UTA Magazine Online

Married to their research—and to each other
Husband-and-wife team brings 'smart skin' expertise to growing NanoFab facility

Brain power surge
Scholarships combined with individualized attention attract National Merit Scholars

Population explosion
Fall enrollment increase tops all four-year universities in Texas

Not bound by borders
Dual social work doctorate with Monterrey university is Mexico's only such offering

Not the same old song and dance
UTA-Ballet Arlington partnership pirouettes toward cultural enrichment

At play with Keith McDowell
Vice president's pastime yields many rocky mountain highs

Feature Stories

The good life

A dramatic increase in campus residents has energized student life and boosted school spirit

Follow six campus residents as they experience six action-packed events during the fall 2002 semester. The journey, which includes stops at a midnight basketball practice, a rock concert and a mud volleyball tournament, illustrates UTA's transformation to a more traditional and residential campus.

Courtside Crazy

They're rowdy ... they're crazy ... they're great. They're the KA Krazies. Oh, and they're shirtless, too, and covered in paint.

Mother Superior

Matriarch Anita Reyes has guided her 9 children on an amazing journey

Anita and Edward Reyes left virtually everything they owned in the Philippines for a better life in the United States. Through hardships and tragedy—including Edward's sudden death—Anita, a 1991 nursing graduate, has inspired her children to succeed. All nine earned college degrees, including four who followed their mother to UTA.