2002 News Archive
Jan.
- Jan. 2, 2002
- UTD Chess Team Ties for First in Tournament
- Jan. 3, 2002
- Lecture Series/Seminar on Mexican Politics and Culture
- Jan. 3, 2002
- MIT Forum to be Held at UTD Jan. 17
- Jan. 7, 2002
- UTD to Co-Sponsor Symposium on Technology, Bioscience
- Jan. 10, 2002
- Dr. Tom Linehan, Computer Animation Visionary, Joins UTD
- Jan. 14, 2002
- External Advisory Council Appointed for UTD Office Of Vice President for Research and Graduate Education
- Jan. 23, 2002
- "Antiquite Moderne" to Perform at UTD Feb. 9
- Jan. 24, 2002
- Dr. Osborne Resigns as School of Engineering and Computer Science Dean
- Jan. 25, 2002
- 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Collaboration To Premiere at UTD in Feb.
- Jan. 30, 2002
- Dr. Robert Rutford's Lecture Rescheduled for Feb. 13
- Jan. 30, 2002
- UTD Recognizes Contributors at Fourth Partners Recognition Dinner
- Jan. 30, 2002
- UTD to Launch Two New Offerings in Project Management Program
- Jan. 31, 2002
- Dr. Lloyd "Jeff" Dumas to Appear on "Nick News"
- Jan. 31, 2002
- Heelis and Sherry Appointed as Ida Green Honors Chairs
- Jan. 31, 2002
- UTD to Host "Bio Boot Camp"
Feb.
- Feb. 4, 2002
- UTD to Host Art Competition Feb. 25 - Mar. 17
- Feb. 6, 2002
- Men's Baseball and Women's Softball to Debut at UTD
- Feb. 7, 2002
- UTD to Host Texas Guitar Competition
- Feb. 11, 2002
- Education Experts to Discuss Student Testing and Assessment at UTD
- Feb. 12, 2002
- Robert Xavier Rodriguez, Composer In-Residence, to Perform at UTD
- Feb. 14, 2002
- Dr. Leo Esaki to Present First CIE/UTD Distinguished Lecture
- Feb. 14, 2002
- UTD, Italian University to Partner on Telecom Research
- Feb. 15, 2002
- Prize-Winning Author Featured in UTD Lecture Series
- Feb. 15, 2002
- UTD's Dr. Yexiao Xu Wins Smith Breeden Prize
- Feb. 18, 2002
- Noted Neurologist to Lecture at UTD About Genome Analysis
- Feb. 18, 2002
- Susan Nurre To Speak at UTD Development Forum
- Feb. 19, 2002
- Robotics Competition Scheduled for March 2
- Feb. 20, 2002
- Astronaut James Reilly to Speak at UTD
- Feb. 21, 2002
- UTD EE Professor Wins Award
- Feb. 25, 2002
- Human Language Technology Research Institute Established at UTD
- Feb. 28, 2002
- New Art Exhibition to Open March 23 at UTD
March
- March 4, 2002
- Dr. Andrew Yao to Speak at UTD on the "Enjoyment of Computational Theories"
- March 4, 2002
- Journalist Elena Poniatowska to Speak at UTD
- March 4, 2002
- Kelly Durbin and Friends Return for Jazz Performance, March 22
- March 5, 2002
- French Professor to Lecture On Sensory Influences
- March 5, 2002
- UTD Classical Guitar Competition Winners Announced
- March 6, 2002
- UTD's McDermott Library to Host "ChessFest 2002"
- March 7, 2002
- Renewed Rivalry at Second Annual Final Four of Chess
- March 8, 2002
- Classical Pianist to Perform at UTD March 30
- March 11, 2002
- UTD Swing Dance Event on March 23
- March 14, 2002
- Second Class of McDermott Scholars Named
- March 18, 2002
- 11th Annual UTD Golf Tourney Scheduled for May 3
- March 25, 2002
- UTD Breaks Ground for New Management Building
- March 25, 2002
- UTD Faculty Member to Give Poetry Reading Apr. 1
- March 26, 2002
- "Personals: The Musical" at UTD Apr. 12-21
- March 27, 2002
- Paul Jargowsky to Lead Bruton Center
- March 28, 2002
- UTD Library to Mark "Doolittle's Raiders" Anniversary
- March 28, 2002
- Young Artists in Concert Apr. 14
- March 29, 2002
- Clavier Trio to Perform Apr. 22
Apr.
