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/2012/1/19-14411_Companys-Investment-Benefits-Geosciences-Students_article-wide.html A $600,000 gift from Irving-based Pioneer Natural Resources will allow the Department of Geosciences in the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics to send more UT Dallas students to outdoor laboratories. Pioneer's contribution will elevate several aspects of the geosciences program, which immerses students in the study of the composition, structure and history of the Earth and the universe. ]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/1/12-14621_Civic-Leader-Took-Early-Interest-in-UT-Dallas-Camp_article.html UT Dallas' role as an emerging research university is built upon the investments of visionary supporters who saw the University's potential decades before many plans became reality. Prominent Dallas civic leader Karl Hoblitzelle took an early interest in the campus. Decades later, his foundation continues to back the University's academic and physical growth. ]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2011/12/5-14501_Professors-Gift-Establishes-New-Teaching-Award_article.html Dr. Aage Moller, recipient of countless awards throughout the world during his outstanding academic career, is demonstrating his devotion to UT Dallas students and the art of teaching through a new fund. "I think good teaching should be rewarded, and I hope a prize will promote good teaching," he said. ]]> Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2011/11/30-14401_Gas-Utility-Atmos-Energy-Endows-New-UT-Dallas-Scho_article-wide.html Atmos Energy Corp. recently honored its executive chairman, Robert W. Best, by creating a scholarship in his name. The $100,000 gift to UT Dallas will help students reach their academic goals by paying for a number of school-related expenses, including tuition, books and housing. ]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2011/11/29-14361_Staffers-Scurry-to-Fill-Wish-Lists-of-State-Charit_article.html The annual State Employee Charitable Campaign has entered its final push at UT Dallas, with staff and faculty members hoping to top last year's record by the campaign's end on Friday, Dec. 2. The goal for UT Dallas this year is $160,000. The campaign serves state agencies, universities, and community colleges throughout Texas. The campaign gives employees a way to support a wide variety of vital health and human services. ]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2011/10/28-13651_BrainHealth-Honors-Longtime-Supporter-Dee-Wyly_article.html The Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas has presented Dee Wyly with its highest honor, the Legacy Award. The BrainHealth Legacy Award recognizes the pioneering spirit of individuals whose generosity, vision and dedication to brain research enable the Center to explore the vast potential of the human mind. "Dee Wyly's commitment to the Center for BrainHealth has made cutting-edge research a reality," said Dr. Sandra B. Chapman, founder and chief director of the Center for BrainHealth. "Holding the Dee Wyly Distinguished Chair inspires me every single day." ]]> Fri, 28 Oct 2011 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2011/10/10-13311_Video-A-Campus-Celebration-to-Remember_article.html Mon, 10 Oct 2011 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2011/10/7-13171_Chuck-and-Nancy-Davidson-Inspiring-Couple-Step-For_article-wide.html Partners in life since they met during their UT Dallas student days three decades ago, Charles and Nancy Davidson are also partners in giving. Initially, their teamwork enabled Mr. Davidson's career to thrive as the two relocated around Texas and to Alaska and home again. In time, his upward progress in the energy industry allowed them to give back from a life he has described as "richly rewarded." ]]> Fri, 07 Oct 2011 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2011/10/7-13181_Naveen-Jindal-Philanthropist-Leader-Shows-the-Way_article-wide.html In the almost two decades since Naveen Jindal earned his MBA from UT Dallas in 1992, he has become a leading industrialist, ascendant statesman and driving force for higher education in his home country of India. Named a UT Dallas Distinguished Alumnus last year, he recently invigorated support of his alma mater by presenting the University its single-largest alumni gift ever, part of a joint, $30 million gift presented with fellow alumni, Charles and Nancy Davidson to the School of Management. ]]> Fri, 07 Oct 2011 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2011/10/7-13191_Hasan-Pirkul-Dean-of-the-Naveen-Jindal-School-of-M_article-wide.html During the last 15 years, Dean Hasan Pirkul has transformed the Naveen Jindal School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas into one of the nation's foremost public business schools through his leadership and guidance. ]]> Fri, 07 Oct 2011 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2011/10/7-13201_Matches-Bolster-Impact-of-Record-Alumni-Gifts_article.html Fri, 07 Oct 2011 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2011/10/7-13271_Confetti-Cannons-and-Countdowns-Campus-Celebrates-_article-wide.html Standing ovations, confetti cannons and countdowns to two big reveals were part of Friday's announcement of the naming the School of Management and its honors program in recognition of the two largest alumni gifts in UT Dallas history. A crowd of 500-including students, faculty, staff, alumni, a UT System Regent, federal and local government officials-assembled about 10 a.m. at a balloon-festooned stage just outside the school, at The Circle at the end of University Parkway. They cheered and applauded remarks by Naveen Jindal, about his namesake school. ]]> Fri, 07 Oct 2011 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2011/10/5-13131_Executive-MBA-Grads-Invest-in-Schools-Future_article-wide.html Graduates of the 2011 Executive MBA program departed UT Dallas with diplomas, but they left behind a lasting contribution-a new endowed scholarship. The Class of 2011 EMBA Scholarship will provide an annual award to an undergraduate student in the School of Management. The scholarship will be permanently endowed and is expected to provide its first award in fall of 2012. ]]> Wed, 05 Oct 2011 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2011/9/30-13071_Plano-Boys-Donate-Birthday-Wishes-to-Callier-Cente_article-wide.html UT Dallas hosted a special birthday party this week for two little boys who used their own birthday bash to raise money for speech-language services at the Callier Center for Communication Disorders. Grant Robbins, 8, and Garrett, 6, asked their friends to make donations to Callier, in lieu of gifts, at the pool party they enjoyed back in August. Grant and Garrett, along with little brother Gavin, 2, have worked with Callier speech language pathologists for several