President Daniel hosted a dinner honoring members of the Founders' Society; four honorees were inducted in the inaugural UT Dallas Athletics Hall of Honors; and Alumni Weekend brought Thirsty Thursdays to campus. Read about last month's activities.  

This month President Daniel discusses how assessing outcomes is part of creating a better future for UT Dallas students.

Read Kristin's update on the month of October at UT Dallas.

We are happy to welcome Carol and Maynard Redeker as new donors at UT Dallas. Their endowment will serve doctoral students for many years to come.

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• Financial Times Ranks UT Dallas Executive MBA Program
  Number 1 in Texas

• UT Dallas Beefs Up Comet Connection Partnerships

• Nobel Laureate Russell Hulse To Support Strategic
  Initiatives at UT Dallas

• Professor Robert Wallace, Insulator Technology Pioneer,
  Honored for Sustained Excellence

• A Texas First: Confucius Institute

• Outdoor Sculptures Worth $550,000 Donated to
  UT Dallas Center for BrainHealth

• Former Regulatory Board Deputy Director Named
  Director-in-Residence for UT Dallas IECG

• Government Boosts Funding for Wireless Technology
  Project at UT Dallas

• Newsweek Recounts Sub-Saharan Grandmaster's
  Victories Both On and Off the Chess Board

• Professor Reacts to Beauty Controversy with ABC News

• Wall Street Journal Article Taps Professor's Knowledge
  of E.E. Cummings' Paintings

• Dallas Morning News Reports on Girl Gamers Study

• Dallas Observer's 'Best Of' Edition Dubs UTD Chess Team
  'Rulers of the Board'

Check out what is happening this month.

• Rossum's Universal Robots

• "Iraq and Back: Inside the War to Win the Peace"

• Thirsty Thursday at Fox and Hound in Richardson

• The 31st Annual Holiday Sing - Bring the kids to participate in UT Dallas' oldest tradition

• Dallas Stars vs. Ottawa Senators

The UTD volleyball team defeated conference rivals UT-Tyler and the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (UMHB) for the second time this season, shutting both teams out 3-0, to improve to 9-2 within the American Southwest Conference (ASC).

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