- Apr. 2, 2002
- Caroline Brettell will present "Writing Women's Lives" Apr. 16
- Apr. 2, 2002
- Professor Rajiv Banker To Talk Apr. 16
- Apr. 3, 2002
- International Education Expert to Speak at UTD
- Apr. 4, 2002
- UTD Cecil Lecture Series to Feature Dr. Daniel Callahan
- Apr. 5, 2002
- Renaissance Music Concert at UTD on Apr. 19
- Apr. 8, 2002
- UTD Wins Second Annual "Final Four" of Chess
- Apr. 9, 2002
- Sugarbomb to Play at UTD on Apr. 27
- Apr. 10, 2002
- UTD Grad Student to Perform One-Woman Show
- Apr. 11, 2002
- ADS Becomes Sixth Strategic Partner of UTD's School of Management
- Apr. 11, 2002
- Faculty Members Madiguera and Evans to Perform in Concert
- Apr. 11, 2002
- UTD's CPS Teams Finish First in Statewide Competition
- Apr. 15, 2002
- Dr. Theresa Towner Named UTD's Teacher of the Year
- Apr. 15, 2002
- UTD Newspaper Wins Awards at Journalism Conference
- Apr. 16, 2002
- UTD Nanotech Institute Receives $1.8M in Funding
- Apr. 17, 2002
- UTD's Center for BrainHealth Receives $500K Donation
- Apr. 18, 2002
- UTD Linked to Callier by Fiber-Optic Connection
- Apr. 19, 2002
- Musica Nova to Give Chamber Concert at UTD on May 10
- Apr. 22, 2002
- Spring Arts Festival To Be Held At UTD May 3-5
- Apr. 24, 2002
- Expert Speaks about Wrongful Convictions, May 2
- Apr. 25, 2002
- Dr. Camille Charles to Speak at UTD on May 14
- Apr. 26, 2002
- Chamber Singers, Community Chorale and Early Music Instrumental Ensemble to Perform at U.T. Dallas on May 5
- Apr. 29, 2002
- Four Texas Universities Form Partnership To Foster Research, Development in Nanotechnology
- Apr. 29, 2002
- ME2=C! Dance Production at U.T. Dallas May 16-18
- Apr. 29, 2002
- Student Committed to Attending UTD Is Named To All-USA Academic Team for Community Colleges
- Apr. 29, 2002
- UTD Rallies To Tie Duke for First Place in National College Chess Tournament Played Over the Internet
May
- May 1, 2002
- Nobel Laureate Dr. Alan G. MacDiarmid of UTD Elected Member of National Academy of Sciences
- May 1, 2002
- U.T. Dallas To Establish Digital Forensics And Security Institute To Help Fight Cybercrime
- May 2, 2002
- Noted Electronics Educator and Researcher Joins UTD's Engineering and Computer Science School
- May 3, 2002
- Two UTD Researchers Win Grants Worth $300,000
- May 3, 2002
- U.T. Dallas To Feature Student Exhibition, 'Life In Suspension,' May 17 to June 1
- May 6, 2002
- 11th Annual UTD Golf Tourney Raises More Than $17,000 For Scholarships
- May 10, 2002
- New Exhibition, 'submerged,' To Open at U.T. Dallas June 29
- May 13, 2002
- UTD to Begin Construction of Richardson Branch Of Callier Center for Communication Disorders
- May 16, 2002
- UTD Professor Writes That Enron Scandal Has Significant International Implications
- May 20, 2002
- Verizon, U.T. Dallas to Launch Greater Dallas Crime Commission Into Cyberworld
- May 21, 2002
- Longtime Professor Appointed Interim Dean of UTD's Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science
- May 22, 2002
- New Executive Leadership Doctorate Degree from UTD To Help Improve Skills of Senior DISD Personnel
- May 23, 2002
- Alcatel Picks UTD's Institute for Interactive Arts And Engineering To Help Design New Telecom Products
- May 23, 2002
- U.T. Dallas' Creative Problem Solving Teams Finish Second in Global Tournament
- May 31, 2002
- New Exhibition, 'Nirvana & Nervegas,' To Open at U.T. Dallas On June 7
June
- June 3, 2002
- U.T. Dallas' Andrei Zaremba Selected to Compete In U.S. Junior Invitational Chess Tournament
- June 5, 2002
- UTD's Jargowsky Wins Brookings Institution Grant To Map Distribution of Poverty in Metropolitan Areas
- June 6, 2002
- Four U.T. Dallas Students Selected To Attend Prestigious Summer Program in England
- June 10, 2002
- U.T. Dallas' Center for BrainHealth to Host Lunch, Talks in Honor of Aphasia Awareness Month
- June 11, 2002
- Dr. Doug Harris To Discuss Cybercrime, Consequences On Popular Radio Program
