Media Highlights
May 27, 2020
“Robots and autonomous system can help in many ways. We are replicating ourselves in these machines.” — Dr. Yonas Tadesse, associate professor of mechanical engineering
May 26, 2020
“You’re going to see more attentiveness to what the demands are of the community.” — Dr. Britt Berrett PhD’09, director of the Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management
May 26, 2020
“…Something being legal or illegal doesn’t mean the same thing it used to mean in the system we have now.” — Dr. Lloyd Dumas, professor of economics and political economy
May 22, 2020
“If the alcohol evaporates, the hand sanitizer is less efficient. It is the alcohol that kills the germs.” — Dr. Mihaela Stefan, Eugene McDermott Professor
May 20, 2020
“We think it’s important that people understand how many people are currently actively under infection.” — Dr. Tim Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research at UT Dallas
May 19, 2020
“Milestones are really important, and our class community was really strong. I wanted to do something on the last day of class to honor them.” — Dr. Salena Brody, senior lecturer
May 19, 2020
“Just because it was done for the right reasons doesn’t mean it did not have some ill effect.” — Dr. Alex Piquero, Ashbel Smith Professor of criminology
May 14, 2020
“We’re excited to be able to use 3D-printing technology to manufacture equipment that could save the lives of COVID-19 patients and protect the health care workers caring for them.” — Dr. Walter Voit BS’05, MS’06, associate professor of materials science and engineering and mechanical engineering
May 12, 2020
“We had somewhere around 50 to 70 devices that we printed and manufactured.” — Dr. Walter Voit BS’05, MS’06, associate professor of materials science and engineering and mechanical engineering
May 11, 2020
“It’s a little plastic component that fits on the backside of a ventilator system.” — Dr. Walter Voit BS’05, MS’06, associate professor of materials science and engineering and mechanical engineering
May 8, 2020
“What the pandemic shows is our inability to separate individual good and the collective good.” — Dr. Matthew Brown, director of the UT Dallas Center for Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology
May 7, 2020
“It’s a great research opportunity, and it’s a great project for the students. We’ll be designing, building, and testing in the wind tunnel and the wind and wave tank.” — Dr. Todd Griffith, associate professor of mechanical engineering
May 4, 2020
“I think right now wearables on a scale of one to 10 as far as usefulness are like a four or five for a pandemic.” — Dr. Alex Edsel, senior lecturer
May 3, 2020
“It sure seems that there is something to that because what congestion does, what density does is put susceptible people in a close space together.” — Dr. Tim Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research at UT Dallas
May 1, 2020
“Our real focus here was to make information readily available to the public and to government leaders who sometimes find lots of data from lots of sources.” — Dr. Tim Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research at UT Dallas
April 30, 2020
“This means that we transition, and we do so very purposefully and intentionally.” — Dr. Britt Berrett PhD’09, director of the Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management
April 29, 2020
“We’re actively looking for opportunities to get the technology out of the lab to the real world, especially in the current coronavirus pandemic.” — Dr. Zhenpeng Qin, assistant professor of mechanical engineering
April 29, 2020
“The technology is there, but it really hasn’t been tested. It hasn’t been commercialized.” — Dr. Alex Edsel, senior lecturer
April 23, 2020
“We all want to share information that’s valuable, but not all information is treated equally. The best policy is to have factual proof when you do post.” — Dr. Janet Johnson, lecturer
April 23, 2020
“These scammers are preying on people’s fears and anxiety. Cybercriminals make this information look so real.” — Dr. Alex Piquero, Ashbel Smith Professor of criminology
April 22, 2020
“No one wants to be the first so they’re taking baby steps.” – Dr. Britt Berrett PhD’09, director of the Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management
April 21, 2020
“Small companies – they don’t have the resources to do that, and really small businesses don’t even think about those kind of issues. They just need the bodies around.” — Dr. Doug Kiel, professor of public and nonprofit management
April 20, 2020
“When I think about the amount of stress and pressure that we’re all under, that I experience myself, it all comes down to our brain and the behaviors and habits we are willing to try or change and put into motion.” — Jennifer Zientz, head of clinical services at the Center for BrainHealth
April 14, 2020
“For a long period of time, you could not get data from the city of Dallas. He was very forward-looking. He’s like, ‘Look folks, we have to get this data out’ to reporters … to researchers like me, and to Joe and Jane Citizen.” — Dr. Alex Piquero, Ashbel Smith Professor of criminology
