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UT Arlington Programs Help Returning Veterans

Veterans say that one of the toughest things they encounter when they return home is getting back into the swing of things after war. Now the University of Texas at Arlington is helping them do it. UTA is offering programs which provide more counselors to help the returning veterans.

2012/08/10

North Texans With Special Needs Lose The Training Wheels

We all remember the day when we learned to ride a bicycle and the extra achievement when that ride stopped involving training wheels. Helping North Texans with special needs achieve that goal is the focus of a unique week-long event in Arlington.

CBSDFW.COM–2012/07/31

UTA Helping Students With Financial Literacy

Thousands of North Texans are painfully familiar with the issue of student loan debt. Now, students drowning in debt at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) are getting some extra attention.

2012/06/28

Arlington Mayor Robert Cluck. (credit: arlingtontx.gov)

Arlington Wants To Expand Partnership Model To Save Money

The city of Arlington’s Canon Print Center is a concept the city may copy and expand.

2012/05/02

A rally was held for slain teen Trayvon Martin at City Hall in Dallas on March 24, 2012. (Credit: Jason Allen/KTVT)

Students Don Hoodies During Silent March At SMU For Slain Fla. Teen

Seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin may have been killed a thousand miles away in Florida, but for students taking part in a candlelight vigil at SMU Monday night, Martin’s death hits close to home and close to their hearts.

2012/03/26

A view of the basketball court at Texas Hall, the multi-purpose venue on the University of Texas at Arlington campus. (CBSDFW.com photo/Ryan Crowe)

UT Arlington Getting Off Basketball Stage

The UT Arlington basketball teams are getting off the stage — literally.

2012/01/30

A view of the court from the balcony of Texas Hall at UT Arlington. (CBSDFW.com photo/Ryan Crowe)

The Changing Face Of UT Arlington

The University of Texas at Arlington has been quietly rebranding itself over the past few years, and the city of Arlington and many in North Texas are starting to notice.

2012/01/23

UTA Grad Students Get Grant To Make Facebook Faster

At the University of Texas at Arlington, where students often meet face to face to discuss an academic phenomenon, a group of students is working on a social phenomenon that’s aimed to change how we communicate.

2011/11/23

Oklahoma State University women's basketball head coach Kurt Budke and assistant coach Miranda Serna were killed in a plane crash in Arkansas on November 17, 2011. (credit: Oklahoma State University)

OSU Plane Crash Victims Once Led Texas Teams

Two Oklahoma State University basketball coaches, killed in a plane crash, both had ties to Texas. Women’s basketball head coach Kurt Budke and assistant coach Miranda Serna, a graduate of Texas A&M University-Commerce, were killed in Arkansas.

2011/11/18

Milk being poured in to a glass. (credit: Graeme Robertson/Getty Images)

UTA Student’s Idea Powered By Spoiled Milk

UTA engineering student Ben Johnston found out there’s a lot of waste left from marketing something as simple as a gallon of milk.

2011/11/16

UTA Engineering Student Busy Spinning Her Wheels

What could be more exciting than racing a scale version of a Formula One racer? What about starting by designing it from scratch.

2011/11/06

A doctor examines a patient's brain. (credit: Mauricio Lima/AFP/Getty Images)

Veterans At UT Arlington Studying And Being Studied

As Brian Reddin looks over notes on the campus of the University of Texas at Arlington he will be the first to tell you he is not your typical student.

2011/11/04