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General interest media coverage of UT Dallas students, faculty, staff and leadership and their achievements.
Bondurant Hits Big Screen With ‘Lawless’ Film
(May. 25, 2012) “I’m never satisfied. I’ll read a page in one of my books and say, ‘This is terrible.’ When I’m doing a reading, sometimes I’ll skip a line I don’t like. You always feel like you can do better. I tell my students, the revision process is everything.” — Dr. Matt Bondurant, assistant professor in creative writing and literature read more
Indy 500: A Feast for the Eyes, Hazardous for the Ears
(May. 22, 2012) “Anytime someone exposes their ears to intense sounds, like motorsports, it can be extremely dangerous. If you do it enough, over time, your hearing is not going to come back.” — Dr. Ross J. Roeser, executive director, Callier Center for Communication Disorders read more
As Insight Grows on Cause of Illnesses, Treatments Adapt
(May. 10, 2012) “Most treatments in the last decade have focused on treating symptoms and throwing medicine at dealing with hallucinations, paranoia and schizophrenia. These individuals can be very, very smart cognitively, and while the treatments have helped to treat their symptoms, none has helped to make them more productive members of society, as the evidence suggests they could be. ... It's like we're not learning fast enough.” — Dr. Sandi Chapman, founder and chief director of the BrainHealth Center at UT Dallas read more
DISD School Lands on Top of List of Best Public High Schools
(May. 09, 2012) “It would be akin to determining the best player in basketball based only on the number of rebounds. We know there are other aspects that help determine this notion of ‘best.’ ” — Dr. Rodney Andrews, director of the UT Dallas Education Research Center read more
Zipcar Auto Rental Wants to be Your Main Wheels
(May. 04, 2012) “I came from Seattle, and Seattle is a Zipcar city. They are all over town — in city parking lots, in real business parking lots, just throughout the city.” — Thea Junt, energy conservation and sustainability manager for UT Dallas read more
Hearing Aids Get Smaller, Smarter and Easier to Use
(May. 03, 2012) “Getting a hearing aid is just the first step. It’s not just a matter of putting the instrument in your ear. You have to learn to use it.” — Dr. Linda Thibodeau, professor at the Callier Center and the UT Dallas School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences read more
The Secrets to Maintaining Eyesight and Hearing
(May. 03, 2012) “First and foremost, you need to protect your hearing, because once that goes, it’s not coming back.” — Carol Cokely, clinical associate professor at the UT Dallas Callier Center for Communication Disorders read more
Professor Digs Through 500,000 Teen Texts a Month
(Apr. 25, 2012) “I have someone who works for me who checks it everyday, but I don't look at it too often because I'm immediately absorbed by it. It is so rich and they say so much to each other, and they use such sophisticated language, it just sucks me in.” — Dr. Marion Underwood, Ashbel Smith Professor in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences read more
Researchers Explore X-Ray Vision for Mobile Phones
(Apr. 24, 2012) “We’ve created approaches that open a previously untapped portion of the electromagnetic spectrum for consumer use and life-saving medical applications.” — Dr. Kenneth O, director of the Texas Analog Center of Excellence and a professor of electrical engineering read more
Chip Could Let Smartphones See Through Walls — And Clothes
(Apr. 20, 2012) “The major concern for this technology is privacy, so we've made it that you need to place the imaging device very close to the object you are looking at. We are talking about a distance of 10 centimeters, so it would be very difficult for someone to sneak up on you and...you know.” — Dr. Kenneth O, professor of electrical engineering at UT Dallas and director of the Texas Analog Center for Excellence read more
Terahertz-Band Cell Phones Could See Through Walls
(Apr. 19, 2012) “The combination of CMOS and terahertz means you could put this chip and receiver on the back of a cellphone, turning it into a device carried in your pocket that can see through objects.” — Dr. Kenneth O, professor of electrical engineering and director of the Texas Analog Center of Excellence read more
TI Donation Sparks Creation of $13 Million Center at UT Dallas
(Apr. 12, 2012) “The center will serve as a catalyst for North Texas industry by creating new biomedical technologies and producing more highly skilled graduates for this critical and rapidly growing field. As a physician, I can tell you that the opportunities are almost limitless for improving human health through the development of biomedical devices and technologies.” — Dr. Francisco G. Cigarroa, chancellor of the UT System read more
Alzheimer’s Diagnostic Probe Approved
(Apr. 09, 2012) “After that diagnosis, it’s a wait-and-see for two to three years. But if those patients had a negative florbetapir scan, there could be more confidence that they don’t have the disease.” — Dr. Denise Park, co-director, UT Dallas Center for Vital Longevity read more
Alzheimer Diagnosis Possible With Scan
(Apr. 08, 2012) “It is likely to play an important role in learning both how to diagnose and treat the disease, but it’s still an open question at this point for asymptomatic people.” — Dr. Denise Park, co-director, UT Dallas Center for Vital Longevity read more
Editorial: Moving Toward Tier One