years. ]]> Fri, 30 Sep 2011 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2011/9/27-12961__article-wide.html Donors to UT Dallas shattered records in nearly every measure used to gauge private support for the just-ended fiscal year. More than $55 million in total gifts and pledges were received, eclipsing the previous year's $40.6 million total, the largest total to date at that time. "We're very grateful to our donors who have enabled the University to move forward on so many fronts," said President David E. Daniel. The final tally, $55,158,983, was celebrated at an event Sept. 15 hosted by the UT Dallas Development Board. ]]> Tue, 27 Sep 2011 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2010/02/04-003.php A pioneering member of the UT Dallas School of Management faculty has made possible a new distinguished professorship that pays tribute to the excellence of the school's accounting program and endows its future strength. A gift from Dr. Adolf J.H. Enthoven, who has taught at the School of Management for more than three decades, sparked creation of the new position. Thu, 4 Feb 2010 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2010/01/19-002.php The UT Dallas Callier Center for Communication Disorders has been helping children with autism and their families for more than 30 years. And as a member of the Crystal Charity Ball Autism Project, the center is offering hope and help to even more families touched by the disorder. Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/12/16-002.php The University of Texas at Dallas has hired a physicist, who most recently managed university relations for Texas Instruments Inc., to oversee fundraising efforts for its Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science. Rod Wetterskog is the new director of development and alumni relations for the Jonsson School. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/12/02-001.php Rockfish Seafood Grill in Richardson is teaming up with UT Dallas to encourage and support students who want to dedicate their careers to fighting crime by earning criminology degrees. Wed, 2 Dec 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/11/11-002.php Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert recently presented the UT Dallas Center for BrainHealth's Legacy Award to T. Boone Pickens, recognizing the legendary energy investor's generosity and foresight in his support of the center's brain health research. The center's third Legacy Award dinner was Oct. 29 at the Rosewood Crescent Hotel in Dallas. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/11/04-002.php Russell Cleveland, an internationally known collector of classical and acoustic guitars and a driving force behind the Texas Guitar Competition, has taken his passion for music another step by endowing a professorship in guitar studies at UT Dallas. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/10/19-002.php Semiconductor research at UT Dallas has received a $2 million boost thanks to a gift of nearly $1.15 million from Texas Instruments Inc. that's expected to qualify for more than $850,000 in state matching funds. The gift's timing was motivated in part by the availability of matching funds through the recently enacted Texas Research Incentive Program, or TRIP. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/10/16-001.php The benefits of a high-quality preschool education are being studied with increasing detail, courtesy of a $100,000 gift from an anonymous fund of The Dallas Foundation to the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/09/15-001.php At just 19 years old, UT Dallas freshman Asha Creary has had her fair share of off-the-cuff medical training. From changing her grandmother's post-surgical bandages to helping her mom with a burst appendix, the South Oak Cliff High School grad has always wanted to become a doctor. Creary and 14 other UT Dallas students are edging closer to their professional goals, thanks to a $100,000 gift from the Verizon Foundation. Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/09/11-001.php Increasing the supply of qualified math and science teachers in America's secondary schools received a big boost Wednesday when the Texas Instruments Foundation awarded a $450,000 grant to UTeach Dallas. The award is part of a $3 million commitment from the foundation to address the shortage of quality math and science teachers. Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/09/01-003.php On Tuesday, The University of Texas at Dallas received 16 philanthropic gifts, totaling more than $16.8 million - seven of them in amounts of $1 million or more and all greater than $100,000. It was the greatest number of individual seven-figure gifts ever received in one day by UT Dallas. Tue, 1 Sep 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/president/viewpoint/2009/09/ Once again, we need to take a moment to appreciate the visionary legislators who made Texas Research Incentive Program possible. Their hard work to come to agreement on a bill that contained an incentive for all the emerging research institutions has brought us to this milestone. Wed, 2 Sep 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/08/24-003.php After a two-year hiatus, the UT Dallas Golf Tournament made a successful return recently, raising nearly $25,000 for undergraduate and graduate scholarships. Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/08/06-001.php Dwight D. Clasby has joined UT Dallas as the University's new assistant vice president for development. In his new position, he will be responsible for overseeing the University's major gift operations and activities. A veteran fundraiser, Clasby has close connections to the Dallas philanthropic community. Thu, 6 Aug 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/07/20-003.php The UT Dallas Callier Center for Communication Disorders has received more than $407,000 from the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas to fund three priority needs programs for 2009-2010. The amount represents a 42 percent increase over the previous year's support. Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/04/28-001.php A $1 million gift to The Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Museums at UT Dallas, by Dallas philanthropist and civic leader Nancy Hamon, will support research that will enable a book series on the history of art museums. Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/04/03-001.php Even in these challenging economic times, company leaders clearly are thinking about their future hires, if their support of the inaugural UT Dallas School of Management Scholarship Breakfast is a guide. Fri, 3 Apr 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/03/13-001.php The University of Texas at Dallas' 16th annual golf tournament and scholarship fundraiser is back after a two-year hiatus. Fri, 13 Mar 2009 07:00:00 CST