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This is a chronological list of films and television programs that have been recognised as being pioneering in their use of computer animation.
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1 1960s
2 1970s
3 1980s
4 1990s
5 2000s
6 2010s
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
1960s[edit]
Film
Year
Notes
Rendering of a planned highway 1961 In 1960, a 49-second vector animation of a car traveling down a planned highway at 110 km/h was created at the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology on the BESK computer. The short animation was broadcast on November 9, 1961 on national television.[1][2]
Hummingbird 1967 A ten-minute computer animated film by Charles Csuri and James Shaffer. This was awarded a prize at the 4th annual International Experimental Film Competition in Brussels, Belgium and in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York City. The subject was a line drawing of a hummingbird for which a sequence of movements appropriate to the bird were programmed. Over 30,000 images comprising some 25 motion sequences were generated by the computer.[3][4]
Kitty 1968 A group of Soviet mathematicians and physicists headed by N. Konstantinov created a mathematically computable model of the physics of a moving cat. The algorithms were programmed on the BESM-4 computer. The computer then printed hundreds of frames to be later converted to film.[5][6][7] An accompanying scientific paper describes the foundation of the employed physics simulation techniques that nowadays are commonly applied to animation films and computer games.[8]
1970s[edit]
Film
Year
Notes
Metadata 1971 This is an experimental 2D animated short drawn on a data tablet by Peter Foldes, who used the world's first key frame animation software, invented by Nestor Burtnyk and Marceli Wein.[9][10][11][12]
A Computer Animated Hand 1972 Produced by Ed Catmull, the short demonstrates a computer animated hand, as well as human faces. Added to the United States National Film Registry in 2011.
Westworld 1973 First use of 2D computer animation in a significant entertainment feature film. The point of view of Yul Brynner's gunslinger was achieved with raster graphics.[13][14]
The Six Million Dollar Man 1974 First television series to use CGI in the intro.
Faces (Faces & Body Parts) 1974 Fred Parke's thesis film on facial modeling at the University of Utah.[15]
Great 1975 The Oscar-winning 1975 short animated film about the life of the Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel contains a brief sequence of a rotating wire-frame model of Brunel's final project, the iron steam ship SS Great Eastern.
Futureworld 1976 First use of 3D computer graphics for animated hand and face. Used 2D digital compositing to materialize characters over a background.[14]
Star Wars 1977 Used an animated 3D wire-frame graphic for the trench run briefing sequence. Added to the United States National Film Registry in 1989.
The Black Hole 1979 Used raster wire-frame model rendering for the open credits depicting a 3D wireframe of a black hole.[16]
Alien Used raster wire-frame model rendering for navigation monitors in the landing sequence.[14] Added to the United States National Film Registry in 2002.
1980s[edit]
Film
Year
Notes
Looker 1981 First CGI human character, Cindy. Also, first use of 3D-shaded CGI.[16][17]
The Works 1982 The New York Institute of Technology Computer Graphics Lab premiered a trailer at SIGGRAPH for their CGI project. This would have been the first feature-length CGI film, but it was never completed.
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ILM computer graphics division develops "Genesis Effect", the first use of a fractal-generated landscape in a film.[18] Bill Reeves leads the Genesis Effect programming team, and creates a new graphics technique called "Particle Systems".
Tron First extensive use (15 minutes fully computer generated) of 3D CGI including the famous Light Cycle sequence.[19] Also includes very early facial animation (for the Master Control Program).
Golgo 13 1983 First animated film to incorporate CGI sequences.[20] Entirely digital models of revolvers, skeletons, helicopters, and skyscrapers (created by Toyo Links Corporation and Osaka University's CG division) are used in the film's title sequence and part of the climax; the remainder of the film is traditionally animated by Tokyo Movie Shinsha.
Dream Flight First 3D generated film telling a story, shown in Electronic Theater in SIGGRAPH ‘83
Rock & Rule First Western animated film to use computer graphics.[21]
The Last Starfighter 1984 Uses CGI for all spaceship shots, replacing traditional models. First use of "integrated CGI" where the effects are supposed to represent real world objects.[21]
Lensman: Secret of The Lens Uses CGI for spaceships and other scenes.
The Adventures of André and Wally B. Lucasfilm's computer animation division creates an all-CGI-animated short. The first CGI animation with motion blur effects and squash and stretch motion.
2010: The Year We Make Contact Jupiter's turbulent atmosphere is CGI-rendered, mostly during the black spot shots.
Tony de Peltrie 1985 First CGI-animated human character to express emotion through his face and body language.[22]
Young Sherlock Holmes Lucasfilm creates the first photorealistic CGI character, "stained glass knight" with 10 seconds of screentime.[23][24]
"Money for Nothing" The first computer-generated music video.[24] The animators would go on to found Mainframe Entertainment.
Flight of the Navigator 1986 The first use of reflection mapping in a feature film, used for the flying alien spacecraft.[24]
Labyrinth First realistic CGI animal.[24]
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home First use of the Cyberware 3D scanner, first 3D morphing.[24]
Luxo Jr. First use of shadows in CGI, made with the specially developed software Photorealistic Renderman. First Pixar film, and first CGI film to be nominated for an Academy Award. Added to the United States National Film Registry in 2014.
The Golden Child First use of primitive photorealistic morphing.[25]
Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future 1987 First TV series to include characters modeled entirely with computers.
Knightmare First game show with interaction between humans and computer-generated surroundings.
Rendez-vous in Montreal First 3D generated film involving virtual actors Marilyn Monroe and Humphrey Bogart
Willow 1988 First extensive photorealistic use of morphing effect in a feature film.[26]
Akira CGI is used to animate the pattern indicator, and to plot the paths of falling objects, model parallax effects on backgrounds, and tweak lighting and lens flares.[20]
Tin Toy First computer-animated short film to win an Oscar. Added to the United States National Film Registry in 2003.
