UTA In The News — Wednesday, July 15, 2020
$25M in scholarships
UT Arlington will invest an additional $25 million in student scholarships over the next five years, beginning in the fall 2021 semester, The Dallas Morning News and KRLD reported. The financial commitment is aimed at encouraging a diverse student body and supporting “first-generation college students, low-income families, high-achieving students and those facing challenges in the wake of COVID-19,” UTA announced in a news release.
Self-monitoring for COVID
UTA expects students returning to campus this fall to self-monitor for COVID-19 symptoms each day, NBC 5 reported. All UTA faculty, staff, and students must perform a daily health screening before coming to campus, which includes a temperature check and self-monitoring for COVID-19 symptoms.
Market-neutral mutual funds
John C. Adams, an associate professor of finance and real estate at UT Arlington, was featured as an expert in The Wall Street Journal about market-neutral mutual funds. The term market-neutral is used loosely for funds that show a range of returns. Definitions for market-neutral are “kind of all over the place,” said Adams. “There shouldn’t be this range of returns … we should see some consistency with the strategies."
Mavs Back 2020
UT Arlington has eyes on fall reopening and will do everything it can to keep coronavirus case numbers low, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported. “We are going to do everything we physically can to keep our campus safe,” interim provost Pranesh Aswath said. “But in order for it truly to be safe, it is the responsibility of everybody in the community to take care of this."
COVID research
A study published earlier this year claiming the coronavirus may have jumped from dogs to humans offers no direct evidence to support its conclusions, says a group of international researchers that includes Todd Castoe, UTA associate professor of biology. Castoe said "Considering the ramifications, scientists need to be particularly careful in interpreting findings, and avoid rushing to conclusions that are not well supported by solid evidence", Scienmag and News-Medical.Net reported.