How UT Arlington will use AI to capture New World screwworms: Facilitated by the media relations team, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported on UTA's grant as part of the $105 million in funding announced by Gov. Greg Abbott to tackle New World screwworms. UTA’s Smart Agriculture Research Center will lead the project, which is co-led by Prasanna Gowda, left, the center’s associate director and a research professor, and Shouyi Wang, right, an associate professor. Yahoo! shared the story and The Texas Tribune and news outlets across the state also covered the news.

Why do baseball players put a black mark under their eyes? Facilitated by the media relations team, Adam Annaccone, associate professor of kinesiology, hit it out of the park again writing for The Conversation's Curious Kids series. Dr. Annaccone took on the subject of athletes wearing eye black and whether it really works to reduce glare from the sun and stadium lights. So does it? You don't have to be a kid to wonder about this sacred part of sports. The piece was shared by Yahoo!, the Houston Chronicle, and other outlets across the country.

Houston officials launch anti-trafficking campaign ahead of World Cup: Stemming from her recent piece published in The Conversation (co-authored with colleague Kathleen Preble) about the facts and fears of human trafficking during large-scale events like the World Cup, Associate Professor of Social Work Jennifer O'Brien discussed the topic with the Fort Worth Report.

UT Arlington uses FIFA World Cup travel to study air quality: Facilitated by the media relations team, Spectrum News was the latest to visit Yunyao Li, assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, to discuss her environmental study during the World Cup. Green Source Texas republished a UTA news release.