2024-12-22T06:53:13-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150055721/adrian-parr-appointed-architecture-dean-at-university-of-texas-at-arlington Alexander Walter 2018-03-21T14:03:00-04:00 >2021-04-26T19:42:22-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f0/f061a57db116a2c0adaa97a5da7f4ed8?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Adrian Parr has been appointed dean of the College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Arlington. Parr is the holder of the UNESCO Chair on Water Access and Sustainability at the University of Cincinnati, where she is a Professor in the Department of Political Science in the College of Arts and Science with a joint appointment in the School of Architecture and Interior Design.</p></em><br /><br /><p>The University of Texas at Arlington not only invited Adrian Parr to transition jobs from&nbsp;Cincinnati to Arlington but also hired her husband, Michael Zaretsky,&nbsp;architect and director of the MetroLAB design/build initiative at the University of Cincinnati, and associate dean of faculty affairs and curriculum in the Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning to join the Department of Civil Engineering in the College of Engineering at UTA.</p> <p>"The simultaneous addition of Parr and Zaretsky to our faculty, with their tremendous experience and expertise in the design and development of sustainable urban communities, will have a long-lasting impact on our ability to produce the next generation urbanists, architects, engineers and scientists," UTA Provost Teik C. Lim said.<br></p>