04.04.2024 Campers play a game of chess with giant pieces at Chess Plaza in 2018. The University of Texas at Dallas features an array of summer camps for youths this year, with sessions focusing on topics including chess, performing arts and biology research. Here are some highlights: Callier Center In person. UT Dallas’ Callier Center for Communication Disorders, which offers support to children and adults with speech, language and hearing disorders, presents several summer camps for children and teens. One offering is a summer theater arts camp conducted with the UTD Doctor of Audiology prog ..read more

03.06.2024 Dr. Mary Urquhart, department head of science/mathematics education at UT Dallas, uses props to demonstrate the sun-Earth-moon system to teachers. On a recent Saturday, more than 50 educators from North Texas went “back to school” at The University of Texas at Dallas to learn how to bring the excitement and science of the April 8 total solar eclipse to their classrooms. Dr. Mary Urquhart, planetary scientist and associate professor and department head of science/mathematics education in the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, led the teacher workshop. She has already reached ..read more

02.28.2024 Members of the UT Dallas community view a partial solar eclipse in October 2023. University of Texas at Dallas faculty members say the April 8 total solar eclipse that will be visible over most of the Dallas-Fort Worth area is a great opportunity for families to make lasting memories together and for employers to enhance job satisfaction among employees who want to experience the rare celestial marvel while on the clock. “Eclipses have occurred throughout human history, and witnessing one can be a humbling, personal experience that can change the way we think about our place in the ..read more

11.01.2023 Dr. Vladimir Dragovic At The University of Texas at Dallas, faculty members who specialize in theoretical mathematics add an important dimension to the University’s research portfolio. Dr. Vladimir Dragovic, professor and head of mathematical sciences in the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, is an expert in mathematical billiards. It’s a field that has applications in physics and engineering, but Dragovic is drawn to the beauty of theory. Dragovic was invited to be a featured course lecturer this fall at a 10-week program on mathematical billiards and applications hosted b ..read more

10.04.2023 The new University of Texas at Dallas license plate (left) features an updated design and can be personalized with up to six characters. University of Texas at Dallas students, faculty, staff and supporters have a stylish new way to show off their Comet pride. The University has launched a redesign of its specialty Texas license plate, which is available for personalization and purchase. UT Dallas President Richard C. Benson purchased one of the first new plates, which includes updated colors and up to six characters of personalization. “I love my handsome new UTD plate,” said Benso ..read more

09.18.2023 If you ask someone who has witnessed a total eclipse of the sun to describe the experience, they will likely use adjectives such as exhilarating, spiritual or life-changing. More profound, however, will be their emotional connection to the experience – not only to the eclipse itself, but also to the place where it occurred. Next spring, on April 8, tens of thousands of students, staff and faculty will experience this event of a lifetime at The University of Texas at Dallas. The campus will be directly in the path of a rare total solar eclipse. During totality, the moon will pass be ..read more

08.07.2023 Georgian doctoral student Tata Ninidze (center) spent the summer in the lab of UTD’s Dr. Kelli Palmer (left) as part of a U.S. State Department program that supports academic research programs in the country of Georgia. Also pictured: UT Dallas molecular and cell biology graduate student Aparna Uppuluri, who works in Palmer’s lab. A two-year, $350,000 grant from the U.S. State Department to The University of Texas at Dallas recently enabled six doctoral students from the country of Georgia to visit campus for a summer program aimed at enhancing the scholars’ research and writing ski ..read more

08.02.2023 The unrelenting heat wave that has gripped the U.S. and other parts of the world this summer has hit large cities especially hard, and the Dallas-Fort Worth region is no exception. Metropolitan areas with a high percentage of impermeable surfaces, such as concrete, asphalt and roofs, become urban heat islands, said Dr. David Lary, professor of physics in the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at The University of Texas at Dallas. “Urban heat islands are much warmer than adjacent rural areas that have trees and leafy vegetation to cool the surface through both shade and the ..read more

07.10.2023 Arts, technology and emerging communication junior Sage Herrera participated in a five-week marketing project in the metaverse with students in Germany. A project aimed at helping University of Texas at Dallas students learn about creating content and marketing in the metaverse also provided practical lessons this summer on working with colleagues in another country. The animation and games students worked with university students in Reutlingen, Germany. The German students fashioned ideas for marketing apparel in the metaverse while the UT Dallas students implemented those ideas in ..read more

06.15.2023 Dr. Jeremiah Gassensmith, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry at The University of Texas at Dallas, lifts a brisket after cooking it for eight hours in his backyard smoker. Cooking the perfect brisket is a lot like conducting a science experiment. And Dr. Jeremiah Gassensmith should know — he’s both a chemist and backyard barbecue chef. The challenge is to apply just the right amount of heat and at the right speed to melt proteins called collagen in the meat to transform a tough, muscular cut of beef into a classic Texas delicacy, said Gassensmith, associate professor ..read more