2004 News Archive

January

Jan. 5, 2004
UTD to Sponsor First Chess Tournament for DISD High School Students
Jan. 7, 2004
Tom Morrell and the Time-Warp Top Hands Bring Western Swing to U. T. Dallas Jan. 23
Jan. 8, 2004
Young Brazilian Guitarist Aliéksey Vianna To Perform at U. T. Dallas on Feb. 20
Jan. 12, 2004
UTD Professor Wins Grant To Examine Criminal Policies on Marijuana
Jan. 13, 2004
Dr. Ross J. Roeser of UTD's Callier Center Named Editor of International Audiology Journal
Jan. 14, 2004
New Seismograph at UTD Registers Earth's Shakes, Rattles and Rolls
Jan. 16, 2004
UTD Chess Team To Be Featured Monday On 'Daybreak' Newscast on Channel 8
Jan. 16, 2004
Fomin, Thiem and Korevaar To Appear March 1 As Part of UTD Classical Series
Jan. 20, 2004
UTD's Hoffman Quoted in Time Story on Mars
Jan. 20, 2004
U. T. Dallas Faculty Member Dr. Jin Liu Chosen One of Top 'New Faces of Engineering'
Jan. 22, 2004
Kelly Durbin & Friends To Perform In an Evening of Jazz Feb. 13 at UTD
Jan. 22, 2004
UTD Planetary Scientist Dr. Mary Urquhart Named to NASA Mars Education Panel
Jan. 23, 2004
UTD to Host Texas Visual Arts Association High School Art Competition Feb. 21-March 14
Jan. 26, 2004
McDermott Library's ChessFest III To Feature Top Female Chess Player
Jan. 27, 2004
Two UTD Professors to Study How Juvenile Justice Responds to Girls Who Are Arrested
Jan. 28, 2004
New UTD Exhibition, Second Look, Explores References To Time In Photography, Digital Media
Jan. 28, 2004
Symposium on Bioethics and Public Policy To Be Held at U. T. Dallas on Feb. 6
Jan. 29, 2004
Jonsson School To Hold Education/Research Forum To Help Chart Its Future Direction
Jan. 30, 2004
Broadway To Come To UTD Feb. 27 When Students Perform Music of Gershwin, Porter and Rodgers

February

Feb. 3, 2004
U. T. Dallas Geosciences Graduate Conducting Research in Antarctica
Feb. 4, 2004
U.T. Dallas Professor Laura Gonzalez Receives Award from Chicano Organization
Feb. 5, 2004
Two U. T. Dallas Scientists Named Guest Editors Of Journal's Special Issue on Sickle Cell Disease
Feb. 6, 2004
McDermott Library to Present Documentary Film On Multi-Talented American Paul Robeson
Feb. 9, 2004
U. T. Dallas' Center for BrainHealth Receives Gift to Fund New 'Child BrainHope' Program
Feb. 10, 2004
Dr. Franklyn Jenifer to Be Honored At UTD Partners Recognition Dinner
Feb. 10, 2004
U. S. National Medal of Science Winner Dr. Paul Ching-Wu Chu Joins UTD Research Advisory Board
Feb. 11, 2004
UTD, Richland College to Sign Admission Agreement Targeted at Engineering Students
Feb. 11, 2004
Leadership Center at UTD To Hold Seminar On Translating Strategic Vision into Action
Feb. 12, 2004
U. T. Dallas' Dr. Mary Evans Sias Named President of Kentucky State University
Feb. 12, 2004
3rd Annual Classical Guitar Competition To Honor Composer John Duarte
Feb. 13, 2004
Award-Winning Violinist Chloé Trevor, 16, Returns To UTD's Rising Stars Series
Feb. 16, 2004
Member of U. T. Dallas Faculty Elected Fellow Of International Society for Optical Engineering
Feb. 18, 2004
Classical Music and Jazz To Join Forces During Scott Walzel Concert at U. T. Dallas
Feb. 25, 2004
Mexican Expert to Discuss Effects Of 9-11 On U.S.-Mexico Migration
Feb. 25, 2004
UTD's Suresh Sethi Elected Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science
Feb. 26, 2004
Business Simulation Training Software To Be Demonstrated At UTD Forum March 18
Feb. 26, 2004
Fred Curchack Adapts One-Man Show, Gauguin's Paradise, For UTD Student Cast