The Abyss 1989 First digital 3D water effect.[27]
The Jim Henson Hour TV series with real-time and rendered CGI featuring digitally puppeteered CG character "Waldo."
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade First all-digital composite.[27]
Les Fables géométriques First broadcast series of animated CGI shorts.
1990s[edit]
Film
Year
Notes
Die Hard 2 1990 First digitally-manipulated matte painting.[27]
RoboCop 2 An early use of real-time computer graphics or "digital puppetry" to create a character in a motion picture.[28]
Backdraft 1991 First use of photorealistic CGI fire in a motion picture.[28]
Terminator 2: Judgment Day First realistic human movements on a CGI character.[27] The first partially computer-generated main character and the first blockbuster movie to feature multiple morphing effects.[29] First use of a personal computer to create major movie 3D effects.
Death Becomes Her 1992 First human skin CGI software.[27]
Jurassic Park 1993 First photorealistic CG creatures.[27]
Live & Kicking First TV program to feature a live computer-generated character as part of its cast.
VeggieTales First completely computer animated direct-to-video release.
Babylon 5 First television series to use CGI as the primary method for its visual effects. First TV use of virtual sets.
Insektors[30] First fully computer animated TV series. First use of character animation in a computer animated television series.
Radioland Murders 1994 First use of virtual CGI sets with live actors.[31]
ReBoot First half-hour computer animated TV series.[32]
The Flintstones First CGI-rendered fur.[27]
The Crow First deceased actor (Brandon Lee) to be re-created through CGI.
Waterworld 1995 First realistic CG water.[27]
Casper First CGI lead character in a feature-length live-action film, and first CGI characters to interact realistically with live actors.
Toy Story First CGI feature-length animation. Added to the United States National Film Registry in 2005.
Cassiopeia 1996 A Brazilian CGI animated feature film produced and released by NDR Filmes in Brazil on April 1, 1996. First CGI feature-length animation that did not use scanned models for heads.
The Island of Dr. Moreau First film to use motion capture CGI to portray a character.
DragonHeart First 2D all-CGI backgrounds with live actors. First film to use ILM's Caricature software (created during the film's production).
Beast Wars: Transformers First CGI Transformers animated series produced by Mainframe Entertainment. Sequel to the original Transformers.
Star Wars (Episodes IV, V and VI Special Editions) 1997 First re-release of a film to incorporate CGI characters and elements.
Marvin the Martian in 3D First CG film created for viewing with 3D glasses.
Titanic First wide-release feature film with major elements rendered under the open-source Linux operating system.[33] Also included a number of advances, specifically in the rendering of flowing water.
A Bug's Life 1998 First CG anamorphic widescreen film. First all-digital transfer to DVD. First film to be reframed for home video releases.
Invasion: Earth First major use of digital effects in a British TV series
What Dreams May Come First use of 3D CGI in combination with 3D location scanning (Lidar) and motion-analysis based 3D camera tracking in a feature film.
Fight Club 1999 First photogrammetry based virtual cinematography scenes, including the first bullet time sex scene with fully naked body renderings of famous actors in leading roles (Helena Bonham Carter, Brad Pitt); renderings of different settings with both extreme close-ups and wide shots; and the first very photorealistic close-up rendering of a human face - which also belongs to a famous actor in a leading role (Edward Norton) - with detailed facial deformation and extreme close-ups (starting at the cell-level of the brain, flying through the different layers of tissues, a follicle and the skin with sweat droplets).
The Matrix First use of CG interpolation with bullet time effects. Added to the National Film Registry in 2012.
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace First film to use CG extensively for thousands of shots, including backgrounds, environmental effects, vehicles, and crowds. Several CG characters stood alongside real actors in dozens of shots, making them the first CG "supporting" cast members.
2000s[edit]
Film
Year
Notes
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within 2001 First feature-length digital film to be made based on photorealism and live action principles. The first theatrically released feature film to utilize performance capture (motion capture) for all of its characters actions.[34]
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius First CGI feature-length movie made using off-the-shelf hardware and software.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring First use of AI for digital actors (using the Massive software developed by Weta Digital).
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002 First virtual actor to win an award (Critics' Choice Movie Awards by Andy Serkis playing Gollum), in the newly created category Best Digital Acting Performance
Ice Age First full-length feature animated film exclusively rendered with a ray tracer (CGI Studio).[35]
The Matrix Reloaded 2003 The Burly Brawl - the first use of "Universal Capture", the combination of dense (rather than point-based) motion capture, per-frame texture capture and optical flow of pixels over the data from 7 camera setup bought into a shared UV space by projection onto a neutral expression geometry leading to the introduction of realistic digital look-alikes, last missing piece into puzzle to make fully virtual cinematography possible.
Able Edwards 2004 First movie shot completely on a green screen using digitally scanned images as backgrounds.
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow First movie with all-CGI backgrounds and live actors.[36]
The Polar Express First computer-animated 3D film to be created with motion capture.
Elephants Dream 2006 First CGI short movie released as completely open source. Made with Open Source software, theatrical and DVD release under Creative Commons License.[37] Unique that all 3D models, animatics and software are included on the DVD free for any use.
Flatland 2007 First CGI feature film to be animated by one person. Made with Lightwave 3D and Adobe After Effects.[38]
Plumíferos 2009 First CGI feature-length movie made using Open Source/Free Software for all 3D models, animation, lighting and render process, under GNU/Linux operating system.
Avatar First full-length movie made using performance capture to create photorealistic 3D characters and to feature a fully CG 3D photorealistic world. The first virtual art department and complete virtual production pipeline was developed by director James Cameron and team to create the film in real-time.
Up First computer-animated feature to be nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture.
2010s[edit]
Film
Year
Notes
Toy Story 3 2010 First CGI feature-length movie to gross more than $1 billion.
