Fresnel Technologies
Optics research has yielded breakthroughs in medical imaging and communications, and UT Arlington’s capacity to explore this growing field is expanding, thanks to a $500,000 endowment established through a gift from Nelson Claytor. The commitment creates a distinguished professorship in the College of Science in honor of Nelson’s father, Richard Claytor, for his role in shaping Fort Worth-based Fresnel Technologies, a leading manufacturer of molded […]
Team Chemistry
Cancer killed 572,000 Americans in 2011. Research to combat the deadly illness and other ailments took a leap forward this spring when Shimadzu Scientific Instruments donated $3 million in equipment to establish the Shimadzu Center for Advanced Analytical Chemistry at UT Arlington. The center contains $6 million worth of state-of-the-art chromatography, mass spectrometry, and spectroscopy equipment. The instruments will be used to research the prevention […]
New Orleans, Louisiana
It’s summer. It’s hot. It’s the kind of heat that wants to knock you flat and scorch everything in its path. What do you do? Danny Mekonnen ’03, founder of Debo Band, has the answer. Listen to any one of the tracks from Debo Band’s self-titled album and you’ll hear it: Moments, even the broiling hot ones, are meant to be celebrated, not endured. Raise your […]
Beacon of Hope
There were those who questioned whether New Orleans would ever recover from Hurricane Katrina. Alumnus Robert Lynch wasn’t one of them. When the massive storm struck the city in 2005, Dr. Lynch was director of the South Central Veterans Affairs Health Care Network, overseeing hospitals in Louisiana and seven other states. Due to the catastrophic flooding caused by infrastructure failure in New Orleans, he had to […]
Boosting Discovery
The battle against cancer and other diseases received a boost recently with a gift from Mike ’69 and Janet Greene. The couple established an endowed professorship with a $125,000 commitment that will double through the University’s Maverick Match program. Electrical engineering Professor J.-C. Chiao, center, has been named the Janet and Mike Greene Endowed Professor in the College of Engineering. Dr. Chiao’s research includes a […]
