Alumni

UTeach Grad Tries to Build Science Excitement

Gianfranco and Alysha HerreraGianfranco Herrera knows kids can be a tough crowd if he has trouble with one of his science demonstrations, but more often than not, they're in awe. Franco is one of the first graduates of UTeach Dallas, a program designed to increase the number of secondary science and math teachers. read more

Students

Teams in Top Tier of Moot Court Challenge

UT Dallas Moot CourtTwo UT Dallas Moot Court teams finished among the top 32 teams at this year’s American Collegiate Moot Court Association National Tournament last month in Orange, Calif. The teams had performed well enough at the regional tournament to receive invitations to nationals.  read more

Campus

President's Viewpoint: Controlling Tuition

At UT Dallas, we were addressing the cost of tuition even before President Obama spoke about it in his most recent State of the Union speech. In 2007, we launched Guaranteed Fixed Tuition, offering students four years of fixed tuition and fees. This past fall, more than 13,000 UTD students paid no tuition increase. read more

Talking Trash: RecycleMania is Back

Recyclemania 2012On Wednesday, Chess Plaza will be the place to talk trash at UT Dallas. Custodial services will display a day’s worth of the University’s refuse to signal the launch of RecycleMania 2012, the North American college recycling competition. read more

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In Print & On Air 

“You’re taking away … all the good relationships that are there for kids. It seems so extreme.”

Dr. Ellen Greenwald,
UT Dallas psychologist — USA Today

 

“When a company like Dublin is selling into other distributors' territories, they're basically taking case sales away from those other distributors. And those are family companies, too.”

Judd Bradbury, management lecturer
— WFAA-TV (Channel 8) News

 

“They don’t want to leave any stone unturned, this is their big stage, the big extravaganza. This is their one shot to reach 111 million eyeballs they're going to make sure they reach every segment of the population they can.”

Abhi Biswas,
UT Dallas marketing professor — NBC-DFW

 

“President Barack Obama recently admonished universities: ‘If you can’t stop tuition from going up, the funding you get from taxpayers will go down.’ Mr. President, reduced taxpayer funding has already happened. It is the primary cause of tuition increases for the past 20 years.”

Dr. David E. Daniel,
President of UT Dallas — The Dallas Morning News

 

 

 

 

Wednesday
February 8, 2012