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The Dallas Morning News: Texas Educators Learn How To Teach the April Total Solar Eclipse

March 5, 2024

“This is a really big deal. This is a generational opportunity.” — Dr. Mary Urquhart, head of the Department of Science/Mathematics Education


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The Dallas Morning News: Brace Yourself for Traffic after 2024 Solar Eclipse in Dallas-Fort Worth

February 23, 2024

“The sun’s going to be back out, life is going to continue and so everybody’s going to want to leave.” — Dr. Abraham Benavides, professor of economic, political and policy sciences


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KDFW Fox 4: What Caused the AT&T Outage? UT Dallas Professor Explains His Theory

February 22, 2024

“Usually it is some kind of software bug that goes undetected and if you haven’t properly tested it before release, it can have certain unforeseen outcomes.” — Dr. Ravi Prakash, professor of computer science


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Good Morning Texas: BrainHealth Week 2024

February 19, 2024

“Taking brain breaks — short, little five-minute breaks — is really important so that you don’t hit a wall at the end of your day.” — Julie Fratantoni MS’13, PhD’18, head of research integration and strategic partnerships at the Center for BrainHealth


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The Guardian: Hackers Got Nearly 7 Million People’s Data from 23andMe. The Firm Blamed Users in ‘Very Dumb’ Move

February 15, 2024

Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, Ashbel Smith Professor of computer science, discussed potential concerns related to data breaches affecting genetic testing companies.


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Dallas Observer: Leap Year Is Here, Y’all. Here’s What That Means.

February 13, 2024

“What did the Gregorian calendar do different? Well, basically they said, ‘Look, we’ve got too many leap years.’” — Dr. Marc Hairston, research scientist


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Newsweek: Brain Training ‘Everyone’ Should Do Daily Revealed by Neuroscientist

February 4, 2024

“The brain changes—both losses and gains, every moment of every day, our whole lives. This means that it is never too soon—or too late—to take charge of our brain’s health and fitness.” — Dr. Sandra Bond Chapman PhD’06, Dee Wyly Distinguished University Chair for BrainHealth


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The Dallas Morning News: Where To Find Solar Eclipse Glasses in Dallas-Fort Worth Before April’s Total Eclipse

February 2, 2024

Dr. Mary Urquhart, head of the Department of Science/Mathematics Education, shared tips for ordering eye protection online from a trusted seller.


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D Magazine: How the Region’s Top Innovators Are Using AI and ML to Solve Business Challenges

January 29, 2024

“The growth of high-tech companies in our area has been phenomenal, and today, DFW is in the top five most active areas in the U.S. when it comes to the high-tech industry. We hope the same can happen with the excitement generated by AI and machine learning, and the DFW area can rise even higher.” — Dr. Gopal Gupta, professor of computer science


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Everyday Health: Loud Video Games Tied to Hearing Loss Over Time

January 19, 2024

“Anyone who notices a perception of ringing in their ears, ears that feel ‘full,’ sound seeming muffled, or increased difficulty understanding speech or other sounds has likely caused damage to their ears.” — Dr. Colleen Le Prell, the Emilie and Phil Schepps Professor of Hearing Science and department head of speech, language, and hearing


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The Dallas Morning News: Studying Total Solar Eclipse in Dallas Could Benefit Radio, GPS Devices, Expert Says

January 11, 2024

“When you make observations, you see things that you didn’t expect to see. And that’s how you have new discovery.” — Dr. Fabiano Rodrigues, associate professor of physics


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Good Morning Texas: Wellness Wednesday: Exercising the Brain

January 10, 2024

“If you use certain strategies in your daily life, you can actually improve executive functions like information processing, reasoning, and innovation, and create physical brain change.” — Julie Fratantoni MS’13, PhD’18, head of research integration and strategic partnerships at the Center for BrainHealth


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CBS Austin: Austin Is Actively Searching for the Next Permanent City Manager

