Don't miss this installment of UTA Spotlight, a weekly news update featuring broadcasting students reporting on events, projects, announcements and other key news happening in The American Dream City.

Here are this week's top stories:

• A UT Arlington professor uses a common home appliance in the research of cancer.
• The UTA FabLab helps students with their Halloween costumes and decorations.

The segments run every week during the semester on Arlington's cable channel, Time Warner Channel 16 and AT&T U-Verse channel 99.