Student News
Indisputably Excellent: Mediation Teams Win Big
UT Dallas students returned from the National Mediation Tournament recently with top honors.
A UT Dallas team took first place to win the Dan Stamatelos National Trophy for Advocacy. Another won fourth place in the Mediation category.
In addition, Dina Shahrokhi won the Stephanie Jennings Memorial Award for Outstanding Mediator.
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Grant Targets Shortage of Math-Science Grads
Responding to a national shortage, the National Science Foundation has awarded UT Dallas, Collin College and Richland College nearly $2.5 million to graduate more students with science, technology, engineering and math degrees. The grant attempts to reverse the trend of decreases in science and math degrees awarded in the U.S. in recent decades. read more
Chess Warriors to Vie for Grandmaster Status
The annual UT Dallas Grandmaster Invitational tournament gets under way on Saturday, Nov. 21, with two 10-player sections to give the team's masters an opportunity to prepare for the upcoming Pan-American Intercollegiate chess tournament.
Those in the top grandmasters section can also seek to achieve grandmaster norms; three are required for the prestigious and difficult title. read more
Acceptance Rate Rises for Pre-Health Students
During the 2008-2009 academic year, a record-setting 101 UT Dallas students were successfully admitted to medical and dental schools, the Health Professions Advising Center reports. read more
NY Jazz Trombonist to Play With Student Group
The School of Arts and Humanities presents renowned jazz trombonist, composer and arranger John Fedchock performing with the UT Dallas Jazz Ensemble on Nov. 20. Fedchock will perform the first half of the concert with the UT Dallas Jazz Ensemble, a big band made up of UT Dallas students. The second half will feature Fedchock with guest artists including faculty member Kelly Durbin. read more
MS, PhD in Biomedical Engineering Planned
UT Dallas will begin offering graduate degrees in biomedical engineering this spring, joining the existing biomedical engineering collaboration between The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and The University of Texas at Arlington. read more
Zambia's President Honors Chess Grandmaster
A UT Dallas chess team grandmaster has been formally recognized by the president of Zambia, his home country.
Amon Simutowe, an international political economy graduate student, was honored by President Rupiah Banda with the President's Medal of Meritorious Achievement.
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Resources Help Smooth Transition for Veterans
Thanks in large part to the New GI Bill, military veterans are enrolling at The University of Texas at Dallas in unprecedented numbers.
Record numbers of service men and women are taking advantage of the generous new benefits, which include four academic years of full tuition, living stipends, expanded elegibility periods and the elimination of enrollment fees.
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Comets Crowned Conference Volleyball Champs
The Comets will take their perfect record south to Georgetown this week to play in the national volleyball playoffs after celebrating their second consecutive conference championship. The team will meet Maryville College on Thursday at Southwestern University, this year's host of the South Regional Games of the NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament. read more
Model U.N. Team Excels at the Art of Diplomacy
If a Model U.N. competition is any indication, a nation could do much worse than to dispatch UT Dallas students to confront the world's most intractable problems.
Envoys who competed in mock deliberations at the National Model United Nations, a student version of the world body, returned to campus last week having won one of three outstanding delegation awards as well as two best committee delegation awards. read more
Chess Team Wins Trans-Atlantic Nail-Biter
After a nail-biter finish that kept both teams glued to their computer monitors, the UT Dallas chess team claimed victory for the third straight year in the Trans-Atlantic Cup match against the University of Belgrade. read more
Chess Team Makes History in Havana Match
In their own way, UT Dallas' chess masters rewrote international history last month.
College-level chess players from the U.S. and Cuba hadn't squared off in half a century, so it was a triumph in itself when top UT Dallas players traveled to Havana to play against their counterparts at the Instituto Superior de Cultura Fisica.
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Adults Get Help With Communication Skills
Adults who have suffered a stroke, traumatic brain injury or other neurologic condition often face significant challenges regaining their ability to communicate. Through a new program,
Callier Center clinicians and graduate students are making recovery easier.
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6 Undergrads Invited to Work and Learn in DC
Six UT Dallas students are spending this fall in Washington, D.C., as part of the Bill Archer Fellow Program offered by the Archer Center. The students are among 32 undergraduates chosen from throughout the UT System to participate in the fellowship.
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IT Conference Caters to Savvy Students
High school and college computer sophisticates had a chance to show off their prowess in competitions that led to prizes - and possibly even job offers - at an information technology conference last weekend.
About 300 students participated in the annual Association of Information Technology Professionals Region 3 Student Conference at UT Dallas' School of Management on the Richardson campus.
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Homecoming Resumes Place in Fall Schedule
UT Dallas Homecoming returns to campus this week - for the second time in 2009.
The University decided to move the week of festivities back to the fall for the 2009-10 school year after a one-year experiment with holding the annual event in the spring.
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Updated: August 20, 2009
