Alumni in the News: Comets Making Headlines

Congratulations are in order for Elika Ruth Cokely PhD’15, who was married June 7 in New York City. Cokely’s love story with her partner, Yashreeka Zehra Huq, was featured in the Fashion & Style section of The New York Times in a segment titled “Mini-Vows.” Cokely, an audiologist, met Huq at a Pride party in 2015.

Archie Nettles BS’11, MPA’18, the inaugural Texas Instruments Founders Leadership Fellow at UT Dallas, was selected to participate in the George W. Bush Institute’s Stand-To Veteran Leadership Program. Nettles will join the rest of the 2019 class for the five-month program, which will include sessions in Dallas, Seattle and Washington, D.C.

A former hospital administrator, Britt Berrett PhD’09 shared his expertise on health care management in a The Dallas Morning News article by business columnist Mitchell Schnurman. Berrett discussed the recent emergence of children’s hospitals in Dallas suburbs. 

If you or your work has been profiled in the news, we want to hear about it. Email a link and any other pertinent information to alumni@utdallas.edu.