(Mar. 29, 2012) “Think of it as a $200 million talent hunt. UTD is focusing the effort not on building more buildings, but on attracting more gifted researchers and scholars for its classrooms and laboratories. The objective is to become a higher-magnitude destination for creative people and their ideas. The North Texas economy can’t get enough of them, and it takes money to lure the best in the global market for entrepreneurial talent.” — The Dallas Morning News, editorial on March 29, 2012 read more
James Cameron Begins Descent to Ocean's Deepest Point
(Mar. 26, 2012) “Challenger Deep is the deepest cut into the solid Earth, and this gives us a chance to see deeper into the Earth than anywhere else.” — Dr. Robert Stern, professor of geosciences, on director James Cameron's voyage into Challenger Deep read more
The Robot That Moves Like a Jellyfish and Runs on Water
(Mar. 26, 2012) “We’ve created an underwater robot that doesn’t need batteries or electricity. The only waste released as it travels is more water.” — Dr. Yonas Tadesse, assistant professor of mechanical engineering read more
Robotic Jellyfish Fueled by Hydrogen Invented
(Mar. 23, 2012) “To our knowledge, this is the first successful powering of an underwater robot using external hydrogen as a fuel source.” — Dr. Yona Tadesse, assistant professor of mechanical engineering read more
Robot Jellyfish Powered By Renewable Energy
(Mar. 23, 2012) “It uses hydrogen and oxygen as a fuel source rather than electricity. This kind of system, that uses this as a power supply, does not adversely affect the environment.” — Dr. Yonas Tadasse, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering and one of the“RoboJelly” developers read more
RoboJelly, the Hydrogen-Powered Robot Jellyfish
(Mar. 22, 2012) “One beauty of this is that the only waste product is water.” — Dr. Yonas Tadesse, assistant professor of mechanical engineering read more
‘Big Data’ Emerges as Key Theme at South by Southwest
(Mar. 16, 2012) “They’re actually going to try targeting groups of individuals so that political campaigns become about data mining. ... It’s actually really disturbing.” — Dr. David Parry, assistant professor of emerging media and communications read more
With Spanking, Nature and Nurture Create More Aggression
(Mar. 16, 2012) “There’s an intricate interplay between nature and nurture. Most people know that genes matter, but genes and environment can coalesce, and we see things above and beyond what’s expected.” — Dr. J.C. Barnes, assistant professor of criminology read more
North Texas Grad Schools Score Well in U.S. News Rankings
(Mar. 14, 2012) “There isn’t a single magic bullet if you will, it’s just perseverance, hard work and stick-to-it year after year.” — Dr. Hasan Pirkul, dean of the Naveen Jindal School of Management read more
UT Dallas Plans New $85 Million Science Building
(Mar. 14, 2012) “The fields of neuroscience and biology and bioengineering are among the fields that have the greatest capability of generating external funding. And external funding is the key to national distinction and university rankings and economic development.” — Dr. Hobson Wildenthal, provost and executive vice president read more
Officals Warn Taxpayers of Scams as IRS Deadline Looms
(Mar. 14, 2012) “They will select a certain type of person. It usually means someone with a high credit score, if they’re are using their information and they want to get drivers licenses and photo identification, they might select someone that looks like them.” — Dr. Lynne Vieraitis, associate professor of criminology read more
Games Like World Of Warcraft Can Help With Some Brain Functions
(Mar. 09, 2012) “It should not be simple games like Tetris or the old fashioned arcade game like Pac-Man, absolutely no improvements or other abilities if you do those kinds of games.” — Dr. Chandramallika Basak, UT Dallas Center for Vital Longevity read more
Nearly One In Four Dallas Residents Live In Poverty
(Feb. 29, 2012) “We have neighborhoods where two-thirds of families are living in poverty. There are two neighborhoods in North Texas where 100 percent of children are estimated to be living in poverty.” — Dr. Timothy Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research at UT Dallas read more
Amazingly, Life Thrives Near the Deepest Spot on Earth
(Feb. 24, 2012) “These kinds of low-temperature fluid vents are very difficult to find and may be very widespread on the ocean floorAnd they can sustain high-biomass communities. This has implications for the chemical composition of the oceans and the distribution of deep-sea life.” — Dr. Robert Stern, professor of geosciences read more
Texas Exports Spike Higher on Energy Goods
(Feb. 24, 2012) “Literally about one-sixth of the country’s exports now come from Texas. This is awesome. The regional advantage of manufacturing and producing in Texas is now stronger than other states.” — Dr. Mike Peng, Provost’s Distinguished Professor of Global Strategy read more
The One College Degree Where Women Make More Than Men
(Feb. 24, 2012) “I would definitely say that women are more organized. So when you look at the homework, everything, they take care of their work much earlier.” — Shyam Karrah, senior lecturer, Naveen Jindal School of Management read more
Interracial Marriages Hit High
(Feb. 17, 2012) “I think we see that people who come from different cultural backgrounds have more and more opportunities to interact in our society now than they did a generation ago. ... It’s just a smaller step than it used to be to get romantically involved.” — Dr. Karen Prager, professor of developmental psychology read more
