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Total solar eclipse at The University of Texas at Arlington was a success.

The countdown continues for the total solar eclipse!

CBS News Texas meteorologist Brittany Rainey was on campus today interviewing a few of our faculty and staff on the science and history behind the upcoming cosmic phenomenon.

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Honored to be a finalist alongside these great journalists for the work done last year.

Come view the total solar eclipse at UTA during our watch party April 8!

This event will be open to the public, and the community can enjoy food trucks, an audio program featuring eclipse experts from UTA’s faculty, and more.

To learn more, go to uta.edu/planetarium/ec….

Less than 10% of Texas' 140 universities are led by women in both the president and provost positions. The University of Texas at Arlington is one of them. Read our feature on Jennifer Cowley and Dr. Tamara L. Brown Tamara Brown. #WomensHistoryMonth
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Through circumstances outside of my family’s control, my nephew, Ricardo, and my niece, Naomi, are both facing challenges no child should endure.

UT Arlington's celestial exhibit features ancient solar eclipse interpretations fox4news.com/news/solar-ecl…

We are breaking ground for Maverick Hall, the University’s largest and tallest residence hall, at 654 beds and five stories.

Construction is expected to finish by summer 2025.

Read the full UTA story at bit.ly/3OZLt6E.

In The Conversation U.S.: Matthew K. Robison, assisant psycholgy professor at UT Arlington, writes about how to reduce mental fatigue and improve focus by striving for specific goals and marking off when you complete them: theconversation.com/mental-fatigue… UTA Science

More cuts are coming to Fort Worth ISD.

The superintendent told staff today about budget and staffing cuts, and the school board is expected to consider supporting the cuts tomorrow.

More from me and Matthew Sgroi: fortworthreport.org/2024/02/12/for… #txed #txlege

Border security overpowers school vouchers and Paxton impeachment in Republican Texas House primaries texastribune.org/2024/02/09/tex… #txlege

For more than a decade, The Texas Tribune has served as an essential watchdog in our state, covering and demystifying state politics and policy for all Texans through news coverage, voter guides, and live events.

Today we are forming a union: @texastribuneguild.

I want a secure future for The Texas Tribune. That’s why I’m joining the Texas Tribune Guild’s unionization effort.

We want to work with management in shaping the organization’s next chapter and we believe we deserve a seat at the table.

New: Jeff Yass, the national GOP megadonor whose top issue is school vouchers, gave Greg Abbott a $6 million check on Dec. 18, per Abbott’s just-filed campaign finance report. #txlege

New: AFC Victory Fund, the American Federation for Children super PAC, announces the first round of House Republicans it’ll target in the primary:
- Allison
- Bailes
- Clardy
- Darby
- Rogers
- Shine
AFC says it’ll “deploy all necessary resources to hold these legislators accountable.” #txlege

Gov. Greg Abbott is starting to make good on his threat to politically target fellow Republicans who oppose school vouchers.

The governor on Tuesday backed Hillary Hickland, an activist mother who is running against Rep. Hugh Shine. bit.ly/47ASe6e