UTA In The News — Tuesday, July 8, 2025

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Expert Interviews

Nick Fang, Robert S. Gooch Endowed Professor in civil engineering, spoke with CBS Texas about how the soil and terrain conditions played a major role in the deadly flash floods in Texas’ Hill Country over the Fourth of July weekend.

Sriram Villupuram, associate professor in the Department of Finance and Real Estate, spoke with The Dallas Morning News about the latest happenings in the Dallas-Fort Worth real estate market.

Sriram Villupuram, associate professor in the Department of Finance and Real Estate, analyzed major provisions in President Donald Trump’s spending and tax bill and its impact on Texans for the Fort Worth Report.

Adaptive spine board

Disability Insider and Mobile Health Times reshared a UTA news release about a newly developed adaptive spine board created by researchers at UTA and UT Southwestern Medical school. It offers an innovative solution to prevent pressure injuries and improve patient outcomes.

Restoring cholesterol levels

The Dallas Express, Yahoo! News, China Times, and Vietnam.VN reshared a UTA news release about UTA scientists’ latest discovery of a new enzyme that can be “turned off” to help the body maintain healthy cholesterol levels.

AI IDs pollen

Dallas Innovates reshared a UTA news release about a new AI system developed by UTA researchers to identify different pollen particles and aid allergy suffers, farmers, and city planners.