January 8, 2024

“You want to find the right fit for your city, so that’s important, and a person that will hopefully be with the city for a long time.” — Ted Benavides, associate professor of practice of public and nonprofit management


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Eos: Sandy Fingerprints Trace Supply Sources

January 4, 2024

“Sand mining is the biggest sustainability issue you’ve never heard about.” — Dr. Zachary Sickmann, assistant professor of geosciences


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NPR: Why Passengers Have Been More Unruly Since the Pandemic

December 29, 2023

“Post-pandemic, people are just different. They tend to have, you know, shorter fuses.” — Dr. Sheryl Skaggs, professor of sociology


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The Dallas Morning News: Meet the Cameroon Immigrant, Father of 5 Who Graduated from UT Dallas

December 28, 2023

“University in the USA is very difficult, but at UTD, everybody was there for me.” — Jean Tchinda BS’23


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The Dallas Morning News: AI Revolution Is Set To Change How Work Gets Done in 2024 — and Who Is Doing It

December 21, 2023

“The next year will be focused on how to build applications that are reliable, that you can actually put in front of customers.” — Dr. Gopal Gupta, professor of computer science


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KDFW Fox 4: Kroger-Albertsons Merger: FTC Pushes Back Decision on Possible $25 Billion Deal

December 15, 2023

“In Dallas, they are not a monopoly. But in Oregon and Washington, if they were to merge, they would be the only company selling groceries.” — Dr. Kirti Sinha, assistant professor of accounting


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Spectrum News: DNA Testing Site 23andMe Hacked, Putting Customers’ Data at Risk

December 11, 2023

“Your DNA is not changeable like your password.” — Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, Ashbel Smith Professor of computer science


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The Dallas Morning News: Where To See the April 2024 Total Solar Eclipse in the D-FW area

December 11, 2023

“It really was a profound experience for me. I know it is for a lot of people. The changes in the environment can be quite dramatic.” — Dr. Mary Urquhart, head of the Department of Science/Mathematics Education


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The Dallas Morning News: Mental Health Picture for North Texas Kids Is Grim, but There Is a Silver Lining

December 8, 2023

“With behavioral health, like many other chronic diseases, early intervention matters.” — Dr. Tim Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research


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USA Today: Giving Back During the Holiday Season: What You Need To Know To Lend a Helping Hand

November 26, 2023

The national publication cited this UT Dallas Magazine post about why people volunteer during the holidays.


Texas Monthly

Texas Monthly: Let UT and A&M Have Football. UT Dallas Is Texas’ E-sports Powerhouse.

November 22, 2023

“Making top 16 in that Overwatch tournament is a huge achievement. It’s the equivalent of March Madness.” — Drew Boehm, head coach of the UTD esports program


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The Associated Press: With Patriotic Reggaeton and Videos, Venezuela’s Government Fans Territorial Dispute with Guyana

November 21, 2023

“It appears to be something that politicians in Venezuela use every now and then to gin up support, to gin up that sentiment, I guess, over what is Venezuela and what it means to be Venezuelan.” — Dr. Anthony Cummings, associate professor of geospatial information sciences


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The Associated Press: Driving or Flying Before Feasting? Here Are Some Tips for Thanksgiving Travelers

November 20, 2023

“This isn’t particularly comfortable for anyone. But if you show respect to other people, that can also have a chain reaction.” — Dr. Sheryl Skaggs, professor of sociology


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Community Impact Newspaper: UT Dallas Conducting Quality-of-Life Survey in North Texas

November 10, 2023

“One of the values this project brings is for students to get some hands-on data and explore the world around them.” — Dr. Tim Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research


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NBC 5 (KXAS-TV): Dallas County Officials Reported Tuesday on Their Defense Against a Cyber Attack

October 31, 2023

“Usually, attackers leave some back doors open so they can continue the attack in the future. So, it’s really important to remove these back doors and any malware they left behind.” — Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, Ashbel Smith Professor of computer science


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Good Morning Texas: How Sugar Impacts the Brain

October 31, 2023

“We know there’s a really important relationship between what we eat and our cognitive health, especially sugar.” — Julie Fratantoni MS’13, PhD’18, head of research and strategic partnerships at the Center for BrainHealth


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The Dallas Morning News: UT Southwestern, UT Dallas Dedicate Joint Research Facility for Biomedical Engineering

October 26, 2023

“Right now, biomedical engineering and science is just a huge part of our research portfolio, and also a huge attractor for students.” — Dr. Richard C. Benson, president of UT Dallas


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KRLD-AM: What Happens Now That the House Has a New Speaker?