April 13, 2020
“This is new and this is unique. So for us, a pandemic of this nature is watch and learn.” — Dr. Britt Berrett PhD’09, director of the Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management
April 8, 2020
“The problem, though, is that they also don’t have the resources of a juggernaut, so they tend to throttle down a lot faster too.” — Paul Nichols, executive director of the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
April 1, 2020
“It can be really challenging at first, getting adjusted, because this is a new normal for everybody.” — Dr. Aisha Evans, psychologist with the Student Counseling Center
March 27, 2020
“The supplies will not be the shortcoming, it will be personnel.” — Dr. Britt Berrett PhD’09, director of the Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management
March 25, 2020
“Hopefully the agencies around the community in North Texas are going to look at this as a wake-up call. There is a lot of research that shows that when people go hungry, they tend to be more impulsive and to lash out.” — Dr. Alex Piquero, Ashbel Smith Professor of criminology
February 28, 2020
“I think the arts in general are a powerful tool to tear down walls and barriers and perceptions and stigmas and stereotypes, to show that we’re much really more the same than not.” — Dr. Jonathan Palant, director of choral activities
February 27, 2020
“It’s one of the better known competitions on the international stage.” — Dr. Enric Madriguera, Russell Cleveland Professor in Guitar Studies
February 25, 2020
“It may not seem like it, but in fact Mardi Gras is a religious holiday.” — Dr. Ben Wright, assistant professor
February 20, 2020
“You will be able to talk to him about what symptoms he’s had … anything that might be indicative of how somebody feels when they have potentially had a stroke.” — Marjorie Zielke PhD’07, research professor
February 19, 2020
“How you think about [stress] depends on how you experience it.” — Dr. Ian Robertson, T. Boone Pickens Distinguished Scientist
February 18, 2020
“I was excited by the possibility because we don’t often have these opportunities to have a science-meets-art kind of conversation.” — Dr. Daniel C. Krawczyk, Debbie and Jim Francis Chair in Behavioral Brain Sciences
February 4, 2020
“This is mostly about big brands.” — Dr. Abhijit Biswas, clinical professor of marketing
February 3, 2020
“Animation is only going to get bigger—and that’s not only in animation feature films or animation in games.” Dr. Anne Balsamo, Arts and Technology Distinguished University Chair
February 2, 2020
“The key to a good ACO is organization and orchestration of resources, and Baylor’s proven they’re very effective at that.” — Dr. Britt Berrett PhD’09, director of the Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management
January 28, 2020
“We are always on the lookout for innovative new programs and platforms, and we really have a culture that embraces a new technology. So, we’re the perfect campus for this.” — Pam Stanley, director of food and retail service
January 24, 2020
“This clearly shows the importance of data and communications regionally and globally.” — Paul Nichols, executive director of the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
January 24, 2020
“What we are finding is that this is a critical part of the recipe: to experience math and science in the everyday.” — Dr. Iolani Connolly, director of the Science and Engineering Education Center
January 23, 2020
“We’ve already had inquiries from commercial manufacturers for refrigerators interested in our work.” — Dr. Ray Baughman, Robert A. Welch Distinguished Chair in Chemistry
January 21, 2020
“This area of cooling is very hot right now.” — Dr. Ray Baughman, Robert A. Welch Distinguished Chair in Chemistry
January 17, 2020
“The message is, ‘We’re more alike than different.’” — Dr. Jonathan Palant, director of choral activities
January 9, 2020
“He didn’t need to take credit for anything. He just wanted to see things happen.” — Dr. Robert Stern, professor of geosciences
January 2, 2020
“It is possible that individuals are becoming more likely to use lethal force if they perceive their lives to be in danger because they believe that the law will protect them.” — Dr. Alex Piquero, Ashbel Smith Professor of criminology
December 26, 2019
“The name of the game is to make them bigger without increasing cost, so we need more intelligent turbines.” — Dr. Mario Rotea, department head of mechanical engineering and Erik Jonsson Chair
December 11, 2019
“The dividing line is everyone wants to do what is right, but no one knows what that is.” — Dr. Karen Huxtable-Jester, senior lecturer
December 10, 2019
“If there’s a shortage of available talent, they can just hire from existing companies.” — Frank Anderson, senior lecturer of finance
December 10, 2019
