UTA In The News — Thursday, June 12, 2025
UTA West
The Fort Worth Report covered UTA opening a new office in Willow Park. The office will serve as a home for university officials to chart out plans for the UTA West campus as well as a space for community engagement.
Transit Trends
Julene Paul, assistant professor of planning, coauthored an article in The Conversation about how a new bus line in Philadelphia is defying post-pandemic transit trends.
Vaping Study
Joshua Awua, a postdoctoral research associate who is part of the RISE 100 hiring initiative, published a study on how frequent talk about vaping in tight college friend groups is tied to higher use. MedicalXpress.com reported on the study and MSN.com reshared it.
Disaster Tech
Mirage News covered a new UTA study being conducted by Mahmoud Bayat, associate professor of architecture, on developing an AI-powered digital twin framework for disaster response.
Plastic Solutions
Patch.com shared an article coauthored by Kevin Schug, Shimadzu Distinguished Professor of Analytical Chemistry, and Alexander Kaplitz, Ph.D. candidate in chemistry, on using plastic pyrolysis to manage plastic waste. The article originally appeared on The Conversation.
Stress Genes
UTA researchers have uncovered a new cell-clearance pathway, which could help scientists better understand diseases affecting the immune system, brain, and metabolism. This story was covered recently by Technology Networks.