UTA In The News — Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Tuesday, Jul 29, 2025 • Brian Lopez : Contact

UTA West

Coordinated by the UTA media relations team, several news outlets covered the UTA West ribbon-cutting ceremony in Willow Park on July 24, with all of them quoting UTA President Jennifer Cowley. This included The Weatherford Democrat, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Magazine, The Shorthorn, and Spectrum News.

Plastic roads

Coordinated by the UTA media relations team, Sahadat Hossain (College of Engineering) and his students spoke with CBS 11 and the Arlington Report about paving a stretch of a Dallas County highway—the first in Texas—with his plastic-infused asphalt technology.

Texas floods

Coordinated by the UTA media relations team, Adnan Rajib (College of Engineering) spoke with Bloomberg about how building on a flood plain lead to the tragic floods at Camp Mystic.

Housing

Sriram Villupuram, associate professor in the Department of Finance and Real Estate, spoke with The Dallas Morning News about the current state of the housing market.

Math research

Neuroscience News reshared a UTA news release about Pedro Maia's (College of Science) research on a mathematical model that shows how Alzheimer’s disease spreads through the brain.

UTA Planetarium

WFAA mentioned the UTA Planetarium concert series as an activity people can do to escape the summer heat.