- June 11, 2002
- U.S. Rep. Curt Weldon to Speak at UTD June 22 On America's Responsibilities As A Global Power
- June 12, 2002
- U.T. Dallas' Dr. Simon Fass Appointed to Roster Of Prestigious Fulbright Senior Specialists Program
- June 13, 2002
- Business Strategy Expert Dr. Gregory Dess To Join U.T. Dallas' School of Management
- June 14, 2002
- Organization Headed by Former UTD President Rutford Wins International Award for Work in Antarctica
- June 19, 2002
- Second UTD Finance Professor in Six Months Wins Prestigious Journal's 'Best Paper' Award
- June 20, 2002
- Institute For Professional Communication To Be Established This Fall At U.T. Dallas
- June 24, 2002
- UTD Accounting Professor Constantine Konstans Is Co-Chair of Global Business Technology Conference
- June 25, 2002
- UTD's Advanced Hearing Research Center To Conduct Conference About Hearing Loss
- June 26, 2002
- Auburn Professor Dr. David Lewis To Give Lecture At UTD July 27 On 'Ace of Aces' Eddie Rickenbacker
- June 27, 2002
- U.T. Dallas' Dr. Da Hsuan Feng Wins Award From Association of Chinese American Professionals
July
- July 3, 2002
- Welch Foundation Funds 2nd UTD Chair in Chemistry
- July 8, 2002
- UTD Announces 2002-2003 Arts Season Designed To Blur Artificial Boundaries
- July 9, 2002
- UTD Professor Wins $350,000 Grant from Zyvex Corp. For Research into Micro- and Nano-Scale Assembly
- July 15, 2002
- UTD to Participate in "Intervallum," An Interactive Art Exhibition, With The ArtCentre of Plano and CCCCD
- July 16, 2002
- U.S. Junior Invitational Chess Championship To Feature Top 10 Under-21 Players in Country
- July 17, 2002
- Two UTD Profs Win Russell Sage Foundation Grant To Study Community College Education in Texas
- July 18, 2002
- UTD Schedules Fall Presentation of 'Jet-Set' - Art Works Created by Electronic Imaging Tools
- July 2, 2002
- UTD To Develop Geographic Base Map For Addison
- July 23, 2002
- U.T. Dallas' Andrei Zaremba Ties for 3rd Place in U. S. Junior Invitational Chess Championship
- July 25, 2002
- Six Members Added to External Advisory Council for U.T. Dallas Office of Vice President for Research and Graduate Education
- July 29, 2002
- UTD School of Management Professor Wins Accounting Association Award
- July 30, 2002
- U.T. Dallas Professor To Study Public Housing, Homeowner Perceptions In Far North Dallas
Aug.
- Aug. 1, 2002
- Nobel Laureate MacDiarmid to Fill James Von Ehr Distinguished Chair
- Aug. 5, 2002
- Public Administration Review To Publish Special Issue About Sept. 11
- Aug. 6, 2002
- U.T. Dallas to Present Concert in Tribute To Late Guitar Great Chet Atkins on Sept. 6
- Aug. 7, 2002
- McDermott Library-UTD Mercury Fall Writer Series To Feature Cowboys, Tabloids and Mysteries
- Aug. 8, 2002
- UTD Biophysicist, Mathematician Win $1.2-Million Grant From National Institutes of Health for DNA Study
- Aug. 9, 2002
- UNT’s Renowned One O’Clock Lab Band Will Return to U. T. Dallas on Sept. 27
- Aug. 12, 2002
- Brain Health is Topic of Fall Lecture Series at UTD
- Aug. 13, 2002
- Digital Forensics and Emergency Preparedness Institute At U.T. Dallas To Host Conference About Cybercrime
- Aug. 14, 2002
- Marketing, Economics Guru to Discuss 'Bass Model'
- Aug. 15, 2002
- UTD Strengthens Enrollment Team By Adding Assistant Vice President and Admissions Director
- Aug. 16, 2002
- U.T. Dallas to Offer Ph.D. Degree in Chemistry
- Aug. 19, 2002
- UTD and CCCCD Will Collaborate To Present A New Adaptation of 'A Clockwork Orange'
- Aug. 20, 2002
- UTD Professor to Help Convene Hawaii Workshop On Western Pacific Subduction Zone
- Aug. 21, 2002
- U.T. Dallas To Host International Workshop On Challenges Facing Research Universities
- Aug. 27, 2002
- UTD Math Student Wins Trjitzinsky Scholarship
- Aug. 28, 2002
- Promoting High Employee Performance, Job Satisfaction Topic of Sept. 5 Forum at UTD
- Aug. 30, 2002
- Rodríguez To Conduct All-Mozart Concert Oct. 11
Sept.
