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A Guide to College Life

It is always exciting to start a new chapter in your life in a new city, but there can also be a lot of unknowns one faces. We at UTA Libraries…

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Greene Honored

Members of the Arlington and UTA communities honored Richard Greene for his years of public service and his donation to UTA Libraries at a…

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ALA Conference – Awards, Building Connections, and K-12 

The American Library Association held its annual conference from June 23-28 in Washington DC. This conference consisted of more than 2,000…

Tommy Chambers walks on Arlington State College's campus to register for classes in Fall 1962.

"Change is Upon Us": The Documents of UT-Arlington's Integration in 1962

UTA Special Collections shares university records documenting the history of Integration at UT-Arlington, which was announced on July 10, 1962.…

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Meet Iverlyn Peng, New Coordinator for Administrative Services

I would like to introduce Iverlyn Peng, new Coordinator for administrative services at the University of Texas at Arlington Libraries!

Provost Pranesh Aswath, President Teik Lim, and Dean Rebecca Bichel raise a glass of champagne in front of a Faculty Creative Works banner in Central Library.

President, Provost Join Libraries at Return of Faculty Creative Works Celebration

The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries celebrated the creative, innovative, and scholastic contributions of Maverick faculty with the…

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Extraordinary Resonance: UTA Libraries Exceeds 40 Million Views on Wikimedia Commons

Michael Barera stepped into his role as University and Labor Archivist at the University of Texas at Arlington Libraries Special Collections in…

UTA Libraries Celebrates Opening of ‘A Tribute to Nurses’ Exhibit

The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries welcomed the community to celebrate the opening of “A Tribute to Nurses” in Special Collections in…

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A Tribute to Nurses: UTA and Beyond

An introduction and online companion to Special Collections' nursing exhibit for spring 2022.

A young woman wearing a leopard print headscarf and black face mask gives the Mav Up hand gesture in the U T A Central Library. She is wearing an orange hoodie underneath a gray The North Face jacket.

Biology Major Finds Life in UTA Libraries

Fall 2021 graduate Warda Ashraf applied to work at the University of Texas at Arlington Libraries in part because of the isolation of the COVID-19…

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Students Show Their Maverick Spirit at Return of UTA Libraries Mum Mania

The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries joined the UTA Homecoming festivities with the return of Mum Mania on Nov. 9.

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Homecoming at UTA

A brief history of homecoming at UTA.