March

March 1, 2004
13th Annual UTD Golf Tourney Set For April 30 At Sherrill Park; Proceeds To Go For Scholarships
March 3, 2004
UTD to Host Free Concert Featuring Rock Bands Bowling For Soup and Blue October
March 4, 2004
UTD Professor Named to Experts Group Seeking to Halt Spread of Biotech Weapons
March 5, 2004
Great Pianists From Two Generations, Anita And Dmitri Ratser, To Join In Concert at UTD
March 8, 2004
While San Antonio Enjoys the Noise and Hoopla, Kansas Town Will Host Quieter Kind of ‘Final Four'
March 10, 2004
UTD's Carter Named Distinguished Educator
March 10, 2004
UTD's 2004 Kusch Lecture To Feature Speaker On Writer's Role As An Artist
March 11, 2004
For First Time Ever, UTD Students Invited To Participate in the National Debate Tournament
March 15, 2004
U. T. Dallas Unveils Fourth Class of Eugene McDermott Scholars
March 16, 2004
Dee and Charles Wyly to Endow $2-Million Chair at U. T. Dallas' Center for BrainHealth
March 17, 2004
UTD's Center for BrainHealth Sponsoring 'BrainQuest' This Weekend at The Science Place in Fair Park
March 17, 2004
Former Secretary of State James A. Baker, III to be 1st UTD Leader Center Series Speaker
March 18, 2004
Darrelene Rachavong Named Interim Vice President For Student Affairs at U. T. Dallas
March 18, 2004
'Oil and Soil' Will be Topic of Conversation When Thousands of Geologists Visit Dallas
March 25, 2004
Four Political Scientists, Including Two from UTD, Receive $2 Million to Study British Elections
March 26, 2004
Scholarly Journal Housed at U. T. Dallas to Receive Prestigious Presidential Citation of Merit Award
March 26, 2004
David Buck Takes $1,000 First Prize in 3rd Annual Texas Guitar Competition
March 30, 2004
Geoscientists from Israel, Texas Offer Theory on Origin of Deepest Point on Earth's Surface

April

April 1, 2004
Worldwide Threats to Peace and Security to be Detailed by Experts in Talks at UTD
April 2, 2004
The Future of the Internet Will Be Topic of April 12 Presentation at UTD
April 2, 2004
U. T. Dallas To Present Dance Production, The M Project & Friends, April 9-10
April 4, 2004
U. T. Dallas Takes Second Place In Fourth Annual 'Final Four' of Chess
April 5, 2004
High-Level Global Communications Strategy Forum To Be Held at U. T. Dallas May 5-7
April 6, 2004
The UTD Mercury Wins Nine Awards At College Journalism Conference
April 6, 2004
Dr. Paul E. Tracy Named Teacher of the Year At The University of Texas at Dallas
April 7, 2004
UTD Moot Court Team Takes Top Honors, Individual Awards at Regional Tournament
April 8, 2004
President Franklyn G. Jenifer To Deliver Commencement Address at UTD on May 8
April 9, 2004
Robert X. Rodriguez to Conduct Musica Nova Ensemble In Free Concert at UTD on May 1
April 12, 2004
Masters Degree in Biotechnology To Debut at U. T. Dallas Next Fall
April 13, 2004
Playwright, Novelist, Poet Ntozake Shange To Speak and Read from Her Works at UTD
April 14, 2004
U. T. Dallas Scientist Betty Pace to Deliver Key Speech at National Sickle Cell Meeting
April 20, 2004
UTD Awards Full Scholarships To Students from Arizona and Tennessee
April 20, 2004
U. T. Dallas' Spring Arts Festival April 23-24 To Feature Work of Hundreds of Students
April 21, 2004
U. T. Dallas Chess Program To Offer Two Summer Camps for Kids in June
April 22, 2004
Husband and Wife, Both UTD Professors, Headed to India to Teach for Six Months
April 23, 2004
Tax Alliance Conference To Be Held At U. T. Dallas May 10-12
April 27, 2004
50th Anniversary of the Fall of Dien Bien Phu Noted by UTD’s Special Collections Department
April 28, 2004
Two Exhibitions of Student Photography To Be Held at U. T. Dallas May 7 to June 4