October 25, 2023

“The unanimity seems to be because people in that room decided that they were pretty much done with this process.” — Dr. Thomas Gray, assistant professor of political science


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The Associated Press: Can the New Film ‘Uncharitable’ Change People’s Minds About “Overhead” at Nonprofits?

October 20, 2023

“No one sets out to starve a nonprofit, but no one sets out to be inefficient.” — Dr. Elizabeth Searing, assistant professor of public and nonprofit management


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Good Morning America: Former NICU Neighbors Are Now College Roommates

October 9, 2023

“This was something we were born with, and so we have to treat it with care, but also we have to live life, as well, and set goals.” — Tate Lewis, business administration junior

“We’ve already defied so many odds, and we’ve already gone against so many expectations of what our life was going to be like, so it makes me really hopeful for the future.” — Seth Rippentrop, physics senior


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Good Morning Texas: UTD Student Creates App to Help Drivers

October 5, 2023

“Our goal is to continue to help our drivers save time spent on the road, money spent on gas and to help them reduce their carbon footprint.” — Tom Vazhekatt, computer science senior


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KERA News: North Texas Cities Are Losing Billions of Gallons of Water to Old Infrastructure

October 3, 2023

“It’s really easy to ignore because it’s underground, and you don’t notice it until you have this sudden geyser showing up someplace you don’t want it to.” — Dr. John McCaskill, clinical professor of public and nonprofit management


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KRLD-AM: UT Dallas Researchers Develop Saliva Test for Marijuana

September 22, 2023

“This is very useful because you know that THC actually stays pretty long in your body, and so you want to understand how much the psychoactive effect is.” — Dr. Shalini Prasad, Cecil H. and Ida Green Professor in Systems Biology Science


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The Dallas Morning News: Department of Defense To Invest $30 Million in Battery Tech Research at UTD

September 18, 2023

“Renewable energy is a rapidly expanding area, and Texas is leading the country in the expansion of energy storage capacity.” — Dr. Kyeongjae Cho, professor of materials science and engineering


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KRLD-AM: Want To Keep the Brain Sharp? Exercise!

September 1, 2023

“Keep your heart strong, and your memory will follow along.” — Dr. Chandramallika Basak, associate professor of psychology


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KRLD-AM: Ask the Expert: What Can We Expect from Wednesday’s GOP Presidential Debate?

August 22, 2023

“The question is, ‘The nontraditional or younger audiences — are they likely to watch this?’” — Dr. Thomas Gray, assistant professor of political science


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Gizmodo: How Hinge’s Algorithm Decides Who You Date

August 21, 2023

“They’re very secretive about exactly what they’re doing, but we know that there’s some kind of scoring system in these apps.” — Dr. Ignacio Rios, assistant professor of operations management


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KERA News: The Dallas Ransomware Attack Exposed Private Data for Thousands of People. Now What?

August 16, 2023

“The hacker group may want to sell this data or leverage this data for identity theft and/or other cyber crimes.” — Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, Ashbel Smith Professor of computer science


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The Dallas Morning News: Considering Buying Solar panels in North Texas? Here’s What to Know

August 16, 2023

“More sun means more energy.” — Dr. Julia Hsu, TI Distinguished Chair in Nanoelectronics


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KERA News: UT Dallas Researcher Maps Out Urban Heat Islands in North Texas

August 16, 2023

“When we have a lot of surfaces, such as concrete, tarmac, in place of vegetation and trees and so on, they store during the day the sun’s energy that comes in.” — Dr. David Lary, professor of physics


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KERA News: UT Dallas Joins National Effort To Respond To Cyber Attacks on Public Infrastructure

August 1, 2023

“Communications could be disrupted; there could be denial of a service attack; there could be jamming.” — Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham, Founders Chair in Engineering and Computer Science


KRLD 1080 News Radio

KRLD-AM: Ask the Expert: Should Texans Be Worried About an Increase in Ticks?

