News
The observance of the University's 40th year has attracted attention beyond campus. News coverage of this milestone year can be found below, as well as stories on some of the pioneering science conducted here.
UT Dallas Professor an Integral Part of Moon Program
(July 22, 2009) "It was a very exciting time - and then of course especially for me because I knew this program was a success, and now that it was going on, there was a chance I was going to get my instruments to the moon." - Dr. John Hoffman, UT Dallas physics professor. view video
UT Dallas Scientists Made Key Contributions in Getting Man on Moon
(July 13, 2009) “I saw several go up and explode. ... There was uncertainty on any space flight I've ever been involved in.” - Dr. John Hoffman, UT Dallas physics professor. read more
UT Dallas and Richardson Have a Long History Together
(June 30, 2009) "Forty years ago, UT Dallas was a couple of buildings on a treeless plain in the middle of nowhere on the edge of Richardson, but far-sighted leaders both at UT Dallas and in the city government made sure that UT Dallas and the city would grow together, to the lasting benefit of both." - William "Bill" McCalpin, longtime Richardson resident. read more
UT Dallas Asks for Help on History for 40th Anniversary
(June 8, 2009) "At that time, just north of Arapaho Road, it was all cotton fields." - Dr. John Hoffman, physics professor, remembering the University's earliest years. read more
Mementos Sought from University's First 40 Years
(May 27, 2009) This fall, UT Dallas marks 40 years as a University of Texas System institution. Through the decades, students, faculty and staff have seen the University grow from a small research institute limited to upper-division enrollment into a university aspiring toward the ranks of the best in the nation. read more
