In Print & On Air
General interest media coverage of UT Dallas students, faculty, staff and leadership and their achievements.
College Star Helps Steer Dallas to Team's Second League Title
(December 19, 2008) "The university has a large chess team and recruits players from all over the world. One grandmaster and seven international masters are enrolled there." - Chess columnist Dylan Loeb McClain read more
Twenty Most Affluent U.S. Neighborhoods
(December 10, 2008) "It is an upscale community with an expression of that status in its town square. If there is anything special about the suburb, it is that square." - Dr. Brian J.L. Berry, dean of the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, on the Dallas suburb of Southlake read more
Bank Bailout: Everything You Need to Know
(December 8, 2008) "Before we can figure out what it's going to cost to do the surgery, we've got to stabilize the patient." - Frank W. Anderson, School of Management read more
Author Looks at 13 Books That Changed America
(December 8, 2008) "Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford established the myth of American exceptionalism, that this country has a special covenant with God, that it is a shining example for all other nations to imitate." - Dr. Tim Redman, professor of literary studies read more
Perry's Jabs at Feds May Have Second Target as Well
(December 7, 2008) "I guess it's a pretty good shot to take on the federal government if you're running against someone who is an agent of the federal government." - Dr. Greg Thielemann, director of the Center for the Study of Texas Politics at UT Dallas. read more
Dispelling Foreclosure Myths
(December 8, 2008) "These numbers are large enough that if only a minority of speculators defaulted when housing prices stopped increasing, it could explain all or most of the increases in foreclosures." - Dr. Stan Liebowitz, Ashbel Smith Professor of Economics read more
Dallas Moves into Top 10 in MarketWatch Study of Metro Regions
(December 2, 2008) "That allows us to do a lot of things other places can't do because of gridlock." - Jim Murdoch, economics professor, on Dallas' geographical advantages read more
UT Dallas Does First-Ever Teens and Text Messaging Study
(November 21, 2008) "There is way more parent-child communication in what we've collected so far than I ever would have expected." - Dr. Marion Underwood, professor of psychology read more
Make New Friends, Get Involved: Socializing is Good for Your Brain
(November 21, 2008) "It's important to act engaged in your environment, be it through learning, be it through social interaction, be it through exercise. I think what we'll find out is that what's bad is sitting home alone in a quiet room watching television." - Denise Park, T. Boone Pickens Distinguished Chair in Clinical Brain Science read more
Is Dallas at Risk of the Kind of Flood That Hit in 1908?
(November 13, 2008) "Obviously if the reservoirs are low and a 1908 rainstorm hits, then no problem, it'ys a double win: no flood and we fill the reservoirs." - Robert J. Stern, geoscience professor read more
Dealing With the Threat of Global Recession
(November 13, 2008) "Some of these 'outdated' criteria included the size of the mortgage payment relative to income, credit history, savings history and income verification." - Stan Liebowitz, professor of economics, on the relaxed lending standards that preceded the mortgage crisis read more
Executive Education Programs Can Provide New Perspectives
(November 5, 2008) "Knowledge has a way of moving at a clip that eclipses very quickly that which was gained in prior formal education. Real-world experience is invaluable, but it tends simply to repeat the same processes and outlooks rather than expanding one's exposure to new ideas." - Dr. Constantine Konstans, executive director of the Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance at UT Dallas read more
Do Attractive People Face a Beauty Penalty?