July 28, 2023

“This could be one of the worst years, and truthfully, it’s not just in the northeast anymore.” — Dr. Sarah Maxwell, associate professor of public and nonprofit management


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Dallas Observer: ‘Girl Dinner’ is Not a Snack Plate

July 24, 2023

“This seems especially important since ‘aloneness’ is so often cast as failed femininity.” — Dr. Larissa Werhnyak, assistant professor of instruction


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KDFW Fox 4: How to get a better response from ChatGPT or Bard

July 18, 2023

“In order to get the correct answer, you have to sort of guide it.” — Dr. Gopal Gupta, professor of computer science


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The Dallas Morning News: UT Dallas Researchers Dig Into Soil Health

July 18, 2023

“[We need] to provide meaningful, actionable data to a global community.” — Dr. Shalini Prasad, Cecil H. and Ida Green Professor in Systems Biology


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Community Impact Newspaper: Balancing Growth with Affordability in Lake Highlands, Lakewood

July 14, 2023

“If you look at the available housing in North Texas right now, or actually across the country, we have a lot less inventory available now versus pre-pandemic.” — Julie Lynch, director of the Weitzman Institute of Real Estate


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The Dallas Morning News: Baylor Scott & White Expands in Texas with Joint Ownership of 41 Urgent Care Clinics

July 6, 2023

“[Health companies] have to do this. And, if they’re not doing this, then they’re behind, and they’re gonna get woefully behind. They’ll probably get acquired by somebody else.” — Daniel Karnuta, director of the professional program in healthcare management


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Dallas Observer: This UT Dallas Student Moonlights as a Major League Cricket Star

July 6, 2023

“Once I get my undergrad degree, then I’ll basically be full-time cricket and hopefully see how far that takes me.” — Ali Sheikh, accounting junior


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The Dallas Morning News: Dallas Ban Has Airbnb, Short-Term Rental Owners Facing Tough Business Decisions

July 5, 2023

“I would think the average homeowner is not interested in living in a neighborhood where you have a hundred different sets of neighbors every year.” — Dr. Randall Guttery, director emeritus of the Herbert D. Weitzman Institute for Real Estate


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WFAA: Want To Make a Better Brisket? UT Dallas Professor Shares the Science Behind Smoking

July 4, 2023

“It comes down to understanding the science, so, you can do better at perfecting your technique.” — Dr. Jeremiah Gassensmith, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry


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KDFW Fox 4: Report Looks at the Science Behind Baby Talk

July 3, 2023

“Not only is caregiver speech associated with later language development, but it also is associated with later brain development as well.” — Dr. Meghan Swanson, assistant professor of psychology


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Dallas Innovates: See 17 UTD Student Projects Solving Real-World Challenges for Companies

June 29, 2023

Check out a sampling of past projects created through the UTDesign Capstone program.


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The Dallas Morning News: What It’s Like Inside an Autonomous Big Rig

June 29, 2023

“More advancements have to be made and incorporated into how autonomous trucking or autonomous driving is done.” — Dr. Gopal Gupta, professor of computer science


National Geographic

National Geographic: A Partial Solution for Migraines and PTSD? This Approach Offers Hope.

