Shaping a Metropolis

More than 30 years ago, architecture critic David Dillon asked a simple question: Why is Dallas architecture so bad? “Before Reunion Tower and the Hyatt Regency Hotel,” he wrote, “Dallas’ skyline consisted of a flying red horse and a glowing phallic column atop the Republic National Bank, which put it in roughly the same category as Omaha and Indianapolis.

Sparking a Transformation

The grand opening of College Park Center was a night like no other in UT Arlington’s 117-year history, the electricity of the moment rivaled only by the promise of what lay ahead.

Cancer Crusaders

The num­bers are alarm­ing. The National Can­cer Insti­tute esti­mates that almost half the country’s male pop­u­la­tion will have some form of can­cer, as will about one in three women. Though sur­vival rates con­tinue to improve, almost 35 per­cent of Amer­i­cans diag­nosed with can­cer will die within five years. Three UT Arling­ton bio­engi­neer­ing researchers aim to improve those statistics.

Gaming Gets Serious

Emily is 8 months old and has cys­tic fibro­sis. Admit­ted to the hos­pi­tal for a per­sis­tent cough, she hasn’t been gain­ing weight, cries fre­quently, and breathes rapidly. What should the nurse do? The sce­nario is part of iNursingRN.

Love Shack, Baby

Like all old buildings, Brazos House has tales. There’s the one about ROTC cadets in the 1930s or ’40s smuggling a cow on laxatives to the top floor when the place was a barracks called Davis Hall. Another, about 50 years later, purports that someone sneaked in a keg. No doubt UT Arlington’s oldest residence hall has witnessed untold pranks. But it’s a rare building […]