- Sept. 3, 2002
- Multimedia Festival To Be Held At UTD Sept. 13-15
- Sept. 4, 2002
- Seventh Annual 'Sounds Of Class' To Be Held Sept. 28
- Sept. 4, 2002
- U. T. Dallas Enrollment Passes 13,000 For First Time
- Sept. 5, 2002
- Cecil and Ida Green Distinguished Lecture Series To Feature Genetic Expert Sir Walter Bodmer
- Sept. 5, 2002
- Nanjing University Taps UTD's Da Hsuan Feng
- Sept. 9, 2002
- Russian Pianist Dmitri Ratser to Give Return Performance at U.T. Dallas Oct. 4
- Sept. 10, 2002
- Nobel Laureate Dr. Alan MacDiarmid to Present First Lecture in Memorial Series Honoring Former Student
- Sept. 12, 2002
- Center For The Study Of Texas Politics To Be Launched At U. T. Dallas
- Sept. 12, 2002
- McDermott Library Lecture Series to Present "40th Anniversary Salute to UTD Sciences"
- Sept. 12, 2002
- TXCN to Interview Dumas This Evening
- Sept. 12, 2002
- UTD Professor Wins Prestigious NSF Career Award
- Sept. 16, 2002
- UT Southwestern and U.T. Dallas Win NIH Grant To Establish First Sickle Cell Center In Southwest
- Sept. 17, 2002
- U. T. Dallas' Center for U.S.-Mexico Studies Resumes Popular Lecture Series on Sept. 24
- Sept. 18, 2002
- UTD Cited for Minority Development
- Sept. 20, 2002
- Holocaust Lecture Series to Begin Oct. 6 at UTD
- Sept. 23, 2002
- Art Exhibition ‘It's Too Late to Phone Her Now’ To Open in UTD's Mezzanine Gallery Oct. 11
- Sept. 23, 2002
- Psychologist To Discuss Infant Cognition At U. T. Dallas' Colloquium Lecture Series
- Sept. 24, 2002
- Bigger, Brighter, Less Expensive: UTD Professor Designing Next-Generation Projection Display Screens
- Sept. 24, 2002
- U.T. Dallas' Callier Center To Offer Voice Training For The Elderly
- Sept. 25, 2002
- UTD Homecoming Festivities Oct. 23-26
- Sept. 26, 2002
- PAR Rated Most Cited Public Administration Academic Journal For the Second Year In a Row
- Sept. 27, 2002
- UTD's Center for BrainHealth Awarded Three Grants
- Sept. 30, 2002
- Exhibit of Works of UTD's Visual Art Faculty, 'New Editions,' Opens On Oct. 11
- Sept. 30, 2002
- UTD's Erik Jonsson School To Launch Distinguished Lecture Series on Oct. 4
Oct.