June 28, 2023

“There’s a lot of hope on the horizon for the use of VNS for PTSD but more research needs to be done.” — Dr. Christa McIntyre, associate professor of neuroscience


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CBS Texas: Low Wind Could Hamper Wind Turbine Production in Texas

June 15, 2023

“There are only four countries in the world that produce more wind power than the state of Texas does.” — Dr. Todd Griffith, associate professor of mechanical engineering


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Community Impact Newspaper: Minority-Majority ZIP Codes Facing Lower Life Expectancies in Lake Highlands, Lakewood

June 10, 2023

“Good education leads to a good job; a good job leads to a good income; a good income leads to a good environment and also access to health care.” — Dr. Dohyeong Kim, professor of public policy, geospatial information sciences, and social data analytics and research


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The Dallas Morning News: These North Texas College Graduates Endured Life’s Challenges To Find Success

June 7, 2023

“If you endure life, you can accomplish anything.” — Joan Bernstein BA’08, MA’10, PhD’23


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The Dallas Morning News: Plano Police To Buy 50 License Plate Readers

June 5, 2023

“What are the protections to protect this potential sensitive data?” — Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, Ashbel Smith Professor of computer science


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D Magazine: My Roots: Hasan Pirkul

May 29, 2023

“I felt that I had to succeed not only for myself but also for my country.” — Dr. Hasan Pirkul, Caruth Chair and dean of the Naveen Jindal School of Management


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WFAA: The Crow Museum of Asian Art’s Massive Current Display Could Lead to Dallas Becoming Home to Largest Collection of Japanese Art Outside of Japan

May 29, 2023

“Our mission is to love and celebrate the cultures and arts in Asia all year round.” — Caroline Kim, director of development for the Crow Museum of Asian Art of The University of Texas at Dallas


Texas Monthly

Texas Monthly: If a Texas Bee Summers in California, Is Its Honey Still Texan?

May 26, 2023

“I would make an argument that the word ‘exclusively’ should be replaced with ‘predominantly.’ It’s not as easy as stamping ‘Made in America’ on it.” — Scott Rippel MS’96, PhD’99, professor of instruction in biological sciences


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The Dallas Morning News: Scared of Needles? A Puff of Gas Could One Day Deliver Your Vaccine

May 17, 2023

“We need to move the field forward in our ability to make vaccination as painless … as possible.” — Dr. Jeremiah Gassensmith, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry


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KDFW Fox 4: Why Do Google Bard and ChatGPT Get Things Wrong?

May 15, 2023

“That’s a big problem, that it can hallucinate and create stuff that is actually not true.” — Dr. Gopal Gupta, professor of computer science


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The Dallas Morning News: UT Dallas Receives $40 million from Harry Bass Foundation for New Arts School

May 9, 2023

“It will strengthen the foundation of our scholarships, research and programming and change the trajectory of our school.” — Dr. Nils Roemer, dean of the Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Technology, and Humanities


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Austin American-Statesman: Who Was the Mysterious Man in the Pemberton Castle? A Dallas Class Found Out.

May 8, 2023

“The students love the assignment, even though it is one of the most challenging projects they have ever undertaken.” — Dr. Carie King, clinical professor


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CBS Texas: UT Dallas Students Create Firefighting Robot To Battle the Most Dangerous Flames

May 5, 2023

“It’s very fulfilling seeing that our product is going to hopefully change people’s lives and hopefully have a change in the world.” — Eman Rizvi, UTDesign mechanical engineering senior


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The Dallas Morning News: See Reasons Nonvoters Say They Don’t Vote

May 5, 2023

“This creates a cycle where only a few — usually the elites — participate in local elections.” — Dr. Thomas Gray, assistant professor of political science


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Community Impact Newspaper: UT Dallas Opens Outdoor Fitness Studio at Richardson Campus

May 4, 2023

“This Fitness Court Studio is a wonderful example of partnerships to help break down barriers to accessible community programming for living a healthy lifestyle.” — Tricia Losavio, director of University Recreation


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The Dallas Morning News: City of Dallas Likely Targeted in Ransomware Attack, City Official Says

May 3, 2023

“It shouldn’t really come as a surprise also because these attackers are never going to stop.” — Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham, Founders Chair in Engineering and Computer Science


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NBC News: Manager Titles Allegedly Given To Workers To Avoid Overtime Pay

