Campus
Whistleblower to Discuss ‘60 Minutes’ Story
Richard Bowen, a former vice president at Citigroup who is now a professor of accounting at UT Dallas, on Feb. 6 will offer a glimpse behind the scenes of the troubled mortgage industry at the heart of the nation’s financial meltdown. read more
Faculty
New Media Rewriting Super Bowl Ad Playbook
This year’s Super Bowl ads are using a variety of tools that go far beyond the traditional TV commercial, said marketing Professor Abhi Biswas. Companies have been using social media and targeted marketing to whet the public’s appetite for game-day ads. read more
Students
Program Helps Students Bridge Cultures
With visions of learning about a new culture or language or sampling exotic foods, the iFriend program might sound like a good idea to just about anyone, but a few UT Dallas students walk away with the best perk of all: a lifelong pal.
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Campus
Events to Strike a Chord With Classical Fans
The School of Arts and Humanities has scheduled back-to-back classical music concerts this weekend with performances by a guitar virtuoso and two pianists. Guitarist Javier Calderón plays Friday and the Euphonia Duo plays a piano concert for four hands Saturday. read more
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| Feb. 4 | Euphonia Duo Piano Concert |
| Feb. 8 | Elledanceworks Dance Performance |
| Feb. 8 | Ethics and Military Funding of Research |
“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
“Just because we don’t have a treatment for Alzheimer’s doesn’t mean we’ll never have one. What if we can develop this field enough that we can say things about your brain in your 40s and tell people, ‘Here’s a pill that you can take to slow [cognitive deterioration] down so it will never go to Alzheimer’s?’ ”
Dr. Denise Park, co-director
of the Center for Vital Longevity — U.S. News and World Report