May

May 3, 2004
UTD Professor’s Paper Among Most Influential In 50-Year History of Journal Management Science
May 3, 2004
Philanthropist Nancy Hamon to Endow Aesthetic Studies Chair at U. T. Dallas In Honor of Mrs. Margaret McDermott
May 4, 2004
Journalist and Author David Bornstein to Speak About Social Entrepreneurship May 13 at UTD
May 5, 2004
Center for Business Advancement Is Established at U. T. Dallas
May 5, 2004
U.T. Dallas Signs Collaborative Scholarship Agreement with Organization of American States
May 6, 2004
13th Annual UTD Golf Tourney At Sherrill Park Raises Nearly $25,000 For Scholarships
May 7, 2004
UTD Designated as Center of Excellence In Information Assurance Education By Two Agencies of Federal Government
May 7, 2004
UTD Awards More Than $10,000 in Scholarships To Students for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts
May 12, 2004
U. T. Dallas To Offer Special Summer ‘Bridge’ Program For Aspiring Engineering, Computer Science Students
May 12. 2004
UTD’s Research Advisory Council Adds Three Distinguished Members
May 13, 2004
WAG Report: UTD Has Potential To Achieve ‘Tier One’ Research Status, But It Will Take At Least 10 Years And More Resources Will Be Needed
May 13, 2004
UTD to Host Dallas Area Chess in Schools Sixth-Grade Chess Championship May 22
May 20, 2004
U. T. Dallas Professor Helping Develop Plan to Study African Geologic Features
May 20, 2004
UTD Arts & Technology Students Win Dallas 24-Hour Video Race
May 24, 2004
U. T. Dallas, Duke University Political Scientists Win NSF Grant to Study Canadian Voting Behavior
May 24, 2004
UTD to Promote Air-Quality Awareness Among Metroplex Teachers and Students

June

June 1, 2004
U. T. Dallas’ Dr. Larry D. Terry Named To GAO Educator’s Advisory Panel
June 2, 2004
U.T. Dallas’ Creative Problem Solving Teams Do Well in Global Competition
June 7, 2004
UTD Center for BrainHealth To Sponsor Aphasia Awareness Picnic at Callier Center
June 8, 2004
U. T. Dallas Social Sciences Professor Selected to Attend Entrepreneurial ‘Boot Camp’
June 10, 2004
U. T. Dallas Researchers Win $2.4-Million Grant To Develop Test for Hearing-Impaired Children
June 14, 2004
UTD Receives Unique Bequest – A Photo Collection
June 15, 2004
Dr. Feng Named to Science-Technology Executive Committee Of National Defense Industrial Association
June 17, 2004
Jimmy Doolittle To Be Topic of Special Lecture Presented By UTD’s Special Collections Department
June 21, 2004
UTD Career Center Joins Initiative To Spread the Word about Federal Jobs
June 23, 2004
UTD To Launch Emergency Readiness Conference And Exposition Series for Southwest Aug. 9-12
June 24, 2004
UTD Graduate Student Selected to Attend National Science Foundation Summer Institute
June 28, 2004
UTD Space Scientist Wins $1.4-Million NASA Grant

July

July 2, 2004
UTD Neuroscientist Awarded Grant to Study How the Brain Processes Speech Sounds
July 5, 2004
UTD to Renovate Science Lecture Hall Thanks to Grant from Hillcrest Foundation
July 7, 2004
Big Bend Yields Trove of Dinosaur Remains
July 8, 2004
UTD’s Center for U.S.–Mexico Studies Extends Collaboration with Mexican Council of Science
July 9, 2004
UTD Announces 2004-2005 Visual Arts Season
July 9, 2004
U. T. Dallas Career Center to Host Lecture By Official from U. S. State Department
July 12, 2004
UTD a ‘Top 50’ Value Among Public Universities In Ranking by Consumers Digest Magazine
July 13, 2004
UTD Announces 2004-2005 Jazz Season
July 14, 2004
UTD Biologist Awarded $1.5-Million NIH Grant
July 15, 2004
U. T. Dallas' Research Capacity to Increase Significantly With Approval to Add Three Buildings
July 16, 2004
UTD Announces 2004-2005 Theatre and Dance Season
July 19, 2004
UTD to Add Four New Doctoral Degrees And a Master’s Program in the Fall Semester
July 19, 2004
UTD Announces 2004-2005 Season Of Classical Music Concerts
July 20, 2004
UTD Announces 2004-2005 Classical Guitar Season
July 29, 2004
Gaza Zoo Print Exhibition Scheduled To Open August 19 at UTD