April 27, 2023

“Companies are about five times more likely to post a job posting that says, ‘You are going to be called a coffee cart manager or a shampoo manager or a sandwich-making manager.’” — Dr. Umit Gurun, Stan Liebowitz Professor of accounting and of finance and managerial economics


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WFAA: Daily Uses for AI

April 26, 2023

“One of the really amazing things with these GPT models is that they are about language, and they become really amazing translation machines.” — Dale MacDonald, associate dean of research and creative technologies in the Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology


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FiveThirtyEight: Why Dianne Feinstein Might Actually Have To Resign

April 24, 2023

“I don’t think there’s any kind of magic test that will determine who is really effective and who isn’t.” — Dr. Richard Scotch, professor of sociology, public policy and political economy


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Dallas Innovates: UT Dallas, DMA Announce Partnership Celebrating Opening of New Athenaeum in Fall 2024

April 20, 2023

“I’m thrilled to welcome some of the finest works of art in our city to the new campus museum.” — Dr. Richard C. Benson, president of UT Dallas


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KAGS-TV: Preparing a Budget for Yourself and Your Future

April 18, 2023

“A budget is a plan, more than anything.” — Dr. Evgenia Gorina, associate professor of public and nonprofit management


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The Dallas Morning News: Omni Dallas Hotel To Light Up with Art by UT Dallas Students

April 14, 2023

“It’s a really weird and cool feeling to be able to have the opportunity to have our work go past the school borders and really like be a part of the Dallas community.” — Michael Bentley, arts, technology, and emerging communication senior


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NBC 5 (KXAS-TV): UT Dallas Students to Display Art on Omni Dallas Hotel

April 12, 2023

“I always look for opportunities to take projects that we are doing in class and get them out into the community.” — Andrew Scott, associate professor of arts and technology


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Spectrum News: UT Dallas Researchers Working To Make Injections Less Painful

April 11, 2023

“It can penetrate through [the skin] too but it’s not painful because it’s just a puff of air.” — Yalini Wijesundara, graduate student


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Texas Wants To Know: How Did Universal Pick Frisco for Its New Theme Park?

April 6, 2023

“This is going to have a huge economic impact for the area.” — Dr. James Harrington, associate professor of public and nonprofit management


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Yahoo! News: Vaccines ‘Could Be Delivered in a Puff of Air Instead of a Needle’

March 27, 2023

“We can also store vaccine formulations within it as powders at room temperature, which eliminates the need for the extremely cold temperatures many liquid vaccines require.” — Yalini Wijesundara, graduate student


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The Dallas Morning News: UTD Scientists Clear Misconceptions, Raise Concerns about Viral AI Chatbot

March 23, 2023

“This is still at a very high hype state, and until people come up with actually good reasons to use it, it may not bear the investment.” — Dale MacDonald, associate dean of research and creative technologies in the School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology


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The Dallas Morning News: A Women’s Tech Group Partners with UTD To Teach Architecture to Girls

March 15, 2023

“I think that the ability that they develop through these programs goes beyond several generations, several groups of people.” — Gaurav Shekhar, director of graduate business analytics program


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The Dallas Morning News: Following the SVB Collapse, Are Banks in Texas at Risk?

March 15, 2023

“The rising rates made the banks vulnerable, but the collapse was triggered by their portfolios.” — Dr. Gil Sadka, professor of accounting


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The Dallas Morning News: Here’s 5 Things To Know About the Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank

March 13, 2023

“We’ve been through these banking situations before and the government is going to support the banking industry.” — Frank Anderson, lecturer of finance and managerial economics

“This is problematic only if we all kind of believe it will be problematic, and we make unreasonable demands of our banks.” — Dr. Victor Valcarcel, associate professor of economics


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CBC: Is Time Running Out on Changing Clocks Twice a Year?