(November 3, 2008) "In people's minds, there's a stereotype that attractive people are much better than unattractive people. I think it's very difficult to live up to those expectations." - Dr. Catherine Eckel, professor of economics read more
Making The Scene: UTD exhibit celebrates America
(October 31, 2008) "Anyone who knows anything about this country of ours knows that it's a fusion of different cultures, locations, ideals and lifestyles. ... There is something inherently American in all of that variety, and what better way to see American life than in pictures." - Dallas Observer, on the "Social/Scene" photographic exhibit read more
Booming States Lure Academics From Those With Financial Woes
(October 27, 2008) "If it's true we will have a surplus, we have an enormous opportunity to come out of this much better positioned nationally and internationally." - Dr. David E. Daniel, president of UT Dallas read more
On the Whole, Index Says, Dallas is Doing Better
(October 25, 2008) "Wholeness is a moral and ethical imperative. It is also an economic imperative because, over time, cities with the greatest disparities in quality of life tend to show slower economic growth." - Report by the Institute for Urban Policy Research at the University of Texas at Dallas read more
Study Uses Data from School of Management Research
(October 25, 2008) "This mass of data was then compared against schools' output of research papers, using figures compiled annually at the University of Texas at Dallas. ... Since 1989, the authors conclude, there has been a direct correlation between the amount of academic research produced by a school and the performance of its MBA program." - Report on the effects of management research at universities read more
Kmart Sells Layaway Service to Holiday Shoppers
(October 17, 2008) "People cut back on general spending and they go from Neiman to Macy's and from Macy's to Target. People are still going to spend this time [shopping]; what changes is where." - Rachael Croson, professor of behavioral economics read more
Besting Bill Gates: UT Dallas Team Solves Pancake Problem
(October 14, 2008) "This is a mathematical Mt. Everest or intellectual challenge. It was simply a matter of trying to do something better, to learn something more, to climb this mountain." - Dr. Hal Sudborough, computer science professor and the team's adviser read more
Researcher Chats Online About Nanotubes and More
(October 13, 2008) "Since nanotechnology is the convergence of so many different fields, research requires interdisciplinary capabilities. Carbon nanotubes provide areas of research, but we have a number of others." - Dr. Ray Baughman, director of the NanoTech Institute at UT Dallas read more
Plenty of Pork in the Final Bailout
(October 10, 2008) "You had to give some of the members some cover, if not some cover, then benefits, otherwise they just plain weren't going to vote for it." - Dr. David J. Springate, associate professor of finance and managerial economics, on the bill to prop up Wall Street read more
Math Skills Suffer in U.S., Study Finds
(October 10, 2008) "The United States is failing to develop the math skills of both girls and boys, especially among those who could excel at the highest levels, a new study asserts, and girls who do succeed in the field are almost all immigrants or the daughters of immigrants from countries where mathematics is more highly valued." - report on study co-authored by Titu Andreescu, professor of math education read more
Economic Forum Addresses Mortgage Market Meltdown
(October 6, 2008) "I think it comes back to the overconsumption problem. It's not that the wrong people are consuming. It's the right people who are consuming, but they're consuming too much." - Dr. Rachel Croson, Professor of Economics; and Professor of Organizations, Strategy and International Management read more
Area Universities Emphasize Benefits of Tier One Research Status
(October 6, 2008) "It's important because our economic vitality absolutely depends on centers of creativity and entrepreneurship." - Dr. David E. Daniel, UT Dallas president read more
Some Lawmakers Want to Bring Back Death Penalty in Mexico
(September 29, 2008) "If you can learn anything from the American experience, in Texas it takes about eight to 10 years to execute somebody once he's convicted. ... The deterrent effect is elusive at best." - James Marquart, criminology professor read more
It's a Small World - But One with Tremendous Opportunity
(September 25, 2008) "Texas has in the past been and is now the energy state. To be the energy state in the future will mean more than it used to be in the sense of having oil in the ground and the technology to get oil from the ground. Our nanotechnology programs in energetics are designed to help Texas always be the energy state." - Dr. Ray Baughman, director of the Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute at UT Dallas read more
Guest Editorial: Liberal Policies Fueled Wall Street Woes
(September 25, 2008) "Now that the popped bubble has left us swimming in foreclosures, the supporters of loosened credit standards seem shy about taking credit for their "mortgage innovations." Instead, they blame subprime lenders for becoming 'predatory' - when they were simply taking the Boston Fed rules to their logical conclusion while broadening the mortgage market." - Stan Liebowitz, Ashbel Smith Professor of Economics read more
Editorial: Texas Needs More Flagship Universities
(September 22, 2008) "Lawmakers are reluctant to spend more on higher education. But with population growth, and with the competitiveness and economic edge that come with improved higher education, this is not putting money into a black hole like, say, prisons. This is how we build a better Texas." - editorial, calling for more Tier One universities read more
New Dallas Treatment Helping Stroke Patients Speak
(September 19, 2008) "It's not just the repetition per se. It's the repetition under visual feedback condition that in this particular experiment seems to be giving them the boost." - Dr. William Katz, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences read more
Wall Street's Woes Being Felt by Consumers
(September 19, 2008) "There's money out there, it's just that no one wants to loan it because they're scared they're not going to get it back." - Frank Anderson, School of Management finance professor read more
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