See also[edit]
Animation
List of computer-animated films
List of computer-animated television series
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Du Rietz, Peter (20 December 2016). "Svensk datorhistoria – 1960-talet" [Swedish computer history - 1960s]. Tekniska museet (in Swedish). Tekniska museet. Retrieved 17 January 2017. In front of the oscilloscope mounted a 35 mm camera with extended magazine on a custom-made stand. The camera was controlled automatically by computer, which sent a signal to the camera when a new image has been fed on the oscilloscope. In the Nordic ADB, who counted a lot and release data stewed, they had realized that they had all the coordinates to draw perspective from the driver's seat. They took as an example of this in the future how the then nyprojekterade motorway towards Nacka, outside Stockholm, would look like. With the camera in front of the oscilloscope, they could snap a picture every twenty meters of the virtual road. The result was a 30 second fictitious trip in the virtual highway at a speed of 110 km/h. The film was transferred to 16 mm format and made in 100 copies. Technical Museum is the only known surviving copy of the film in the collections. On the film roll box says that it is the first computer-drawn film in the world. There is little other evidence that this is actually true, and that this is the world's first computer animation. The film aired on the best time in the TV November 9, 1961 in news program News.
Jump up ^ "Världens äldsta datoranimation?" on YouTube
Jump up ^ Csuir, Charles. "Hummingbird, 1967". ACM SIGGRAPH. ACM SIGGRAPH. Retrieved 17 January 2017. We completed a ten minute computer animated film entitled Hummingbird. The subject was a line drawing of a hummingbird for which a sequence of movements appropriate to the bird were outlined. Over 30,000 images comprising some 25 motion sequences were generated by the computer. For these, selected sequences were used for the film. A micro-film plotter recorded the images directly to film. To facilitate control over the motion of some sequences, the programs were written to read all the controlling parameters from cards, one card for each frame. Curve fit or other date generating programs were used to punch the parameter decks. We also built a windowing option into our plot subroutine. []
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Jump up ^ "Кошечка" [Kitty]. Mathematical Etudes (in Russian). Mathematical Etudes Foundation. Retrieved 17 January 2017. More than 40 years ago in 1968... A team led by Nikolai Nikolaevich Konstantinov created a mathematical model of the motion of the animal (a cat). The computer BESM-4 carried out the computation of an ordinary written program (in the mathematical sense) differential equations, drawing cartoon "Kitty" showing even by modern standards one of the most amazing animation movements of a cat ever created by computer.
Jump up ^ Quigley, Robert (22 March 2010). ""Kitty": One of the First-Ever Computer Animations". The Mary Sue. The Mary Sue, LLC. Retrieved 19 January 2017. “Kitty” is one of the first computer animations ever made: It was produced in Russia in 1968 under the direction of one N.Konstantinov, who led a team of physicists and mathematicians to produce something that looks a bit like an ASCII art flipbook today, but must have been remarkable at the time given the state of computing technology.
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The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA or UT Arlington)[6] is a public research university located in Arlington, Texas, midway between Dallas and Fort Worth. The spring 2017 campus enrollment consisted of 41,933 students making it the largest university in North Texas and fourth largest in Texas.[3] The University is the third largest producer of college graduates in Texas and offers over 180 baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral degree programs.[7][8]
The Carnegie Foundation classifies UT Arlington as one of 115 universities that are "R-1: Doctoral Universities – Highest Research Activity."[9] The Chronicle of Higher Education named UT Arlington one of the fastest growing public research universities in the nation.[10] The Center for World University Rankings places the University among the top 170 in the U.S. for best overall institution in 2017.[11]
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4 Student life
4.1 Student profile
4.2 Residential life
4.3 Traditions
4.4 Greek life
5 Athletics
5.1 Varsity sports
5.2 UTA Cheer
5.3 Sports rivalries
6 Notable people
6.1 University leaders
6.2 Former students, Alumni/ Alumnae
7 See also
8 Notes
9 References
10 External links
History[edit]
Establishment (1895–1916)[edit]
An undated image of the first building on the campus of Arlington College
The university traces its roots back to the opening of Arlington College in September 1895. Arlington College was established as a private school for primary through secondary level students, equivalent to the modern 1st–10th grades. At the time, the public school system in the city of Arlington was underfunded and understaffed.[12] Local merchant Edward Emmett Rankin organized fellow citizens of the city to donate materials and land to build a schoolhouse where the modern campus is now located.[13]
Rankin also convinced the two co-principals of the public school in Arlington, Lee Morgan Hammond and William H. Trimble, to invest in and hold the same positions at Arlington College. In the first few years, between 75 and 150 students were enrolled in the college. The public school began to rent space at Arlington College, and was eventually sold to the city in 1900. The public school building became so unsafe that all of the space in Arlington College was rented for the 1901–1902 school year until the creation of the Arlington Independent School District in 1902. Although the public education system was set to improve, Arlington College was closed and the property was sold to James McCoy Carlisle.
Bird's-eye painting of Carlisle Military Academy, 1911
Carlisle was already established as a respected educator in the North Texas region, and he opened the Carlisle Military Academy in the fall of 1902. His program consisted of a balance between course work and military training. Enrollment increased to 150 students by 1905, and he began a large expansion of the campus. Baseball, football, basketball, and track teams were begun between 1904–1908. Around the same time, new barracks, a track, a gymnasium, and an indoor pool were built. The academy became known as one of the best at its level in the country.[13] Unfortunately, enrollment did not continue to increase with the expansion in facilities and Carlisle ran into serious financial problems.
Lawsuits for the mortgages on the property were filed in 1911, and Carlisle Military Academy was closed in 1913. In the fall of 1913, Henry Kirby Taylor moved from Missouri where he was president of the Northwest State Teachers' College to set up another military academy called Arlington Training School.[14] He also was required to manage the finances and campus for the property owners. By the 1914–1915 school year, the campus contained 11 buildings on 10 acres (40,000 m2) of land with 95 students enrolled.[15] The school was incorporated in 1915 in order to raise funds to make improvements to the existing buildings, but more financial problems arose and another series of lawsuits were filed. Taylor left Arlington, and the property owners hired John B. Dodson to establish a third military academy for the 1916–1917 school year called Arlington Military Academy. Enrollment was apparently very low,[13] and Arlington Military Academy closed after one year.
