UTA In The News — Thursday, July 31, 2025
Student access
Coordinated by the UTA media relations team, UTA President Jennifer Cowley spoke to Ed Source about how 65% of UTA undergraduate students will attend tuition-free this fall as part of a larger story reporting on outgoing UT System Chancellor JB Milliken as he prepares to become president of the University of California system next month.
AI
Coordinated by the UTA media relations team, Dereje Agonafer (College of Engineering) was featured in an NBC 5 segment on his team’s work toward solving the energy crisis being created by the massive AI data centers being built across Texas, and particularly in North Texas.
UTA Planetarium
Coordinated by the UTA media relations team, UTA planetarium coordinator McKenna Dowd spoke with The Dallas Observer about the planetarium's concert series.
Texas floods
Nick Fang (College of Engineering), who specializes in flood alert systems, was mentioned on CBS 11 and Fox San Antonio for being a participant on an expert panel that will testify before the Texas House’s joint Disaster Preparedness and Flooding Committee in the aftermath of the devastating floods in Central Texas.
College athletics
UTA Athletics spoke with D Magazine on the ever-evolving business of college athletics.
Research
Taiwan News reshared a UTA news release on Dianqi Han (College of Engineering), who recently received an Research Enhancement Program grant to develop a radar system to catch drone failures early.