Message from the Editor
First semesters can shape your future. Handle the rigorous coursework and you鈥檙e on the road to graduation and career success. Venture beyond the classroom and you make friendships that last a lifetime.
UT Arlington鈥檚 Class of 2017 arrived this fall full of energy, excitement, and ambition. It鈥檚 a notable class鈥攖he first under Vistasp Karbhari, who became UT Arlington鈥檚 eighth president in June. As you鈥檒l read in our conversation with President Karbhari, he shares the students鈥� enthusiasm and is committed to providing them a top-tier education that instills creativity and innovation.
Themes of newness and distinction pervade this issue. A study by the New America Foundation named UT Arlington one of six 鈥淣ext Generation Universities.鈥� The Chronicle of Higher Education ranked UT Arlington seventh on its list of fastest-growing public research universities. And U.S. News & World Report ranked us as the nation鈥檚 fifth most ethnically diverse campus.
is among a handful of students worldwide to win two Amelia Earhart Fellowships, awarded annually to women pursuing doctoral degrees in aerospace engineering. Henderson also received a highly competitive National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to locate space debris and determine how to maneuver around it.
features the research of four professors who are exploring ways to preserve the world鈥檚 water supply and protect it from toxins and other dangers. Even the old becomes new as we take a through essays written by students here 50 years聽ago.
Beginnings offer hope, and the dawn of an academic year with a new president is an ideal time to elevate our aspirations. To paraphrase Dr. Karbhari, we have the opportunity to dream big dreams and work together to make them come聽true.