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29 news releases are tagged with the topic environment
October 2014
Breath analysis
Electrical engineers will build a device to detect dangerous gases in a person's breath.
Urban Water Sustainability
An engineer is looking to develop a tool that cities and counties can use to plan for needed infrastructure.
Reducing waste
The EPA Food Recovery Challenge has recognized UT Arlington for its leadership in reducing food waste before and after meals are served.
Mining safety
UT Arlington's Division for Enterprise Development and Department of Art and Art History have won a $1.3 million federal grant to develop a documentary and safety training for the U.S. mining industry.
September 2014
School of rock
The National Science Foundation has chosen UT Arlington geophysicist W. Ashley Griffith for its Faculty Early Career Development Program.
Water as a right
UT Arlington's Wasiu Lawal took top honors in a national American Association for the Advancement of Science contest.
August 2014
A changing ocean
UT Arlington biologists looked at the lineages of Caribbean coral and found older species appear more hardy.
July 2014
Breaking ground
A UT Arlington geophysicist will use federal grant funding to examine rock fractures at the surface and below ground.
June 2014
A test for safe water
The National Science Foundation is helping a UT Arlington team bring a new analyzer for water contamination to the market.
May 2014
Addressing water questions
A team of UT Arlington scientists is helping North Texas water conservation districts examine private well water.
March 2014
Tracing tumor growth
College of Science professors are working together to determine how BPA may promote growth of breast cancer tumors.
February 2014
Water quality questions
A UT Arlington chemist who examined water quality and natural gas wells in 2012 is starting a new study.
January 2014
A changing Amazon
An assistant professor in the UT Arlington biology department recently published new discoveries about Amazon deforestation.
October 2013
Rethinking the 1930s attack on malaria
A study of the eradication of the mosquito-borne disease in the U.S. has implications for the approach to malaria abroad, says Daniel Sledge, assistant professor of political science.
September 2013
Bullying at school
Criminology assistant professor says anti-bullying programs may have opposite of the intended effect.
Grant to pay for feasibility study in African nation
Engineering team to help Ghana with alternative energy production.
Reclaiming streams
UTA biologists have found a natural way to address acid rain damage in the Adirondacks.
August 2013
Engineers using materials reclaimed from landfills to stabilize soil
A UT Arlington civil engineer has won a $1 million TxDOT contract to install pins made from recycled plastic to shore up clay soils that support the state's highways.
Biochemistry junior wins prestigious EPA fellowship
John Gurak makes sustainability part of his biochemistry research at UTA, earns $50,000 EPA fellowship.
Geological Society of America names professor new fellow
Max Hu has been named a fellow by The Geological Society of America, an honor reserved for distinguished contributions to the geosciences.
July 2013
Potential well water contaminants highest near natural gas drilling
100 private water wells in and near the Barnett Shale showed elevated levels of potential contaminants closest to natural gas extraction sites.
June 2013
National Academies appoints faculty associate
Ashanti Johnson has been appointed to a 24-member panel creating a strategic vision for the National Academy of Sciences’ Gulf of Mexico program.
Research to benefit quality, flow in 150-mile Integrated Pipeline
Engineer has been awarded a $394,300 grant from the Tarrant Regional Water District to ensure water quality and flow.
May 2013
Nature paper sheds new light on effects of Arctic warming
A recent paper in the journal Nature is challenging long-held ideas about the effects of temperature increases in the Alaskan tundra.
April 2013
UT Arlington wins honorable mention at first-ever Campus RainWorks Challenge
The design aimed to solve the campus’ stormwater runoff problems while defining an attractive campus edge.
March 2013
Maverick Speakers Series closes with Jeff Corwin and Aaron Neville
Tickets remain to see the final speakers in UT Arlington’s Maverick Speakers Series.
Engineer to search for bad algal blooms
A grant will be used to identify harmful algal blooms in fresh and salt water so that water providers can take action to contain and curb the blooms.
February 2013
Researchers explore more efficient carbon dioxide to methanol model
Researchers from The University of Texas at Arlington are pioneering a new method for using carbon dioxide, or CO2, to make liquid methanol fuel by using copper oxide nanowires and sunlight.
January 2013
Deforestation in the Amazon results in net losses for microbial communities
Research from an international team of microbiologists has revealed a new concern about deforestation in the Amazon rainforest – a troubling net loss in the diversity among the microbial organisms responsible for a functioning ecosystem.
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MavsArt Fall 2014
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Digital Photography
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The Price of Manifest Destiny: Maps relating to Wars in the Southwest
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Walk-In Hours - The Career Development Center - 9:00AM - 11:45AM
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Art Exhibition in The Gallery at UTA: Philip Van Keuren / Liz Ward
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Global Grounds
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AHM - Global Grounds
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Department of Biology Colloquium Series
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BIZ Network Event Featuring Bell Helicopter
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