UT Dallas News Center is an official news voice of The University of Texas at Dallas. http://www.utdallas.edu/news/ http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/2/10-15471_ATT-Gifts-Make-an-Aesthetic-Addition-to-UT-Dallas-_article-wide.html The University recently received three works of art from the AT&T Corporate Art Collection. The large-scale pieces, done by 20th-century American artists, include work in various media. ]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/2/10-15691_Sister-Institutions-Make-Plans-to-Collaborate-on-R_article-wide.html More than 500 miles separate UT Dallas and UT Pan American, but the two schools hope to effectively narrow that distance after research faculty from both met to discuss working together on science, technology, engineering and mathematics projects. The STEM Faculty Research Symposium gathered faculty from the sister institutions in hopes of establishing a program that promotes long-term collaboration in their fields. Disciplines represented at the symposium included biology, electrical engineering, physics, geosciences, chemistry, material science, mathematics and mechanical engineering. ]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/2/9-15481_Alumna-Works-for-Peace-in-Worlds-Newest-Country_article.html Little did UT Dallas alumna Tiffany Ornelas know that her campus leadership experience would prepare her for a humanitarian role that has taken her to the world's newest country, South Sudan, where she has helped mediate a conflict between feuding states. Ornelas, who earned her M.A. in public affairs and B.A. in political science from the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, is an international civilian peacekeeper with Nonviolent Peaceforce, a non-governmental organization. ]]> Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/2/9-15671_Online-Evaluations-Get-High-Marks-from-Students-In_article-wide.html Students at UT Dallas have a new option for sharing thoughts about a particular class or professor: a University-wide online course evaluation system. The Faculty Senate and a committee of faculty and students adopted the program last semester. The move follows a decade of relying on paper course evaluations. ]]> Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/2/8-15631_UTeach-Alumnus-Works-to-Build-Science-Excitement_article.html UTeach alumnus Gianfranco Herrera knows kids can be a tough crowd or even laugh 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 University program launched in 2008 to increase the number of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) majors interested in becoming new secondary science or mathematics teachers. ]]> Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/2/8-15641_Teams-Rank-in-Top-Tier-of-National-Moot-Court-Chal_article-wide.html Two UT Dallas Moot Court teams finished among the top 32 teams at this year's American Collegiate Moot Court Association National Tournament, hosted Jan. 13 and 14 at Chapman University in Orange, California. The teams-one comprised of Richard Stees and Michelle Nirumandrad, the other of Faith Boyle and Irene Morse-performed well enough at the ACMA Southwestern Regional Tournament to receive invitations to the National Tournament. Stees and Nirumandrad placed first overall in the regional competition and were seeded seventh nationally. ]]> Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/2/7-15591_Photography-Exhibit-Opens-Eclectic-Arts-Week-at-UT_article-wide.html The unveiling of a new exhibit of images Tuesday from the Jerry and Marilyn Comer Photography Collection kicks off a varied week of arts events at UT Dallas. The opening reception for will be Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 2 p.m. in the University Theatre Gallery.This exhibit invites viewers to consider how they discover affinities for specific photographs. The photos are by such artists as Larry Fink, Andrea Modica, Luis Mallo, Rufus O. Lovett, Andres Serrano and Paula Willmot Kraus. ]]> Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/2/7-15601_Talking-Trash-RecycleMania-to-Launch-at-UT-Dallas_article.html On 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. ]]> Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/2/7-15611_Student-Services-Building-Wins-Accessibility-Award_article.html UT Dallas has been praised for exceeding the accessibility requirements of people with disabilities in the design and construction of the Student Services Building. The Accessibility Award, presented by the Texas Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities and the Accessibility Professionals Association, was presented in Austin on Jan. 27 with a framed proclamation from Texas Gov. Rick Perry. ]]> Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/2/6-15571_Prison-Misconduct-Findings-Shed-Light-on-Crowding-_article-wide.html UT Dallas criminologist Dr. Robert Morris and doctoral student Erin Orrick won the 2012 William Simon/Anderson Publishing Outstanding Paper award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences for their article that shows offenders who return to prison on technical parole violations are far less likely to engage in prison misconduct. ]]> Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/2/3-15521_New-Media-Rewriting-the-Ad-Playbook-for-Super-Bowl_article-wide.html This year's Super Bowl ads are using a variety of tools that go far beyond the traditional TV commercial, said Abhi Biswas, a UT Dallas marketing professor in the Naveen Jindal School of Management. Companies have been using social media and targeted marketing to whet the public's appetite for game-day ads. ]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/2/3-15531_Weekend-Events-to-Strike-a-Chord-With-Classical-Mu_article-wide.html The School of Arts and Humanities has scheduled back-to-back classical music concerts this weekend with performances by a guitar virtuoso and a piano duo on separate nights. Guitarist Javier Calderón plays Friday, Feb. 3. The music continues Saturday, Feb. 4, with a piano concert for four hands by the Euphonia Duo, made up of Fenia Chang and Evelyn Chen. ]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/2/3-15541_Program-Helps-Students-Bond-While-They-Are-Abroad_article.html The chance to learn about new cultures, different languages or exotic foods might make the iFriend program seem 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. Begun in fall 2010 as a way to help new international teaching assistants acclimate to life on campus, the program has morphed into a partnership between the International Student Services Office and the Office of Student Volunteerism that provides an immersive cultural experience to both domestic and international students. ]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/2/3-15561_Citigroup-Whistleblower-Now-a-Jindal-School-of-Man_article.html Richard Bowen, a former vice president at Citigroup, tried to warn the bank's senior management and board of directors about the increasing levels of defective mortgages he was seeing. The news program, 60 Minutes, recently featured his experiences in a story focusing on why large Wall Street banks have not been prosecuted under the Sarbanes-Oxley law. Bowen, who also testified before a congressional commission and 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. ]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/2/2-15461_Surgeon-Started-Career-Journey-in-UT-Dallas-Class-_article-wide.html In her office, just a block from San Francisco's famed Union Square, plastic surgeon Dr. Usha Rajagopal BS'82 is at the pinnacle of a career that began with a cell biology class at UT Dallas. "This was an incredibly demanding class," she explained. "It was taught by Dr. Jost Kemper, who was equally demanding but in a highly encouraging way. I learned so much in that class, about cell biology and also about myself." ]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:00:00 -0600