with the Carmen Trujillo Nuñez Pre-Med Scholarship. The couple also have established a second scholarship named after Lynda Nuñez’s mother. The endowment for both scholarships is $50,000, a combination […]

Linked to Longevity

By 2030 Americans 65 or older will represent nearly 20 percent of the country’s population. Novel UT Arlington initiatives exploring exercise, memory, high-tech homes, and caregiving are helping this growing demographic lead healthier, fuller lives.

By 9 a.m. weekdays, the Maverick Activities Center buzzes with students coming and going. Studying in lounge areas and working at computers, they’re a serious lot, focused on the day at hand. The mood is markedly lighter back in the new Center for Healthy Living and Longevity, where 20 people older than 65, some of them strapped into weight vests, walk laps around the gym. An […]