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/2013/5/15-23741_Alumnus-Business-Aims-to-Replace-Animal-Cone-of-Sh_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS Like many business ideas, MBA graduate Chakri Paila's startup solves a problem: protecting sick or injured pets from the dreaded "cone of shame." The UT Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management graduate MBA'03 owns and operates Hagar Collars, which advertises a less mortifying alternative to the Elizabethan-style collar often used by veterinarians. ]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2013/5/7-23551_First-Class-Ring-Returns-to-Campus-as-a-Symbol-of-_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS Jack Julius Lamb Jr. BS'90, was the recipient of the first class ring offered to graduates. For him, it was an outward symbol of devotion to his alma mater. After Lamb's death in 2011, his wife chose to give the ring back to UT Dallas to serve as an enduring inspiration to alumni, students, friends, parents, and prospective students. ]]> Tue, 07 May 2013 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2013/4/29-23421_UT-Dallas-Alumni-Supporters-Lauded-for-Service_article.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS Alumni and community leaders took center stage at the University's 11th annual Awards Gala. More than 300 guests celebrated the honorees' accomplishments in technology, filmmaking, audiology, business and research. ]]> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2013/4/9-23031_Alumnus-Helps-Launch-Business-That-Provides-Laughs_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS A UT Dallas alumnus has helped start up a business that strives to provide random, bizarre and entertaining answers to cold feet. The brain-child of Tom Browning MPA'05, PhD'09 and four friends, Foot Cardigan delivers fabulously strange pairs of socks to subscribers. ]]> Tue, 09 Apr 2013 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2013/3/6-22161_Alumnus-Journey-Took-Him-from-the-Bullpen-to-Neuro_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS Will Rosellini MBA'03, MS'08 was not your typical professional baseball player. When he was pitching for the Arizona Diamondbacks, he was fascinated by neuroscience and neuromuscular aspects of throwing a baseball. Since then he's earned six advanced degrees, founded a company and is completing his PhD in neuroscience. ]]> Wed, 06 Mar 2013 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2013/2/20-22211_Profs-Peers-Recognize-Recent-Finance-Grads-Focus-a_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS A car accident years ago left Olia Bosovik's body badly bruised and her college savings account completely drained, but the determined young student from Belarus refused to allow the setback to crush her dream of obtaining a business degree in the U.S. "After the accident, I found out that my parents' insurance didn't cover me and I had to pay a large sum of money since it was my fault. It almost made me give up since all the money I had saved for school was gone," the recent Naveen Jindal School of Management graduate recalled. ]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2013/2/11-21981_BBS-Alumni-Organizing-Speech-Hearing-Program-in-Ch_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS A UT Dallas graduate is leading a team of communication specialists in an effort to expand treatment opportunities for the estimated 20 million Chinese people who suffer from speech and hearing disorders.Dr. Lucy Liu, who earned a master's degree in communication sciences at UT Dallas' School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, is chief executive of the Dallas-based Bethel Hearing and Speaking Training Center. ]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2013/2/4-21861_Alumna-Describes-Her-Role-as-a-Soldier-and-as-an-A_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS Daniella Poole Mestyanek BA'09 served as a military intelligence officer in Afghanistan. Once a literary studies major and member of the UT Dallas chess team, she describes her worldly childhood and her journey into the U.S. Army. ]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2013/1/23-21571_Alumnus-and-Microsoft-Inventor-Tapping-Cloud-Compu_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS Christian Belady MA'90 helps build, manage and breathe life into the entire world of cloud computing at Microsoft. Just one provider of cloud services, Microsoft supports more than 1 billion customers and 20 million businesses in 76 countries. And Belady has been a key player in building this business. ]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2013 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2013/1/11-21491_Alumnus-Turns-Passion-for-Home-Brewing-into-Growin_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS Michael Peticolas BA'95 and his wife, Melissa, own Peticolas Brewing Company, a Dallas-based brewery that provides a homegrown option for local beer lovers and recently won a gold medal at the Great American Beer Festival. Peticolas and his wife, Melissa, own Peticolas Brewing Company, a Dallas-based brewery that provides a homegrown option for local beer lovers and recently won a gold medal at the Great American Beer Festival, where more than 675 breweries competed. ]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2013 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/9/25-19791_Academic-Bridge-Inspires-Student-to-Give-Back-to-S_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS Alumna Sandra Martinez has made a few journeys in her young life, beginning with a move from Dallas to Mexico when she was 4 years old and a return in middle school. Coming out of high school, Martinez wasn't sure how she could afford to go to college. but UT Dallas' Academic Bridge program helped her see the career she is now embarking upon. ]]> Tue, 25 Sep 2012 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/5/24-18051_Ring-Ceremony-Creates-New-Tradition-at-Universitys_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS The ring ceremony took on a new tradition this year when students dipped their rings in a pool, symbolically covering the ring and themselves in UT Dallas pride. The ceremony took place on the recently redesigned mall, surrounded by trees beneath the University's iconic trellis. ]]> Thu, 24 May 2012 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/5/11-17851_Legendary-TV-Anchor-McDermott-Scholars-Among-Alumn_article.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS The University recently celebrated its exceptional alumni and community leaders at the 10th annual Awards Gala. Honorees included a legendary TV news anchor, the Eugene McDermott Scholars Program Alumni and an alumnus who traveled all the way from Taiwan. Former CBS 11 news anchor Tracy Rowlett MA'80 and six others were honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award. ]]> Fri, 11 May 2012 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/2/10-15471_ATT-Gifts-Make-an-Aesthetic-Addition-to-UT-Dallas-_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS 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/2012/2/9-15481_Alumna-Works-for-Peace-in-Worlds-Newest-Country_article.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS 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/2010/02/05-001.php Amid the shock of finding her home had been invaded last year, Debra Pickral discovered that thieves had stolen the jewelry box where she kept a prized reminder of the years she spent and the degrees she earned at UT Dallas. The Office of Development and Alumni Relations found a way to give the story a happy ending. Fri, 5 Feb 2010 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/10/30-003.php The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics inducted its largest class ever Wednesday night, adding two administrators and three former soccer standouts to the UT Dallas Athletic Hall of Honors. Dr. Darrelene Rachavong, the University's vice president for student affairs, and Dr. Michael J. Coleman, dean of undergraduate education, were inducted for their role in the formation of the intercollegiate athletic program back in the mid-1990s. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/07/16-002.php Firsts are nothing new to UT Dallas alumna Sophie Rutenbar. She received the University's first Truman and Marshall scholarships and earlier this week, she became the first graduate - and one of only about 1,000 people in history - to solo swim the English Channel. Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/07/02-003.php Tony Tyler uses the skills he learned in the University's Arts and Technology program to bring characters like those in Monsters vs. Aliens to life for DreamWorks SKG. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/06/15-001.php Gabriel Vaughan, who holds three different degrees from the School of Management, has yet another distinction to his credit. On the recent nationwide CPA exams, he earned one of the Top 10 scores nationwide. Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/05/05-001.php After she finishes her first year at Georgetown University's law school, Kim Allen will begin a summer internship for Judge Sandra Ikuta of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. Tue, 5 May 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/04/03-005.php The 2009 Distinguished Alumni Gala honored seven of The University of Texas at Dallas' most outstanding alumni Saturday evening, March 28. Fri, 3 Apr 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/02/11-002.php The founder and chairman of the Zyvex companies will talk about his success with this new frontier of nanotechnology as the guest speaker of the UT Dallas Entrepreneurship Club on Thursday, Feb. 12. Wed, 11 Feb 2009 07:00:00 CST