March 11, 2023

“It’s somewhat of a regional issue.” — Dr. Thomas Gray, assistant professor of political science


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Lifewire: Chatbots Could Be the Next Big Hacking Tool—Here’s How to Defend Yourself

March 9, 2023

“You could use AI chatbots to make your message sound more believable.” — Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, Ashbel Smith Professor of computer science


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KDFW Fox 4: ChatGPT—The Strengths and Limitations of the AI Technology

March 7, 2023

“This technology is not necessarily brand new, but it’s never been packaged up in such a nice, easily accessible way before.” — Dr. Jessica Ouyang, assistant professor of computer science


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Forbes: What Is High-Frequency Hearing Loss?

February 22, 2023

“One of the first symptoms of high-frequency hearing loss is the struggle to understand conversations due to the inability to distinguish or hear the consonant sounds.” — Dr. Andrea Gohmert, director of audiology clinical operations at the Callier Center for Communication Disorders


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The Dallas Morning News: Understanding ChatGPT, the AI Chatbot That’s Gone Viral

February 22, 2023

“It’s [predicting the next word] on a tremendously large scale, with a tremendously larger vocabulary of known texts than a human could possibly remember.” — Dr. Jessica Ouyang, assistant professor of computer science


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KRLD-AM: Ask The Expert: What Is It About Super Bowl Ads That Draws Viewers?

February 10, 2023

“It started off in the 1980s with a couple of big spots.” — Dr. Abhi Biswas, clinical professor of marketing


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The Dallas Morning News: 3 Ways To Deepen Your Relationship, from a Dallas Scientist

February 8, 2023

“Activate some of those early butterfly feelings and neurotransmitters like dopamine and norepinephrine with something different, even if it’s small.” — Erin Venza, head of clinical services in the Center for BrainHealth


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CBS News: Companies Save Billions of Dollars by Giving Employees Fake “Manager” Titles, Study Shows

February 3, 2023

“If you’re relying on cheap labor — you’re a labor-intensive company and you can get away with it — this becomes a tool that you can use to lower your costs.” — Dr. Umit Gurun, Stan Liebowitz Professor of accounting and of finance and managerial economics


Texas Monthly

Texas Monthly: We Asked ChatGPT to Define a Taco. Here’s What It Said.

February 2, 2023

“It’s incredible technology that is able to actually pattern match and find a decent response, but it has no understanding of what it is saying.” — Dr. Gopal Gupta, professor of computer science


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WFAA: Faced with a Sad Puppy, Texas Woman Creates a New Way to Play

January 25, 2023

“She stuck her nose over the hurdle and figured out how to get the treat without actually jumping over it.” — Bradley McLaughlin, graduate student


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The Dallas Morning News: Here’s the Science Behind Diners’ Reactions to New Surcharges at 2 Dallas Restaurants

January 13, 2023

“I think the success of any of these organizations is going to be a very simple word called communication.” — Charles Haseman, director of the Center for Retail Innovation and Strategy Excellence


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KRLD-AM: Ask the Expert: Who Will Be the Speaker of the House?

January 6, 2023

“We haven’t seen something like this in 100 years, so it has to be a little bit of a surprise, because it just hasn’t really happened in any of our lifetimes.” — Dr. Thomas Gray, assistant professor of political science


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The Dallas Morning News: What Role Does Southwest Airlines’ Board Play in Fixing the Holiday Meltdown?

January 6, 2023

“Boards have a reputation for being better at dealing with crises than avoiding them.” — Gregg Ballew, executive director of the Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance


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KDFW Fox 4: Dry January Campaign Encourages People To Change Drinking Habits

January 4, 2023

“It can increase confidence and empowers a person to feel more in control of their decisions and making mindful ones.” — Kay Solomon, collegiate recovery manager


KRLD 1080 News Radio

KRLD-AM: What Can we Do To Manage Our Mental Health during the Holidays?

December 28, 2022

“Sometimes the holidays are all about what we’re sort of being sold — ‘It should be this way. It must be this way.’ — with all of this pressure and expectation.” — Dr. Lynn Winstead, senior lecturer