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/2012/5/21-17991_Grad-Ceremonies-Celebrate-Journeys-Ending-mdash-an_article-wide.html Proud family and friends gathered to honor 1,198 graduate and PhD candidates and 1,437 undergraduates as they collected their diplomas from UT Dallas President David E. Daniel. The graduates represent a 22 percent increase from last spring. Some family members traveled thousands of miles for the culmination of years of hard work and sacrifice. Among them was G. Panneer Selvam, who flew from Chennai, India, to see his son, Anjan, walk across the stage. ]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/5/17-17951_2-Undergrad-Researchers-Win-Goldwater-Scholarships_article-wide.html Two UT Dallas students have won scholarships from the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program in the same year. A third student earned honorable mention. The program awards scholarships to about 300 top students from a field of 1,000 nominated by faculty at universities nationwide. ]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/5/16-17931_UT-Dallas-to-Graduate-Record-Numbers-This-Week_article.html Family members and well-wishers will join the celebratory throng May 18-19, when spring commencement ceremonies will honor 2,635 UT Dallas graduates, a 22- percent increase from last year. UT Dallas will hold six ceremonies to accommodate the increasing number of graduates from the University's seven schools. ]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/5/14-17871_Researcher-Awarded-19-Million-to-Study-Addiction_article.html A UT Dallas researcher has been awarded $1.9 million to support her studies of genetic and environmental factors related to marijuana addiction. Dr. Francesca Filbey, assistant professor at the Center for BrainHealth received the funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. "Despite the long history of cannabis use, which dates back to more than 2,500 years, we still know very little about its effects on the brain," Filbey said. ]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/5/10-17761_Callier-Center-Welcomes-Russian-Delegates_article.html A group of Russian educators and public officials toured the UT Dallas Callier Center for Communication Disorders recently to see the facilities and the work of the University's audiologists and speech language pathologists. The group was hosted at Callier's Dallas facilities as part of a week-long visit to Dallas though the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Ft. Worth's Open World Program. ]]> Thu, 10 May 2012 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/5/9-17771_Internship-Program-Links-BBS-Students-to-Community_article-wide.html UT Dallas' School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences encourages students to complement what they have learned in the classroom with work in a wide variety of applied settings through an internship program that sends more students into the community every year. During the spring semester, BBS placed 34 interns with 30 agencies throughout the area. ]]> Wed, 09 May 2012 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/5/8-17751_UT-Dallas-Summer-Camps-Offer-Challenges-Learning-a_article-wide.html Robotics, chess, solar cars, sports, the stock market and theater are a few of the topics K-12 students will be exploring this summer at more than 20 summer camps at UT Dallas. The camps provide opportunities for students to learn and engage in specific interest areas and to become acquainted with the University's campus. ]]> Tue, 08 May 2012 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/5/7-17701_BBS-Highlights-Accomplishments-of-2-Key-Faculty-Me_article-wide.html The School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences honored two of its best recently, presenting a new teaching award to a longtime faculty member and by highlighting the work of the professor for whom the award was named. Jan Lougeay, director of clinical education at the Callier Center for Communication Disorders and a clinical lecturer for BBS, received the first Aage Møller Teaching Award. ]]> Mon, 07 May 2012 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/5/4-17661_Leadership-Awards-Recognize-Contributions-to-Campu_article-wide.html Five students, a student organization and an advisor were lauded for their contributions to UT Dallas campus life at the recent annual Student Leadership Awards program. The Student Leader of the Year award was presented to Amit Maheska, an information technology graduate student in the Naveen Jindal School of Management. Maheska is a member of Phi Kappa Phi national honor society, is on the Dean's Council in the Jindal School of Management and is president of one of the University's largest student groups, the Indian Student Association. ]]> Fri, 04 May 2012 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/4/25-17461_Lecture-to-Focus-on-How-Brain-Changes-Through-Expe_article-wide.html Dr. Aage Møller is in high demand at scientific symposia around the world for his insightful lectures about neuroplasticity and how the brain changes through experience. When he presents UT Dallas' annual Polykarp Kusch Lecture later this week, Møller will explain what this research means to the rest of us and how greater understanding of brain connections could lead to exciting new treatments for disabling neurological conditions. Møller, Margaret Fonde Jonsson Professor in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, will present "The Malleable Brain, For Good and for Bad" at 1:30 p.m. on April 27 in the McDermott Library Auditorium (MC2.410). The lecture is free and open to the public. ]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/4/20-17291_Competition-Spotlights-Top-Undergrad-Research_article.html After nearly two semesters of effort, 10 students from across the UT Dallas campus recently faced off in the fifth annual Undergraduate Research Poster Presentation. The students competed for cash prizes, with topics ranging from assessing the needs of the Dallas homeless and evaluating perceptions of inequality to research aimed at developing high-capacity energy storage devices. Medical research focused on genetics, cancer and autism-related studies. ]]> Fri, 20 Apr 2012 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/4/16-17201_Expanded-Study-Will-Track-Adolescent-Behavior-on-F_article-wide.html A large-scale, long-term UT Dallas study focusing on adolescent friendships and electronic communication is expanding to include Facebook posts. A research team led by Dr. Marion Underwood will capture and code the content of adolescent activity on Facebook. The new research is supported by a two-year grant from the National Institutes of Health. ]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2012 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/4/12-17141_Conference-to-Emphasize-Undergraduate-Psychology-R_article-wide.html Undergraduate psychology majors will get a chance to display their research accomplishments during a conference sponsored by UT Dallas and other area universities. The North Texas Undergraduate Psychology Conference will take place on UT Dallas' main campus in Richardson, but it represents a joint effort by psychology departments at Southern Methodist University, Texas Woman's University and The University of Texas at Arlington, as well as UT Dallas. ]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/4/9-16841_Campus-Enhancement-Plan-to-Grow-With-New-Gifts_article.html Three gifts totaling at least $7 million have been announced for the expansion of the Campus Enhancement Project, which has already transformed the UT Dallas campus. President David E. Daniel announced the anonymous donations for the project at a campaign launch event March 29. ]]> Mon, 09 Apr 2012 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/4/9-16861_Grants-Support-Effort-to-Build-New-Callier-Autism-_article-wide.html Two Dallas foundations with a long history of supporting educational and medical advances are boosting efforts to build a new UT Dallas Callier Autism Center. The Hoblitzelle Foundation and the Hillcrest Foundation each contributed $300,000 to the construction project. ]]> Mon, 09 Apr 2012 05:00:00 -0500