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/2013/5/3-23521_Leaving-a-Mark-Bookplates-Acknowledge-Friends-of-L_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS Donors are using bookplates to make a lasting impression on the Eugene McDermott Library and to help move the library closer to its $500,000 goal for Realize the Vision, the University's first comprehensive fundraising campaign. As a benefit to joining the Friends of the Eugene McDermott Library with a gift of $100 or more, supporters are customizing bookplates that become part of the library's fastest growing field, the online catalogs. ]]> Fri, 03 May 2013 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2013/4/17-23191_McDermott-Scholars-Alumni-Make-Gift-Repay-Generosi_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS The Eugene McDermott Scholars Program Alumni Association has made a $100,000 campaign commitment to honor their education at UT Dallas and the beloved donor who made it possible. The association's contribution to the Campus Enhancement Fund will provide for the support of new trees, water features and gathering areas. ]]> Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2013/4/3-22921_UTeach-Dallas-Meets-Fundraising-Challenge-Receives_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS Dallas-area foundations and industry partners in science and technology have provided $2 million to support an innovative program at The University of Texas at Dallas aimed at training the teachers who will inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers, doctors and entrepreneurs. The UTeach Dallas program prepares undergraduate students majoring in fields like physics, math, chemistry and biology to be secondary science or math teachers. Established at UT Dallas in 2007 with support from the National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI), the program allows students to earn secondary teaching certification while simultaneously completing bachelor's degrees. ]]> Wed, 03 Apr 2013 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2013/3/26-22701_Support-for-UT-Dallas-Campaign-Reaches-1595-Millio_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS It's been one year since UT Dallas launched the public phase of its first comprehensive campaign, and donors have so far shown their support by giving $159.5 million to advance research, bolster student assistance and increase the endowment. With less than two years remaining, the University has entered the most critical stage of the $200 million Realize the Vision campaign, which ends on Dec. 31, 2014. ]]> Tue, 26 Mar 2013 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2013/3/13-22611_Students-Inspire-Scholarship-Golf-Tournament-Parti_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS A scholarship has changed life for Bruna Tavares, who is now able to live in a campus residence hall thanks to help she has received in part from UT Dallas' Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament. The tournament, set for Thursday, April 25, at Sherrill Park Golf Course, helps fund an endowment that aids three beneficiaries: the Betty and Gifford Johnson Graduate Scholarship, the Patti Henry-Pinch Undergraduate Scholarship and the Academic Bridge Program. ]]> Wed, 13 Mar 2013 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2013/2/27-22361_Alumni-and-Former-President-Team-Up-to-Support-Uni_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS UT Dallas alumni from the '80s and '90s teamed up with their former University president recently to raise more than $177,000 for scholarships, research and more. Since October, when President Emeritus Robert Rutford told alumni that he would match gifts they made to UT Dallas, more than 300 graduates have responded to his 90-day challenge. Dr. Rutford appealed to graduates from his tenure as president, 1982 to 1994. ]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2013/2/1-21841_Alumna-Once-Awarded-Scholarship-Returns-to-Support_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS Jefflyn Williamson BS'83 was once awarded a college scholarship from the Northwood Woman's Club. Now she's paying the favor forward with the creation of scholarship funds for UT Dallas students. A first-generation college student, Williamson came to UT Dallas after working for three years as a flight attendant. Although her tenacity would prove to be an asset in the classroom, her limited bank account threatened to keep a degree out of reach. ]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2013 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2013/1/25-21711_Literature-Profs-Gift-Lifts-Library-Toward-Campaig_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS A longtime UT Dallas professor is donating a trove of scholarly books to Eugene McDermott Library, starting with a five-volume set of what he describes as the "Italian equivalent of the Oxford English Dictionary." Dr. Tim Redman has presented the Vocabolario Treccani as an initial donation that will be followed by a majority of his academic library, which he will give over several years. Dr. Redman continues to teach literature. ]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2013/1/10-21461_Former-Library-Head-Pioneers-New-Way-to-Give-at-UT_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS Former Dean of Libraries Dr. Larry Sall recently demonstrated this commitment to UT Dallas by establishing the first charitable gift annuity in the University's history. Sall's gift counts toward McDermott Library's $500,000 goal for the University's Realize the Vision: The Campaign for Tier One & Beyond. ]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/12/6-21141_L-3-Donates-Night-Vision-Goggles-to-Teach-Students_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS Leading aerospace defense contractor L-3 Communications has donated a large collection of night-vision goggles to UT Dallas' School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. The gift-in-kind, valued at nearly $700,000, was made through L-3 Infrared Products, the Dallas-area division of the company, based in Garland. ]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/11/29-20991_Scholarship-Breakfast-Brings-In-More-Than-100000_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS Technology visionary Krish Prabhu described life in the near future during the recent Naveen Jindal School of Management Scholarship Breakfast. The breakfast raised thousands in scholarship funds, which count toward the University's $200 million fund-raising campaign. ]]> Thu, 29 Nov 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/11/28-20961_North-Texas-Giving-Day-Helped-University-Maximize-_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS As UT Dallas' basketball teams take to the court this week, they will have more than fan support in the stands -- they will also have the support of donors who make UT Dallas athletics possible. Many of those donors chose to tie their Comet pride to their pocketbooks as part of the 4th annual North Texas Giving Day this fall. ]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/11/27-20941_Former-President-Issues-Alumni-Gift-Challenge_article.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS UT Dallas President Emeritus Robert Rutford has put forth a generous challenge to UT Dallas alumni who graduated during his tenure, from 1982 to 1994. Dr. Rutford is offering $50,000 in matching funds to those specific graduates, who make new gifts to the University by Dec. 31, 2012. If the $50,000 goal is met, he will give up to $50,000 more in matching funds. ]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/11/14-20731_Gift-to-Help-Chronicle-History-of-Key-Firm-in-US-A_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS A recent $100,000 gift from the Vought Aircraft Heritage Foundation will make it possible for curators at Eugene McDermott Library to sort through the foundation's archives and make this trove of aviation history available to the public. The gift provides for an archivist to integrate Vought Aircraft's historical documents, pictures and films with the library's History of Aviation Collection. The project is expected to take two years. ]]> Wed, 14 Nov 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2012/11/7-20601_BrainHealth-Awards-Recognize-2-Former-Cowboys-for-_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS The Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas recently presented Daryl "Moose" Johnston and Lee Roy Jordan with its highest honor, the Legacy Award. The award recognizes the pioneering spirit of individuals whose vision and dedication to brain research enable the Center to explore the vast potential of the human mind. ]]> Wed, 07 Nov 2012 05:00:00 -0600 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