UTA In The News — Monday, January 8, 2024
Sparking Progress
Warda Ashraf, UTA associate professor of civil engineering, spoke to Bloomberg Law on her journey as a female inventor and how she is encouraging her Ph.D. students to protect their own research through patent applications.
Honoring MLK
Lisa Thompson, executive director of UTA’s TRIO Pre-College Programs and president of the Arlington Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee Board of Directors, spoke with NBC 5 on the celebrations planned in the city this year to honor the civil rights activist.
Texas Generosity
UTA was listed as one of the largest beneficiaries of philanthropy by Texans in 2023 by the Dallas Morning News. The publication cited Kelcy Warren’s gift supporting UTA’s resource and energy engineering program.
Remembering Eddie Bernice Johnson
Funeral services are scheduled to begin today for former Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, CBS 11/CBS News Texas reports. Johnson had previously listed helping UTA become a tier one research university as one of her proudest accomplishments.