“It is critical that we understand how daptomycin resistance works at a molecular level, so that we can design strategies to reverse it.” — Dr. Kelli Palmer, Fellow, Cecil H. and Ida Green Chair in Systems Biology Science
December 5, 2019
“It’s fair for the mayor to demand that his team do the best job they can.” — Dr. Alex Piquero, Ashbel Smith Professor of criminology
November 25, 2019
“You didn’t want to be anywhere close to the ice sheet in wintertime.” — Dr. Robert Stern, professor of geosciences
November 19, 2019
“They’re focused on seeing cousins, watching the game or the parade. Trying carrots is the last thing they want to do.” — Jenny McGlothlin, Callier Center speech-language pathologist
November 13, 2019
“This is truly a breakthrough, novel technology.” — Dr. Shalini Prasad, Cecil H. and Ida Green Professor in Systems Biology Science
November 11, 2019
“When you have one sense more activated, it can really change your thinking. And I tired to focus on that.” — Dr. Daniel Krawczyk, Debbie and Jim Francis Chair in Behavioral Brain Sciences
November 6, 2019
“It forces people to lose trust in the financial system.” — Dr. Umit G. Gurun, Ashbel Smith Professor of accounting
November 4, 2019
“I hope that, through this simple recognition of cross-border cultural diplomacy, we can begin to repair the rifts and misunderstandings that have come between our two nations.” — Dr. Richard Brettell, Margaret M. McDermott Distinguished Chair of Art and Aesthetic Studies
October 30, 2019
“Fear itself can be really debilitating unless you’ve had some exposure to it and developed some resilience.” — Dr. Christa McIntyre Rodriguez, associate professor of psychology
October 30, 2019
“I am grateful to Texas Instruments for helping us achieve this goal and look forward to the impact these new faculty members will make in their fields, for our students and for the economic well-being of our region.” — Dr. Richard C. Benson, president and Eugene McDermott Distinguished University Chair of Leadership
October 29, 2019
“It’s not just about academic performance — it’s also about making sure that these students have a group of peers with the same experience.” — Courtney Brecheen MPA’09, associate dean of undergraduate education
October 25, 2019
“Some of our biggest majors are computer science, video game design … So esports is a perfect fit.” — Greg Adler, head coach of esports
October 24, 2019
“All of those things create an ecosystem that is terrific for supporting and enabling this state-of-the-art cancer research.” — Dr. Joseph Pancrazio, vice president for research
October 23, 2019
“It’s like a broken bone. The bone needs to be put in a cast so it doesn’t fracture some more.” — Dr. Alex Piquero, Ashbel Smith Professor of Criminology
October 23, 2019
“And they’ll delay and delay on that, hoping the mood of the country will change. You’ve got this sort of perfect deadlock.” — Dr. Harold Clarke, Ashbel Smith Professor of Political Science
October 14, 2019
“It’s a real plus for the community, but they have strong cultures and personalities, and blending them won’t be easy.” — Dr. Britt Berrett PhD’09, director of the Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management
October 11, 2019
“People don’t usually think of fishing line as elastic, but if you exert so much twist that it coils… it can do some heating and cooling. We were amazed.” — Dr. Ray Baughman, Robert A. Welch Distinguished Chair in Chemistry
October 8, 2019
“I definitely look at the history we’ve done and go, ‘Okay, well where do we go from there?” — Paul Nichols, executive director of the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
October 7, 2019
“It’s like shining a light that helps us see what’s going on so we can then make the obvious response.” — Dr. David J. Lary, associate professor of physics
October 2, 2019
“I think the jury will have to think very carefully about this issue: perception versus reality, and whether they can get in Ms. Guyger’s head/state of mind during that evening.” — Dr. Alex Piquero, Ashbel Smith Professor of Criminology
September 27, 2019
“You don’t want to appear to be in a state like Texas and in a Congressional district like that to be on the left wing of the Democratic party.” — Dr. Harold Clarke, Ashbel Smith Professor of Political Science
September 24, 2019
“It’s a pretty common problem, especially for cities down here in the South that are growing a lot over time.” — Dr. Andrew Wheeler, assistant professor of criminology
September 24, 2019
“As much as we can, we hope that attitudes and perceptions to people and their behaviors are based on objective science and not myths and stereotypes that create division.” — Dr. Alex Piquero, Ashbel Smith Professor of Criminology
September 11, 2019
“We need to help parents to shift from thinking of snacks purely as a stop-gap to capitalizing upon them as a meal.” — Jenny McGlothlin, Callier Center speech-language pathologist
September 11, 2019
“The Mediterranean is a dog’s breakfast.” — Dr. Robert Stern, professor of geosciences
September 6, 2019