The Science Building at the North Texas Agricultural College in 1941. The building was constructed in 1928 and has since been renamed Preston Hall. It is one of the oldest surviving structures on the campus of the University of Texas at Arlington.
Texas A&M University System (1917–1965)[edit]
NTAC Corps of Cadets on the campus quad, 1920s.
Since the turn of the 20th century, the prospects for turning the campus into a public, junior vocational college had been discussed. By 1917, the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas in College Station was overcrowded and had only one branch campus, Prairie View A&M. Vincent Woodbury Grubb, a lawyer and education advocate, organized Arlington officials to lobby the state legislature to create a new junior college.[16] The Arlington campus was established as a branch of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and was called Grubbs Vocational College.[17] Myron L. Williams was appointed as the first dean. Students were either enrolled in a high school or junior college program, and all men were required to be cadets.[18] Its name changed again in 1923 to the North Texas Agricultural College (NTAC). Edward Everett Davis replaced Williams as Dean in 1925 and held that position for 21 years.[13]
Davis worked continually to improve the quality of students, faculty, and facilities.[19] The Great Depression resulted in major cuts to funding and a decline in students, so more general college courses were gradually introduced at NTAC instead of vocational classes. During World War II, the college trained students with a 'war program' focus[20] and participated in the V-12 Navy College Training Program, offered at 131 colleges and universities in 1943, which gave students a path to a Navy commission.[21]
In 1948, the Texas A&M System was created and Dean Ernest H. Hereford was named the first president of NTAC.[22] The name was changed to Arlington State College (ASC) in 1949 to reflect the fact that agriculture was no longer an important part of the curriculum. Efforts were begun to turn ASC into a four-year institution, but the Texas A&M administration refused to consider the idea since it was possible that ASC could grow to be larger than College Station.[13][23][24] The growth of the city of Arlington in the 1950s led to a major expansion of ASC. The student population increased from 1,322 in 1952 to 6,528 in 1959,[13] which led to land acquisition and construction of many buildings. Jack Woolf was named president in 1959 as serious efforts began to make ASC a four-year college.[25] The Texas legislature approved the four-year status on April 27, 1959.[26] Enrollment reached 9,116 students in the fall of 1963, a larger total than the Texas A&M College Station campus.[13] Although Texas A&M proposed a reorganization for the system to recognize ASC's growth, President James Earl Rudder resisted developing ASC into a university with graduate programs.[27] Rudder and the Texas A&M board of directors remained focused on the College Station campus, and funding for ASC construction was not to be made available.[13]
University of Texas System (1965–present)[edit]
Chemistry & Physics building with planetarium.
The decision by the Texas A&M University governing board to focus on the College Station campus led officials of Arlington State College and a number of Arlington citizens to enlist the support of Governor John Connally and key members of the Texas Legislature to separate Arlington State College from the Texas A&M University System and to join The University of Texas System.[13] As part of a plan that reorganized several university systems in Texas, Arlington State College officially became a part of The University of Texas System on September 1, 1965. To reflect its new membership within the UT System, the university adopted its current name in 1967.[28]
Joining the UT System was of immediate consequence. In 1966 the Graduate School was established with an initial slate of six master's degrees and new construction projects were started.[29] The 1969 approval of the first PhD program, in engineering, was a landmark event which set a precedent for other units on campus to follow.
Controversy erupted in the late 1960s over the use of a rebel theme, including Confederate symbols, that had been established around 1950. After several years of efforts by President Frank Harrison to let students pick another theme, the UT System abolished the rebels.[30] The Maverick theme was adopted after a student vote in 1971.
Wendell Nedderman served as acting president from 1972 to 1974 and president from 1974 to 1992. His tenure was characterized by increased growth and aspirations. In these years, the graduate student population increased from 936 to 4,200 and the overall university enrollment reached 25,135 students. Faculty research and publishing was emphasized along with the addition of doctoral programs in science, engineering, business, social work, and public and urban administration.[13] The Texas Select Committee on Higher Education recognized UT Arlington as an emerging research institution in 1987.[31] The university experienced significant enrollment gains and rapid acceleration in research under the leadership of former president James D. Spaniolo and current president Vistasp Karbhari. The physical campus became much more residential in character and numerous major academic and student life buildings were added.
Campus[edit]
Surroundings[edit]
The 420 acre urban campus is at the southern edge of downtown Arlington. The largest public library in Arlington, City Hall, Theatre Arlington, Levitt Pavilion, Arlington Museum of Art, churches, and numerous businesses are downtown. The Texas and Pacific Railway line, around which the city was established, runs through downtown.[32]
The Barnett Shale formation sits below the campus and has earned the university millions of dollars from natural gas production since 2008. These funds are used for scholarships, faculty recruitment, and campus infrastructure upgrades.[33]
An unnamed branch of Johnson Creek, a tributary of the Trinity River, runs along the southern portion of the campus. Cooper Street (which forms a part of Farm to Market Road 157) runs through the campus and provides access to Interstates 20 and 30. The AT&T Stadium, Globe Life Park, Texas Live!, Six Flags Over Texas theme parks, and International Bowling Museum are two miles to the northeast.
Campus and architecture[edit]
A waterfall on campus
The campus is organized on the town's former street grid. The topography generally slopes to the south and east to landscaped creeks. Decades of prodigious tree-planting and deliberate attention to landscape design have resulted in a shaded campus that is a pleasing pedestrian experience. Most streets in the campus core are closed and converted into pedestrian malls. The predominant east-west walk is the Second Street Mall, and the most important north-south passageway is Arlington Walk, extending from the Engineering Research Building on the north to the Science and Engineering Innovation and Research Building (SEIR; under construction) on the south.
