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3 days ago | theshorthorn.com | Dang Le

Michelle Kelly noticed that counseling services couldn't be the only way of supporting students' health and well-being. Kelly, assistant vice president for health and well-being in Student Affairs, likened the process to raising frogs in a pond. When a frog behaves strangely or becomes ill, people don't look at the individual case and hope it recovers on its own. Instead, they look at the environment.

3 weeks ago | theshorthorn.com | Dang Le

Leaders of UTA and Tarrant County College see their institutions’ partnership as the way to strengthen economic opportunities in North Texas. “We're united by a belief that when our students thrive, so does our entire region,” UTA President Jennifer Cowley told business and collegiate leaders at the Greater Arlington Chamber of Commerce’s third annual State of Higher Education event Thursday at College Park Center.

1 month ago | theshorthorn.com | Dang Le

All 27 UTA students who had their Student and Exchange Visitor Information System records terminated have had them reinstated after a federal reversal, university spokesperson Joe Carpenter confirmed Tuesday in an email. The changes come following an announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice on Friday, which notified the reinstatement of thousands of international students whose visa registrations were revoked due to minor, and often dismissed, legal infractions, according to Politico.

1 month ago | theshorthorn.com | Dang Le

Paul Lovato watched Jambo’s BBQ pitmaster make a chopped brisket sandwich. He started counting. One. Two. Three. Four. Forty-three. The number of steps along the small kitchen to complete the sandwich. That was in 2013, on the day before he officially took over Jambo’s BBQ in Rendon, Texas, from founder and pitbuilder Jamie Geer, Lovato said. The restaurant later had two more locations, but following personal family matters, he now only owns the location on West Division Street, bought in 2016.

1 month ago | theshorthorn.com | Dang Le

Barbecue has been a journey for 225° BBQ co-owner Rene Ramirez — literally. Before settling into its current location on East Main Street in east Arlington, 225° BBQ started as a food truck in Dallas in 2018. Then, it bounced to Grand Prairie, Texas, to various parking lots and eventually to where it is now. Although the location didn’t work out for a while, they were asked to come back and now own the spot. But Ramirez has not settled.