August

Aug. 2, 2004
Cingular Wireless Scholarship to Benefit UTD Telecommunications Students
Aug. 2, 2004
UTD Management School Creates Center to Study Property Rights, Other Issues in Digital Realm
Aug. 4, 2004
KERA 90.1 to Preview UTD Emergency Conference
Aug. 4, 2004
NASDAQ, JCPenney, Staubach Co. and FEI Affiliate with Corporate Governance Institute
Aug. 9, 2004
UTD’s McDermott Library Sets One-Millionth Volume Celebration
Aug. 10, 2004
Dr. Larry D. Sall Named UTD Dean of Libraries
Aug. 11, 2004
Basically Baroque Ensemble to Perform at UTD
Aug. 13, 2004
UTD to Sign Collaborative Agreement with Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education
Aug. 16. 2004
UTD's Center for BrainHealth Lists Speakers For Its Annual September Lecture Series
Aug. 17, 2004
World Innovation Foundation Taps Scientist, Administrator from UTD
Aug. 18, 2004
UNT's Renowned One O'Clock Lab Band Will Return to U. T. Dallas on Sept. 18
Aug. 20, 2004
Beta Test.2 To Kick Off New Theatre Season at UTD Sept. 17
Aug. 23, 2004
Petroleum Geologists Name UTD Professor Recipient of Distinguished Educator Award
Aug. 25, 2004
UTD’s Jonsson School Lists Speakers For Its Fall Distinguished Lecture Series
Aug. 26, 2004
$385,000 NSF Grant to Fund Scholarships for UTD Software Engineering, Computer Science Students
Aug. 27, 2004
Excessive Mixed Media Exhibition Scheduled To Open Oct. 1 at UTD
Aug. 30, 2004
UTD Enrollment Passes 14,000 For First Time; Freshman Class Is University’s Largest Ever
Aug. 31, 2004
UTD Confers More Computer Science Degrees Than Any Other University in the United States

September

Sept. 1, 2004
Dr. Sandi Chapman To Appear on Popular Radio Program Thursday To Discuss Brain Health
Sept. 1, 2004
Dr. Xinchou Lou Appointed Head Of UTD's Physics Department
Sept. 2, 2004
BExchanged Theatrical Dance Performance To Run Oct. 1-2 at U. T. Dallas
Sept. 3, 2004
Gov. Rick Perry Scheduled To Speak At Forum At U. T. Dallas on Sept. 8
Sept. 7, 2004
U. T. Dallas' Dr. Inga Musselman New President of Microbeam Analysis Society
Sept. 8, 2004
Russian Scientist Vitaly Ginzburg, Winner of Nobel Prize in Physics, Joins U. T. Dallas Research Board
Sept. 9, 2004
UTD Professor Receives NSF Grant to Study New Broadband Wireless Technologies
Sept. 10, 2004
Lovitt To Retire As Senior Vice President, Business Affairs, After Nearly 19 Years at UTD
Sept. 13, 2004
Jazz Great Joey DeFrancesco To Perform at U. T. Dallas on Oct. 8
Sept. 14, 2004
UTD Alumni Association To Honor Three Former Students
Sept. 15, 2004
Bensoussan To Head New UTD Center On Risk Management and Analysis
Sept. 16, 2004
Former Dallas City Manager Benavides To Join Faculty of U. T. Dallas’ Public Affairs Program
Sept. 17, 2004
UTD Lassos Family Entertainment For 9 th Annual ‘Sounds of Class’
Sept. 17, 2004
Music, Myth, & Mysticism To Be Presented at UTD Oct. 15
Sept. 20, 2004
UTD Plans Public Math, Science Seminars
Sept. 21, 2004
Center for U.S.-Mexico Studies’ Lecture Series to Resume Friday
Sept. 21, 2004
Study of Auschwitz Camp Experiences To Be Topic of Professor’s McDermott Library Lecture
Sept. 22, 2004
Jonsson School Dean Bob Helms To Speak At TEDC’s Annual Conference Sept. 30
Sept. 27, 2004
UTD To Host Filmmakers Cynthia and Allan Mondell As Part of the 2004-05 Gender Lecture Series
Sept. 27, 2004
U. T. Dallas’ Da Hsuan Feng Wins Award From Asian American Citizen Council
Sept. 28, 2004
U. T. Dallas to Increase Visibility Of Its Disease-Related Research
Sept. 29, 2004
U. T. Dallas’ Dr. Marianne Stewart Named Editor of Prestigious Political Science Journal