The oldest buildings on campus, Ransom Hall, Preston Hall, and College Hall are on the Second Street Mall and date to 1919.[34] The architecture of these pre-World War II buildings is traditional. Later buildings from the 1960s, 70s, and 80s are typical of much campus construction of the period: modern, functional, and not especially noteworthy.[35] An exception is the Architecture Building (designed by the respected Dallas firm, Pratt, Box, and Henderson)[36] which forms an intimate and visit-worthy courtyard; the Nursing Building is noted for its unusual triangular shape. Texas Hall (George Dahl, architect) is a contributing building with its front portico, and Nedderman Hall is a contributing structure with its large atrium.[37] An admirable feature of the campus is the aesthetic consistency of limestone and UTA-blend brick. Metal panels have appeared in recent construction.[38]
The Central Library, designed by prominent 20th century architect George Dahl (notable contributions include Art Deco buildings at Dallas Fair Park), forms one side of a Library Quad which may be regarded as the heart of campus.[39] Attention to building design and the definition of outdoor spaces is evident with the postmodern additions of the Chemistry & Physics Building (Perkins + Will), Maverick Activities Center (Hughes Group with Page), Engineering Research Building (ZGF Architects with Page), College Park Center (HKS, Inc.), and Science and Engineering Innovation and Research Building (ZGF with Page; opening 2018). The Chemistry & Physics Building contains one of the largest and most advanced planetariums in the state.[40]
College Park Center District
The north and east sides of campus have defined edges, being bounded by UTA Blvd. and Center Street, respectively. The south and west sides tend to blend more irregularly into the city. Cooper Street is a major artery that runs through campus and is partially depressed and spanned by three pedestrian bridges. Almost all academic buildings erected over the last three decades are on the east side of Cooper Street (defined by signage as "east campus").
Surface parking is pushed to the outer edges of campus, particularly south of the academic core, resulting in students getting more exercise than they may want during peak periods. Parking structures on the northeast and northwest corners of campus provide some relief. Green spaces, or outdoor rooms, have increased in recent years most notably with the creation of the Greene Research Quad, the Green at College Park, a sunken courtyard at Davis Hall, and the Davis St. west campus edge. Located in various regions of campus are fiberglass horse statues with uniquely colored blue and orange patterns called "Spirit Horses."[41]
The College Park District is a $160 million development completed in 2012 that significantly expanded the campus eastward.[42] The district has an arena with seating for 7,000 spectators, dormitory, student apartments, retail space, an 1,800 car parking garage, a welcome center, a credit union, and a 5-acre park called The Green at College Park.[43]
The on-campus resident population is over 5,000, creating a lively 24/7 environment.[44] Large numbers of students live in Arlington Hall, Kalpana Chawla Hall, Vandergriff Hall, and numerous on-campus apartments. The Dallas Morning News editorialized on June 23, 2012, that "UTA suddenly offers a new sense of place that surprises people who haven't taken a look for a few years."
Shown below are: Nedderman Hall, Engineering Research Building, Arlington Hall, CAPPA Building, Texas Hall, Jack Woolf Hall, Kalpana Chawla Hall, and College of Business.
Nedderman Hall
Engineering Research Building
Arlington Hall
CAPPA Building
Texas Hall
Kalpana Chawla Hall
College of Business
Academic profile[edit]
University rankings
National
Forbes[46]
558
U.S. News & World Report[47]
231-300
Washington Monthly[48]
92[45]
Global
Times[49]
501-600
U.S. News & World Report[50]
462
UT Arlington is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a "Highest Research Activity" institution and the only Texas institution named a "Next Generation University" by the New America Foundation for being a leader in diversity and innovation.[51][52]
As of 2018, UT Arlington has 12 professors as fellows in the National Academy of Inventors which is the highest number of any institution in Texas and eighth highest in the nation.[53]
UT Arlington leads all University of Texas System institutions in baccalaureate degree production ratio.[54]
The College of Engineering offers 11 baccalaureate, 14 master’s and nine doctoral programs. It is the third largest engineering college in Texas with over 7,000 students.[55] The engineering faculty includes over 50 Fellows in professional societies.[56] U.S. News & World Report ranked the engineering school among the 100 best in the country.[57]
The School of Social Work offers three main academic programs: the Bachelor of Social Work (BSW), the Master of Science in Social Work (MSSW), and the Ph.D. in social work. The BSW and MSSW programs are fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.[58]
The College of Nursing and Health Innovation is a nationally recognized program, the largest nursing program in Texas, and one of the five largest public nursing programs in the U.S. with over 8,000 nursing students in the BSN, RN‐to‐BSN, MSN, Post‐MSN, DNP, and PhD programs.
The College of Business is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the nation. The College ranked 128 out of 472 ranked programs in the 2018 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges list.[59] The part-time MBA program ranked 82 out of 470 programs and among the top 50 for public universities in the 2017 U.S. News & World Report graduate school rankings.[60] The College has one of the largest executive MBA programs in China, and offers a U.S. Executive MBA program that features a study trip to China.[61] CEO Magazine ranked the Executive MBA program No. 1 in Texas, No. 16 in the nation, and No. 21 in the world.[62] The endowed Goolsby Leadership Academy is a highly selective cohort program for high-achieving undergraduate business students and distinguished faculty.[63]
The College of Science consists of six departments: Biology, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Mathematics, Physics and Psychology. The College offers over 50 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs, including fast-track programs in select departments which allow students to earn advanced degrees in a shorter period of time than traditional degree programs. The College's faculty includes members of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Inventors, as well as Fellows in various professional organizations and recipients of numerous national, state and UT System teaching awards. Faculty in every department are engaged in cutting-edge, multidisciplinary research, supported by millions of dollars in federal, state and private funding annually. Students can engage in hands-on research from their first semester on campus. The College's High Energy Physics group is heavily involved in ongoing experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN and made major contributions to the discovery of the Higgs boson particle in 2012, working on detectors and computational data analysis.[64]
The College of Education had a 95% pass rate on the Texas state licensure examination during the 2014-2015 academic school year. The College of Education certification pass rates have consistently been above the state average.[65][66]
The College of Liberal Arts offers unique programs such as Southwestern Studies, and its Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS) and Center for African American Studies (CAAS) offers minors in Mexican-American and African-American Studies respectively.