International Alumni Are Filling Universities’ Coffers
(Feb. 13, 2012) “This is no-strings-attached money coming back to us and it is helping us educate our kids in Texas. The key is money with no strings attached. It’s true philanthropy.” — Dr. Hasan Pirkul, dean of the Naveen Jindal School of Management read more
Dallas Police Department's Website Hacked
(Feb. 09, 2012) “As a defender, you’re only successful if you have blocked all possible avenues of attack, whereas an attacker only has to find one vulnerability, and then he has won the battle.” — Dr. Kevin Hamlen,assistant professor of computer science read more
Aide at L.A. School Sent Boy Love Letters
(Feb. 08, 2012) “You’re taking away … all the good relationships that are there for kids. It seems so extreme.” — Dr. Ellen Greenwald, UT Dallas psychologist read more
Dublin Bottler Faces Challenge of Selling New Sodas
(Feb. 08, 2012) “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 read more
Eastwood Spot Big Winner for UT Dallas Marketing Prof
(Feb. 07, 2012) “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 read more
Alzheimer's-Linked Brain Plaques May Affect Memory in Healthy People
(Feb. 02, 2012) “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 read more
David Daniel: Mr. President, Here’s the New Normal on College Campuses
(Feb. 02, 2012) “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 read more
Dallas Boy Overcomes Odds to Walk and Talk
(Jan. 25, 2012) “He had a lot to say and no way to say it.” — Jenny McGlothlin, speech pathologist at UT Dallas Callier Center read more
Internet to Artists: Drop Dead
(Jan. 24, 2012) “The laws now before Congress may not be perfect, and they can still be amended. But to do nothing and stay with the status quo is to keep our creative industries at risk by failing to enforce their property rights.” — Dr. Stan Liebowitz, Ashbel Smith Professor of Economics read more
Wikipedia Shuts Down in Protest Over Anti-Piracy Legislation
(Jan. 18, 2012) “I think Wikipedia is already doing a good bit to try to prevent copyright violations. This shifting of the burden of proof off of copyright holders and on to Wikipedia is going to make it impossible for them to sort of keep up with the need to police the site in this way.” — Dr. Andrew Famiglietti, visiting assistant professor of emerging media and communication read more
Memory Problems Linked to Old Age May Actually Begin Earlier
(Jan. 13, 2012) “Synthesize meanings from work assignments, articles and books read, and movies watched. Discussing deeper meanings pushes the power of your brain’s frontal lobe more than reciting a litany of facts.” — Dr. Sandi Chapman, founder and chief director of the Center for BrainHealth read more
Dallas Murder Totals Are at Lowest Level in Decades
(Jan. 13, 2012) “The crack market was a very outdoor market, and it was a very lucrative market and it was very territorial.”— Dr. Alex Piquero, professor of criminology at the University of Texas at Dallas read more
UTD Teen Text Study Has Surprising Communication Results
(Jan. 12, 2012) “I’m impressed by the richness of the communication. I thought it would be a lot of silly stuff. I didn't know how much it would be so deep and real and sophisticated.” — Dr. Marion Underwood, Ashbel Smith Professor of Psychology in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences read more
New Material Bests Silicon at Gadget Cooling
(Jan. 12, 2012) “The performance of an electronic device degrades as it heats up, and if it continues, the device fails. The faster heat is removed, the more efficient the device runs and the longer it lasts.” — Dr. Kyeongjae Cho, associate professor of materials science, engineering and physics read more
Crime Falls in Dallas for Record 8th Consecutive Year
(Jan. 10, 2012) “Police really are doing different kinds of strategies than they had been historically doing. Another thing that people pay attention to … is we as a United States have incarcerated a lot of people, and a good segment of that population who are committing a lot of crime is locked up. You’re going to have some effect when you lock up lots of people.” — Dr. Alex Piquero, Ashbel Smith professor of criminology read more
12 Reasons to Adopt a Better Attitude, Become an Optimist in the New Year
(Jan. 04, 2012) “A lot of newer research supports why a good attitude is important.” — Heather Atkison, crisis management coordinator and clinical counselor at UT Dallas
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UT Dallas Looks to Defend Chess Championship Victory
(Jan. 03, 2012) “We had a perfect score, our A-team did. It was six wins, no losses and no draws.” — Jim Stallings, chess program director at UT Dallas read more
Holiday Toys Can Offer Learning Opportunities
(Jan. 03, 2012) “Excessive use of media has a lot of consequences for children, like attention problems and obesity. Lots of parents now limit their child use of media, but I would like us to reflect on our own use of media, and how often we are using the phone or checking text messages when we are trying to supposedly play with our child.” — Lyn Neisius, developmental specialist at the UT Dallas Center for Children and Families read more
Timothy Bray: No ‘Cheap’ Computer Fixes for Poverty
(Dec. 26, 2011) “The answer to our problems requires that we confront the issues of poverty in honest and innovative ways; otherwise, these issues that permeate our communities will continue to confound our children’s futures.” — Dr. Timothy Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research at UT Dallas read more
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