October

Oct. 1, 2004
UTD Chess Club to Offer Fall Camps for Kids
Oct. 1, 2004
Classical Guitarist Carles Pons To Perform at U. T. Dallas on Oct. 22
Oct. 5, 2004
Kartasi, a Collaborative ‘Phantasm,’ To Open At U. T. Dallas on Nov. 5
Oct. 6, 2004
$1.5-Million Gift to Center for BrainHealth to Fund New Wing for Treatment of Strokes, Brain Injuries
Oct. 7, 2004
UTD Takes Third in ‘Best Education Web Site’ Contest Put On By Center for Digital Education
Oct. 7, 2004
Poet Laureate Cleatus Rattan To Read, Discuss Poetic Inductive Process at McDermott Library
Oct. 8, 2004
UTD Volcanologist to Present Public Lecture on Mt. St. Helens
Oct. 11, 2004
Homage to Lorca Guitar Concert To Be Held at U. T. Dallas on Nov. 6
Oct. 12, 2004
Chamber Orchestra Kremerata Baltica To Perform At U. T. Dallas on Nov. 10
Oct. 12, 2004
UTD’s Callier Center, UT Southwestern To Benefit from Oct. 26 Dallas Mavericks Game
Oct. 13, 2004
Writing Expert Paula LaRocque To Speak As Part of McDermott Library Writers Series
Oct. 14, 2004
UTD Presidential Finalist Dr. John Baldwin To Visit Campus on Monday and Tuesday
Oct. 15, 2004
Center for Study of Texas Politics to Host Candidates for 32nd Congressional Seat
Oct. 18, 2004
Hi-TECCC Coalition to Bolster Area Students In Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
Oct. 19, 2004
UTD Holocaust Lecture Series Resumes Nov. 7
Oct. 19, 2004
National Instruments Awards Grant to UTD's School of Engineering and Computer Science
Oct. 20, 2004
UTD Presidential Finalist Dr. Gary Schuster To Visit Campus on Monday and Tuesday
Oct. 21, 2004
Cognitive Stimulation in Combination With Drug Slows Decline in Alzheimer’s Patients, Study Shows
Oct. 22, 2004
Unification of Behavioral Sciences Is Topic of Green Lecture Series
Oct. 26, 2004
UTD Presidential Finalist Dr. Thomas Barton To Visit Campus on Thursday and Friday
Oct. 26, 2004
Clavier Trio To Perform ‘Official Inaugural Concert’ As Chamber Music Ensemble in Residence at UTD
Oct. 27, 2004
Former UTD President Dr. Robert Rutford Honored by Polish Academy for Work in Antarctica

November

Nov. 1, 2004
Nanotechnology Research in Texas To Be Showcased at Conference at U. T. Dallas
Nov. 3, 2004
UTD Will Join Texas Instruments In Unprecedented Simultaneous Groundbreakings
Nov. 4, 2004
U. T. Dallas Professor Is Honored By International Society of Audiology
Nov. 5, 2004
UTD To Present a Free Concert, Lascivious Love Songs, on Dec. 3
Nov. 8, 2004
A Child’s Christmas Holiday Concert To Be Presented at UTD on Dec. 5
Nov. 9, 2004
UTD’s Student Newspaper Takes Top Honors In Associated Collegiate Press Competition
Nov. 9, 2004
U. T. Dallas Chess Director to Speak To World Sport Congress In Rome
Nov. 10, 2004
Renowned Scholar Mihai Nadin Joins Faculty of The University of Texas at Dallas
Nov. 15, 2004
UTD Professors Win $950,000 in NSF Grants For Research of Wireless, Optical Networks
Nov. 16, 2004
UTD To Hold Rare International Tournament Dec. 7-15 Rated By the World Chess Federation
Nov. 18, 2004
Scientists from UTD and Australia Achieve Breakthrough by 'Downsizing' Ancient Technology

December

Dec. 2, 2004
Information Security Expert to Head UTD’s CyberSecurity Research Center
Dec. 3, 2004
Nobel Laureate Leads UTD Delegation to India; MacDiarmid To Lecture at National Physics Lab
Dec. 7, 2004
UTD Players Will Try to Beat Own Record At National K-12/Collegiate Chess Tourney
Dec. 8, 2004
Mixed Media Exhibition, Urbanisms of Risk, To Run at UTD From Jan. 10 to Feb. 12
Dec. 10, 2004
2 Professors, 2 Students From UTD Win ‘Best Paper’ Award at Computer Conference
Dec. 13, 2004
UTD Takes Top Individual, Team Honors At National Chess Tournament in Orlando
Dec. 13, 2004
UTD Chess Team Set To Defend Number 1 Ranking In Pan American Intercollegiate Tournament
Dec. 15, 2004
Jazz Greats Marvin Stamm and Bill Mays To Perform At U. T. Dallas on Jan. 21
Dec. 16, 2004
Shulman, Novikov Tie for First Place in UTD Grandmaster Invitational Chess Tournament
Dec. 17, 2004
U. T. Dallas, Richland College Sign Transfer Agreement Targeted at Journalism Students
Dec. 22, 2004
Presidential Finalist Dr. David Daniel To Visit UTD Campus on Jan. 19-20
Dec. 23, 2004
UTD to Host Major College Debate Tourney
Dec. 30, 2004
UTD Continues Reign as College Chess Champion by Winning Pan Am Tournament Outright for Second Consecutive Year

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