UT Arlington has the only accredited architecture, urban planning, and landscape architecture programs in the North Texas region.[67] The College of Engineering in conjunction with the architecture department is the first and only to offer a bachelor's degree in architectural engineering in the region as well.[68]
The Interdisciplinary Studies program (INTS), a program under the Honors College[69], is one of the fastest growing programs on campus. The INTS program allows students to custom build their own program of study resulting in either a B.A.I.S. or B.S.I.S. degree. Interdisciplinary studies is a thirty-five-year-old academic field and the thirteenth most popular major across the United States. The INTS program at UTA is the largest program of its kind in Texas. In building custom degree plans, students mix the required core components with various disciplinary components to meet the academic and professional needs of the student.
The Honors College is a highly selective interdisciplinary college that caters to the most high-achieving undergraduate students of all majors and interests. UT Arlington's Honors College is the first of its kind in North Texas and third in Texas.[70]
Colleges and schools[edit]
The university consists of 11 colleges and schools, each listed with its founding date:[71]
College of Engineering (1959)[72]
College of Liberal Arts (1959)
College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs (CAPPA) (2015)
School of Social Work (1967)
Graduate School (1966)[72]
College of Science (1959)
College of Nursing and Health Innovation (1976)
University College (2010)
College of Business (1959)
College of Education (1963)
Honors College (1998)
The Libraries[edit]
Fort Davis Campaign Map
A hand drawn military map from the 1880 campaign against Victorio and his Chiricahua Apaches. Image from the Special Collections of The University of Texas at Arlington Library.
UT Arlington Libraries have three locations: Central Library, the Architecture and Fine Arts Library, and the Science and Engineering Library. Central Library is open 24/7 during the fall and spring semesters.
The Libraries Collections includes historical collections on Texas, Mexico, the Mexican–American War, and the greater southwest. An extensive cartography collection holds maps and atlases of the western hemisphere covering five centuries. Also included is the Fort Worth Star-Telegram photo archives, a collection representing over 100 years of North and West Texas history. All together, Special Collections holds more than 30,000 volumes, 7,000 linear ft. of manuscripts and archival collections, 5,000 historical maps, 3.6 million prints and negatives, and thousands of items in other formats. Some of the Library's more rare and interesting materials are available online in their digital collections.[73]
Research[edit]
UT Arlington has dozens of research institutes and facilities on campus. Some notable ones include:
The Shimadzu Institute for Research Technologies (SIRT) at UT Arlington is a centralized research resource focused on providing access to instrumentation and expertise to support research in biochemistry, biology, chemistry, cognition, engineering, geoscience, material science, nanotechnology, and neuroscience.[74]
The UTA Aerodynamics Research Center is a research facility that operates under the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
UT Arlington is home of a university-based nanotechnology research facility, NanoFab Research and Teaching Facility.[75]
The Center for Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Research is one of the world’s best collections of specimens from Central and South America and is used by herpetology researchers from around the world.[76]
The Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS) at The University of Texas at Arlington is an academic research center that promotes research and the recruitment, retention, and professional development of UTA faculty actively engaged in studies on Latino issues. The Center hosts faculty research associates from several departments, and administers a minor in Mexican American Studies. The Director of the Center is Dr. Christian Zloniski from the Department of Sociology & Anthropology & the Associate Director is Dr. Ignacio Ruiz-Perez from the Department of Modern Languages. The Center was founded in 1993 by a Texas state mandate.[77]
The UT Arlington Research Institute (UTARI) is a research and development unit of The University of Texas at Arlington specializing in applying cutting-edge technologies to real-world engineering problems.[78]
The Genomics Core Facility (GCF) provides UT Arlington with one of the top interdisciplinary research facilities in North Texas.[79]
The Learning Innovation and Networked Knowledge Research (LINK) Research Lab is a research laboratory where researchers, educators, and graduate students connect, share, and collaborate in advancing social and technological networks, designing future learning models, and exploring the future of higher education.[80]
The Science, Engineering, Innovation and Research (SEIR) building is a state-of-the-art, six-story, 220,000-square-foot building set to be completed in 2018 for $125 million. The SEIR building will house research laboratories and 900 teaching seats in lecture halls and classrooms.[81]
According to the university's Research Administration, total research expenditures for fiscal year 2017 totaled $94 million. Up 11 percent from the previous fiscal year.[82]
Student life[edit]
Student profile[edit]
UT Arlington has a student population of nearly 42,000 as of spring 2017. The U.S. News & World Report ranked UT Arlington fifth (5th) in the nation for achieving the most ethnically diverse undergraduate student body.[83] Females account for about 55% of the total population. The top four countries of origin for international students are India, China, Taiwan, and Nigeria.[84]
Demographics of Fall 2016 student body[85][86]
UTA
Engineering
Texas
U.S. Census
African American
14% 2% 13% 13%
Asian American
10% 7% 5% 5%
Non-Hispanic White
37% 0% 44% 62%
Hispanic American
23% 3 39% 17%
Other
4% N/A N/A N/A
International students
12% 89% N/A N/A
Residential life[edit]
