Combatting Abuse
The memory of alumna and Arlington police officer Jillian Smith, who was killed in the line of duty last year, will live on through a new UT Arlington professorship. The School of Social Work Advisory Council has created the $250,000 Jillian Michele Smith Professorship in Family Violence Research. Council members committed $125,000 to establish the endowment, believed to be the first of its kind from […]
Blues Ain’t So Bad
They say you have to live the blues to sing the blues. Not so for Jim Ashworth. Life is good for the 1973 business graduate. As vice president of Marshall Career Service, he places senior-level accounting and financial professionals with major corporations in North Texas. He’s a long-term member of the Pinnacle Society, a national organization reserved for the top 75 performers in his field. The […]
Back to the Herd
You’ve heard that “once a Maverick, always a Maverick.” But after you earn your diploma and leave UT Arlington, how do you maintain that Maverick spirit and University pride? It can be difficult to stay engaged when you move away. One solution: a revamped Alumni Association website. Launched in August, the site functions similarly to popular social networking venues but offers more security and more […]
Among Friends
The Friends of the UT Arlington Library has launched a campaign to raise $50,000 to create the Gerald Saxon Dean’s Excellence Endowment. Dr. Saxon, above, stepped down as Library dean in August and will join the History Department as a full-time faculty member. He has taught part time in the department since he came to UT Arlington in 1986 as the director of Special Collections. […]
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 […]