- Oct. 1, 2002
- UTD Hires Associate Vice President For Budget
- Oct. 3, 2002
- UTD To Hold Formal Dedication Nov. 12 of New Engineering and Computer Science Building
- Oct. 7, 2002
- UTD Researcher Awarded $446,000 Grant to Study 'Rewiring' of Brain to Treat Neurological Disorders
- Oct. 8, 2002
- North Texas U.N. Conference On Women To Be Held at U.T. Dallas on Nov. 1-2
- Oct. 9, 2002
- College Name Game: 3 Strikes, You're Out of Bounds
- Oct. 9, 2002
- Third Annual Renaissance Concert Brings Dance and Music Together
- Oct. 10, 2002
- Environmental Protection Agency Official Joins U.T. Dallas As Part Of Collaborative Agreement
- Oct. 11, 2002
- Retired Brigadier General to Speak At U.T. Dallas on Home Land Security
- Oct. 11, 2002
- U.T. Dallas To Host Jazz Concert Oct. 25 Featuring Faculty Member Kelly Durbin & Friends
- Oct. 14, 2002
- Former U.S. Ambassador on War Crimes Issues To Speak at UTD in Honor of United Nations Day
- Oct. 14, 2002
- Students from Mexico With Financial Need May Qualify for Tuition Break Under UTD Program
- Oct. 15, 2002
- Higher-Education Delegation from China To Visit Texas Counterparts at UTD Meeting
- Oct. 16, 2002
- UTD Associate Professor Wins Major Grant From the National Institutes of Health
- Oct. 22, 2002
- Chess Club at UTD to Offer Training to Youngsters
- Oct. 23, 2002
- UTD To Hold Second Annual Intramural Tourney Rated By the World Chess Federation
- Oct. 24, 2002
- UTD To Present Music for Trio on Nov. 3
- Oct. 28, 2002
- UTD To Host Cuarteto de Guitarras de San Pedro
- Oct. 29, 2002
- UTD's Cecil Lecture Series To Feature Speaker On Job, Career Issues
- Oct. 29, 2002
- UTD to Join Italian Research Project On Grid Computing, High-Speed Networking
Nov.
- Nov. 4, 2002
- Cedar Walton Trio Plus Ivery to Perform at UTD
- Nov. 4, 2002
- U.T. Dallas Invited To Join Prominent National Consortium
- Nov. 4, 2002
- UTD To Host Free Concert Featuring Zac Maloy, Evamore, South FM
- Nov. 5, 2002
- UTD Center To Examine Changing Face of Texas Government
- Nov. 5, 2002
- UTD To Dedicate New Engineering & Computer Science Building Nov. 12
- Nov. 8, 2002
- Florida 'Recount' is Good News for Student Newspaper
- Nov. 8, 2002
- UTD To Present Musica Nova in Concert Nov. 23
- Nov. 12, 2002
- UTD Wins Approval to Offer 3 New Ph.D. Degrees
- Nov. 13, 2002
- Congressman Curt Weldon Joins External Advisory Council at UTD
- Nov. 13, 2002
- Grandmaster Yuri Shulman Wins FIDE-Rated UTD Intramural Chess Championship 2nd Straight Year
- Nov. 13, 2002
- U. T. Dallas to Host Symposium On Executive Challenges in Accounting
- Nov. 13, 2002
- UTD's Longest Running Cultural Tradition To Celebrate 26th Anniversary On Dec. 8
- Nov. 14, 2002
- Fall Arts Festival To Be Held At U. T. Dallas Nov. 22-24
- Nov. 19, 2002
- U. T. Dallas to Host Symposium Nov. 24 On Great 20th Century Poet Ezra Pound
- Nov. 20, 2002
- 'Counter-Intuitive Marketing' To Be Topic Of Development Forum at U. T. Dallas Dec. 5
- Nov. 21, 2002
- Beta Gamma Sigma Chapter Installed at U. T. Dallas; President Jenifer, Provost Wildenthal Among Inductees
- Nov. 26, 2002
- Harvard Professor to Discuss Anthrax Threat
- Nov. 26, 2002
- UTD To Host Second Conference On Homeland Security On Dec. 4
- Nov. 27, 2002
- Three Nobel Laureates Will Be Among Speakers At New Materials Conference At UTD Dec. 5-7
Dec.
- Dec. 2, 2002
- Study Says Special Education Programs Boost Math Performance of Learning Disabled Students
- Dec. 4, 2002
- UTD To Offer More Than 300 Additional Scholarships; Emphasis On Keeping Best and Brightest in Texas
- Dec. 5, 2002
- Who Cares About College Football Bowl Rivalries When U.T. Dallas and UMBC Get Ready to Rumble?
- Dec. 6, 2002
- New Exhibition of Digital Photographs, Domestic Sight, to Open at UTD Jan. 17
- Dec. 9, 2002
- Implant Deaf Children Early, Study Suggests
- Dec. 10, 2002
- World Chess Federation(FIDE) Names UTD, Moscow State As Its Two Official Education Centers
- Dec. 12, 2002
- Café Noir Will Return to UTD For Two Shows in Jan.
- Dec. 16, 2002
- After 33 Years, U. T. Dallas Finally Has An All American of Its Own
- Dec. 16, 2002
- Noted Sickle Cell Researcher to Join Texas Effort
- Dec. 17, 2002
- Four Added to External Advisory Council at UTD
- Dec. 17, 2002
- UTD To Present Basically Baroque on Jan. 24