The campus has six residence halls with a total capacity of at least 5,300 students.[87] The university also has 18 on-campus apartment complexes and a limited number of houses for students with dependent children. The six halls are Arlington Hall, Brazos House, Kalpana Chawla Hall (KC Hall), Lipscomb Hall North, Lipscomb Hall South, Trinity House and the newest Vandergriff Hall at College Park. In 2016, construction of new residence halls and student center were approved by university officials to accommodate the growing demand for on-campus housing. The new residence halls and student center will be completed on the west side of campus by fall 2018.[88][89]
Traditions[edit]
Bed Races: Since 1980, hundreds of students have gathered to watch teams consisting of four pushers and a rider race against each other in a race just over the length of a football field. Teams consist of student organizations, Greek organizations, and residence halls from around UT Arlington.[90]
Homecoming: Paired with the beginning of basketball season in the Fall, UT Arlington Homecoming features activities as diverse as the campus. Activities include several alumni events, The Bash, Boom at Noon firing of the Carlisle Cannons, the Parade, fireworks display, pep rally, and homecoming game match-ups.[91]
Mav Swap: This annual tradition encourages students to trade apparel from their high school or another college for free UT Arlington gear.[92]
International Week: "I-Week" is hosted by the International Student Organization, and branches out throughout the UT Arlington community in its entirety, celebrating diversity between cultures on campus. I-week typically includes a Food Fair, Fashion Show, Global Extravaganza, Exhibits, and more.[93]
MavsMeet Convocation: MavsMeet, the New Student Convocation, is a formal assembly commemorating the beginning of the academic year. Students, faculty and staff are welcomed by the University president, provost, student congress president, and a distinguished UT Arlington faculty speaker. This major academic event honors all undergraduate and graduate students, but particularly new UT Arlington students. Immediately following the New Student Convocation, the MavsMeet AfterParty kicks off the year with live music acts, free food, games and activities.[94]
Oozeball: An annual event hosted by the Student Alumni Association[95] and Campus Recreation[96] to raise money for the Student Alumni Association Sophomore Scholarship. Once the amount for the scholarship is reached, all excess funds are donated to charity. In Oozeball, students play volleyball in artificial mud pits. Since its creation in 1989 in the Greek Life community, Oozeball has become one of the most popular student traditions.[97]
Rubbing Hereford's Head: Dr. E.H. Hereford was president from 1946–58. His sculpted bust sits on a pedestal in the University Center. Superstition holds that rubbing Dr. Hereford's head gives good luck on exams.
Soaping the fountain: Occasionally mischievous students will pollute the main fountain at the east end of the flying bridge over Cooper street with soap, causing it to be filled with suds and requiring it to be drained and cleaned. Less often other fountains on campus are subject to the same soap abuse.
UT Arlington Marching Band: Known as "The Ambassadors of the University," the UT Arlington Marching Band is one of the few college marching bands in the nation to exist without a football team. The band performs annually for crowds numbering 100,000 and is featured in exhibition performances at state and local contests, such as Bands of America and Regional UIL, as well as festivals and high school and professional football games. In 2001, the band performed in exhibition at the Bands of America Grand Nationals Championship, held in Indianapolis, Indiana. The 175 student musicians in the band represent almost all academic disciplines and majors within the University.[98]
Graduation Celebration: Graduation Celebration is a formal assembly commemorating the conclusion of the academic year. This major academic event honors all undergraduate and graduate students, but particularly candidates for graduation.[99]
Greek life[edit]
The fraternity and sorority community at UT Arlington consists of 31 national and local organizations with four governing councils.[100] Traditionally, between five and ten percent of undergraduate students participate within the councils.[101] The year indicates the original charter date:
Interfraternity Council
Alpha Tau Omega, 2004
Beta Theta Pi, 1971
Delta Tau Delta[102]
Delta Upsilon, 1967
Kappa Alpha Order, 1968
Kappa Sigma, 1967
Phi Delta Theta, 1968
Phi Gamma Delta, 1968 (suspended)[103]
Pi Kappa Alpha, 1973
Pi Kappa Phi, 1978 (inactive)[104]
Sigma Chi, 1984
Sigma Lambda Beta, 1996
Sigma Phi Epsilon, 1971 (suspended)[105]
National Pan-Hellenic Council
Alpha Phi Alpha, 1970
Alpha Kappa Alpha, 1969
Delta Sigma Theta, 1975
Omega Psi Phi, 1971
Kappa Alpha Psi, 1977
Phi Beta Sigma, 1977
Sigma Gamma Rho, 1982
Iota Phi Theta, Colony
Zeta Phi Beta
College Panhellenic Council
Alpha Chi Omega, 1969
Delta Delta Delta, 1969
Delta Zeta, 1967[106]
Zeta Tau Alpha, 1969
Multicultural Greek Council
alpha Kappa Delta Phi, Colony
Delta Alpha Omega
Delta Alpha Sigma
Delta Epsilon Psi, Colony (inactive)
Delta Xi Nu, 2009
Kappa Delta Chi, 1992
Lambda Phi Epsilon, Colony
Lambda Theta Alpha, 2000
Lambda Theta Phi
Omega Delta Phi, 1997
Sigma Lambda Gamma
Athletics[edit]
See also: Texas–Arlington Mavericks
UTA logomark
The UT Arlington College Park Center.
UT Arlington's athletic teams are known as the Mavericks (the selection was made in 1971 and predated the Dallas Mavericks choice in 1980). UT Arlington was a charter member of the Southland Conference.[107] UT Arlington won the Southland Conference's Commissioners Cup three times since the award was first instituted in 1998. The Commissioners Cup is awarded to the athletics program with the highest all-around performance in all conference events, including all men's and women's events.
The "Go Mavs" hand symbol. This is identical to UTEP's "Picks Up" symbol, but because of its resemblance of the letter "M" formed by the index, middle, and ring fingers, it is used by UTA to represent the first initial for the team name (the "Mavericks").
UT Arlington's basketball and volleyball teams play at College Park Center, which opened with a women/men basketball double header on February 1, 2012. The new arena seats about 7,000 fans for sporting events and cost an estimated 78 million dollars. Athletic director Jim Baker began work on the same date.
