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TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2026

Arctic blast affects thousands of travelers, including UTA President Jennifer Cowley: President Cowley appeared on FOX4's "Arctic Blast" segment on Friday evening as the winter storm started to bear down on the area. She talked about her flight to Mumbai, India, where she was traveling on University business. She said any delay for a flight that takes nearly 19 hours is a big deal because she will only be in India for four days. Her flight was scheduled to leave Saturday, but was moved up to Friday night to beat the freeze. "When the weather forecast came out, it started making us nervous," President Cowley said.

The Greenland connection: Fort Worth emerges as linchpin in U.S. policy push for critical minerals: Coordinated by the UTA media relations team, Nathan Brown (College of Science) spoke with the Fort Worth Report about U.S. interests in Greenland and how it connects to critical minerals. Dr. Brown said that as global warming reduces the ice sheet that covers much of the island, there has been renewed interest in extracting rare-earth minerals. He said Greenland was integral to national security during World War II and the Cold War.

California flooding: KQED, San Francisco public radio, spoke with Michelle Hummel (College of Engineering) about flooding risks in the city of San Rafael. Dr. Hummel, who is researching flooding in the region, told the station that floods in the area are becoming more frequent. The city's main neighborhood is bowl-shaped and was built atop wetlands, making it more vulnerable to flooding. "Then these become not just impacts that occur once or twice a year, but something that could be a more daily occurrence for folks who are living in the area," she said.

Best online master's in education programs: U.S News & World Report ranked UTA's College of Education eighth in the nation, among the top three in Texas, and the College of Nursing and Health Innovation's online master's program ranked No. 68 in the nation. Get the full story in UTA's news release.

This tree orbited the moon. Now, it’s a symbol for space, conservation education at UTA: The Fort Worth Report wrote about the moon tree planted at the UTA Planetarium. The now 4-foot-tall sweetgum tree has grown about 3 inches since UTA received it in April 2024 from the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service. It was one of the nearly 2,000 seeds that orbited the moon on the Orion spacecraft as part of the 2022 Artemis I mission.

Kidney disease study reveals unexpected marker: Medical Dialogues published an article featuring Paul J. Fadel's (CONHI) research that points to people with kidney disease not dying from the disease itself, but from cardiovascular issues.  

UT Arlington students shine at St. Jude research symposium: NewsBreak shared a UTA news release on UTA students attending a St. Jude's research symposium. Three undergraduates shared cancer and wound-healing research at one of the nation's most selective forums.