“We have to make sure an individual’s liberty and an individual’s security and their legal rights are not harmed in this situation.” — Dr. Alex Piquero, Ashbel Smith Professor of Criminology
September 6, 2019
“Collecting data in and of itself is a good mechanism to hold police agencies accountable.” — Dr. Andrew Wheeler, assistant professor of criminology and criminal justice
August 28, 2019
“We thought this would preserve history and help identify people behind the scenes who quite frankly would have never been given credit.” — Dr. John H.L. Hansen, Distinguished Chair in Telecommunications
August 21, 2019
“As the population continues to swell around big cities, we need to optimize urban layouts and roadway infrastructures to sustain human traffic.” — Dr. Rym Zalila-Wenkstern, associate professor of computer science
August 19, 2019
“We want to create additional opportunities for our students to engage in arts or at least to witness.” — Dr. Richard C. Benson, president and Eugene McDermott Distinguished University Chair of Leadership
August 15, 2019
“We live in interesting times and conventional strategy and timid tactics have gone by the wayside.” — Dr. Britt Berrett PhD’09, director of the Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management
August 15, 2019
“Police themselves can do very little about preventing homicides from occurring in the first place because homicides are very situational.” — Dr. Alex Piquero, Ashbel Smith Professor of Criminology
August 14, 2019
“Maybe we can manipulate our own biological system a little bit or activate something we already have in place in order to more effectively combat cancer.” — Dr. Jung-whan “Jay” Kim, assistant professor of molecular and cell biology
August 7, 2019
“For a child that’s 9 to 13 years old, they need nine to 10 cups of water a day. For a younger child, they need six to eight.” — Jenny McGlothlin, Callier Center speech-language pathologist
August 7, 2019
“They use not just single encryption but double, triple, quadruple so they encrypt it many times.” — Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham, Louis A. Beecherl Jr. Distinguished Professor
August 5, 2019
“The sales tax holiday can be a great way to save, if the shopper is smart about it.” — Dr. Daniel Rajaratnam, clinical professor of management
July 31, 2019
“People were really concerned at the beginning of that because, ‘Oh, crime’s going to skyrocket’ … we didn’t see that. In fact, just the opposite.” — Dr. Alex Piquero, Ashbel Smith Professor of Criminology
July 22, 2019
“This was really the first time where m any of our students were listening to people who literally made history… and a lot of people behind the scenes.” — Dr. John H.L. Hansen, Distinguished Chair in Telecommunications
July 22, 2019
“One of the big questions that we wanted to answer… was the notion of putting humans and maybe habitats on the moon.” — Dr. Rod Heelis, Distinguished Chair in Natural Sciences and Mathematics
July 19, 2019
“If we could replace the entire opioid pharmacopoeia, I think everybody would be really happy.” — Dr. Ted Price, Eugene McDermott Professor of Neuroscience
July 17, 2019
“Cognitive brain health declines because we let it.” — Dr. Sandra Bond Chapman, Dee Wyly Distinguished University Chair in BrainHealth
July 9, 2019
“It should be applauded that these physical barriers are finally coming down.” — Dr. Whitney Stewart, assistant professor
July 3, 2019
“But I see no reason why the DA should not continue to be involved in this process as well as having this independent investigation and let the facts come out when the facts come out.” — Dr. Alex Piquero, Ashbel Smith Professor of Criminology
June 21, 2019
“Immunizations are supposed to protect you, but really it’s about protecting the entire community.” Dr. Zachary Simoni, senior lecturer of sociology
June 21, 2019
“They’re business owners and consumers and they’re contributing every day to the local economy.” Monique Wedderburn, director of the UT Dallas Asia Center
June 6, 2019
“This is something that is happening under our feet, and it took 50 years to recognize it. How long will it take us to figure out what’s not happening anymore?” — Dr. Robert Stern, professor of geosciences
June 4, 2019
“When you compare us to Chicago or Baltimore, we are on the low side. People lose sight of that comparison.” — Dr. Alex Piquero, Ashbel Smith Professor of Criminology
June 4, 2019
“Although remarkable advances have been made in acute stroke treatment, stroke is still a leading cause of disability.” — Dr. Seth Hays, assistant professor of bioengineering
May 22, 2019
“What I ask of people is to keep stewardship top of mind whenever they make choices.” — Gary Cocke, associate director for energy conservation and sustainability
May 10, 2019
“The economics are driving this, not health care public policy.” — Dr. Britt Berrett PhD’09, director of the Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management
April 19, 2019
“The absolute safest way to store firearms in the home to reduce risk is to keep the firearms locked and unloaded.” — Dr. Alex Piquero, Ashbel Smith Professor of Criminology