UT Arlington’s Movin’ Mavs wheelchair basketball team won seven national championships. They have a rich history of leading the nation in intercollegiate wheelchair basketball, exemplified by offering full athletic scholarships to team players. Team members are consistently being named to the First-Team All-American squads, and participating in the Paralympics.
UT Arlington became a member of the Western Athletic Conference on July 1, 2012.[108] After a single season in the WAC, the Mavericks joined the Sun Belt Conference on July 1, 2013.[109] The switch comes after continued shake-ups in college conference membership.
Varsity sports[edit]
UT Arlington fields teams or competitors in 15 NCAA Division I events, including baseball, basketball, tennis, golf, track and volleyball.
Volleyball achieved the greatest team success in the history of the university by advancing to the 1989 NCAA Volleyball Final Four. The women's basketball team played in the 2005 and 2007 NCAA tournaments; the men's basketball team made its first appearance in the 2008 NCAA tournament, losing in the first round against No. 1 seed Memphis, who was later forced to vacate this and all other wins from the 2007–2008 season. The men's basketball team earned a berth the National Invitation Tournament for the third time during the 2016-2017 season, advancing to the quarter finals. The quarter final run included a win at BYU and two home games at College Park Center in front of large crowds (need citation). In 2011-2012, the men's team advanced to the National Invitation Tournament, falling to the Washington Huskies on their home court in a highly competitive game in the opening round.[110]
UT Arlington fielded a football team, playing out of Maverick Stadium, until it was discontinued after the 1985 season. The university administration noted major financial losses of about $1 million per year and low average attendance (5,600, the student body at the time was 23,100). The program was funded by the university's auxiliary enterprise income while the other 14 sports were under-funded, as football accounted for half the total athletic budget.[111] Discussions take place periodically about restarting football but have not gained traction as an institutional priority.[112]
UTA Cheer[edit]
UTA's small coed cheerleading team has become a perennial power in Division I competitive cheerleading. The team has been crowned National Cheerleaders Association Collegiate National Champions in 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018.[113]
Sports rivalries[edit]
A Spirit Horse at the College Park Center
The Texas State Bobcats, from a Central Texas peer institution, are a primary in-conference rival dating back to 1987 with concurrent memberships in three different conferences. As of the conclusion of the 2016-2017 seasons, UTA leads the all-time series in men's basketball (36–33), volleyball (42–35), softball (61–59), and football (2–0), and the Bobcats lead in women's basketball (31–39), and baseball (43–66).
UTA also maintains a relatively heated non-conference rivalry with the University of North Texas Mean Green. Periodic sporting events between the two are among the best attended for each team due to geographic proximity (the schools are roughly 50 miles apart) and both schools are large, peer universities. The longest standing sport rivalry is men's basketball, which began in 1925.[114]
One of UTA's most anticipated baseball rivalries is with the TCU Horned Frogs. The two Tarrant County teams play annually in games that generate high attendance from both universities. 4,015 saw the UTA/TCU match-up at Globe Life Park in Arlington in 2013. Five of the top nine most attended games at Clay Gould Ballpark feature TCU as the visiting team.
With UTA beginning Sun Belt membership in 2013, conference rivalries were resumed with the Arkansas State Red Wolves, Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns, and Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks, who were all members of the Southland Conference at various points during UTA's tenure.
Notable people[edit]
Main article: List of University of Texas at Arlington people
University leaders[edit]
Presidents, deans, and other heads of UT Arlington and its predecessor institutions:
Lee Morgan Hammond & William H. Trimble, Co-principals, Arlington College, 1895–1902[115]
James McCoy Carlisle, Chief Administrator, Carlisle Military Academy, 1902–1913[115]
Henry Kirby Taylor, Chief Administrator, Arlington Training School, 1913–1916
John B. Dodson, Chief Administrator, Arlington Military Academy, 1916–1917
Myron L. Williams, Dean, Grubbs Vocational College, 1917–1923
Edward Everett Davis, Dean, North Texas Agricultural College, 1923–1946
Ernest H. Hereford, PhD, Dean, North Texas Agricultural College, 1946–1948
Ernest H. Hereford, PhD, President, Arlington State College 1948–1958
Jack R. Woolf, PhD, President, ASC and UT Arlington, 1959–1968[115]
Frank Harrison, PhD, President, UT Arlington, 1968–1972
Wendell Nedderman, PhD, President, UT Arlington, 1972–1992[115]
Ryan C. Amacher, PhD, President, UT Arlington, 1992–1995
Robert E. Witt, PhD, President, UT Arlington, 1995–2003
Charles A. Sorber, PhD, Interim President, UT Arlington, 2003–2004
James D. Spaniolo, M.P.A., J.D., President, UT Arlington, 2004–2013
Vistasp Karbhari, PhD, President, UT Arlington, 2013–present
Former students, Alumni/ Alumnae[edit]
Pat Choate, American Economist, known for being the 1996 Reform Party candidate for Vice President, FEC certified the Reform Party eligible historic first, and graduate of the University of Oklahoma with a Ph.D.
Doug Russell (swimmer), Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in three different events.
Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian-American astronaut and first Indian woman in space.
Robert L. Stewart, Astronaut, the first active duty U.S. Army soldier to make a spaceflight.
R. Byron Pipes, educator, researcher in polymer sciences and the seventeenth president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Waded Cruzado, educator, the 12th president of Montana State University.
Roland G. Fryer Jr., educator, Professor of Economics at Harvard University.
Lou Diamond Phillips, actor and director.
Penny L. Willrich, educator, lawyer, first African American woman state court judge in Arizona; Dean of Arizona Summit Law School.
See also[edit]
Dallas portal
University portal
Maverick Speakers Series, UT Arlington's on-campus distinguished lecture series
College Park Center, UT Arlington's on-campus special events center
Texas Hall, UT Arlington's on-campus performing events center
The Shorthorn, UT Arlington's daily student-run paper
UTA Radio, UT Arlington's student-run radio station
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