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/2009/11/06-003.php?WT.mc_id=RSS Texas business legend T. Boone Pickens told a capacity crowd at UT Dallas on Thursday that one of the country's top priorities should be to replace its thousands of diesel-fueled long-haul trucks with 18-wheelers powered by cleaner-burning, domestically produced natural gas. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/11/06-002.php?WT.mc_id=RSS 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. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/11/06-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS Experts in graduate business education met at UT Dallas to wrestle over a few business questions of their own recently: namely, how best to market and manage their schools in a tough economy, and how to build leadership excellence. The 16th Annual gave heads of part-time 75 MBA programs a chance to exchange ideas, evaluate progress and collaborate on these ideas and others. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/11/05-002.php?WT.mc_id=RSS UT Dallas President David E. Daniel said the University is on track to meet many parameters of its strategic plan during his annual State of Our University Address on Nov. 4. Among the highlights of his report were 5.5 percent growth in the number of tenured and tenure-track faculty and a preliminary fall 2009 enrollment total of 15,784. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/11/05-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS UT Dallas, the first unbeaten team in league history, will try to protect its perfect record and earn its second straight NCAA III Championship berth when it hosts the 2009 American Southwest Conference Volleyball Championship Tournament this weekend. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/11/04-004.php?WT.mc_id=RSS The University of Texas at Dallas' UniTeD Against Sexual Assault Project has been reorganized under the direction of the Student Counseling Center. A newly created sexual assault advocacy system has been established. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/11/04-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS The arrival of rankings season has brought good news for the UT Dallas School of Management. The Financial Times has ranked the school's Executive MBA program No. 1 among public universities in Texas and one of the Top 10 U.S.-based programs globally. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/11/04-002.php?WT.mc_id=RSS 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/2009/11/04-003.php?WT.mc_id=RSS 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. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/11/03-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS Texas business legend Boone Pickens will deliver the inaugural lecture of the UT Dallas Forum on Energy Issues and Innovation on Thursday. The Dallas energy investor will discuss his own "Pickens Plan," which advocates focusing on natural gas, wind energy and new fuel technologies to secure energy independence for the U.S. Tue, 3 Nov 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/11/03-003.php?WT.mc_id=RSS Among the 34 faculty members recently honored at the 4th Annual University of Texas at Dallas Faculty Author Reception were two who had written or edited three or more books. Jennifer S. Holmes, an associate professor in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, wrote one book, was the co-author of another, and served as the co-editor of a third volume. Tue, 3 Nov 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/11/03-002.php?WT.mc_id=RSS Police recently announced a new non-emergency telephone number to allow anyone to contact University Police without blocking the lines reserved for 911 calls. The new number - 2222 - was selected to be easy to remember. "Everyone remembers 911, and now extension 2222 is easier to remember than the current extension 2331," said police Chief Larry Zacharias. Tue, 3 Nov 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/evites/tuition/?WT.mc_id=RSS At UT Dallas, we are taking a proactive approach toward managing tuition costs. Incoming students at UT Dallas are promised that their tuition rates and mandatory fees will remain the same for four years from the time they begin their studies. Mon, 2 Nov 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/11/02-002.php?WT.mc_id=RSS Five companies and a local municipality are harnessing the brainpower and enthusiasm of engineering students in a course that challenges them with real-world projects. Dubbed UTDesign, the program invites local industry and other organizations to propose projects in electrical engineering, telecommunications engineering and computer engineering. Mon, 2 Nov 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/11/02-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS The President's Office invites faculty, staff, students, retirees and the public to the Conference Center Auditorium at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, for the 2009 State of Our University Address. Dr. David E. Daniel, president of The University of Texas at Dallas, will deliver the annual address, which will be followed by time for questions from the audience. The address will be followed by a reception. Mon, 2 Nov 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/10/30-002.php?WT.mc_id=RSS UT Dallas researchers have received a big funding boost for their work on technology to enhance communication among emergency response personnel, bringing total support for the project to $1.14 million. The wireless technology under development will enable emergency workers to jump from one communications protocol to another, allowing first responders to communicate over commercial, military and emergency channels using a single cell phone or other communications device. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/10/30-003.php?WT.mc_id=RSS The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics inducted its largest class ever Wednesday night, adding two administrators and three former soccer standouts to the UT Dallas Athletic Hall of Honors. Dr. Darrelene Rachavong, the University's vice president for student affairs, and Dr. Michael J. Coleman, dean of undergraduate education, were inducted for their role in the formation of the intercollegiate athletic program back in the mid-1990s. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/10/30-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS This winter, students will swarm to The University of Texas at Dallas campus to prove they have a way with words. Then, the county champs will convene for a regional spelling showdown. The University is sponsoring the 52nd annual Dallas Morning News Spelling Bee on Saturday, March 20, in a competition to be broadcast on WFAA-TV (Channel 8). Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/10/29-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS The University of Texas at Dallas Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies presents Dr. David Patterson for its annual Burton C. Einspruch Holocaust Lecture Series. A prolific author and scholar, Patterson has published more than 30 books and 130 journal articles and chapters. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/10/29-003.php?WT.mc_id=RSS 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. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/10/29-002.php?WT.mc_id=RSS 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. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/10/28-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS The Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management recognized Professor Gregory Dess, an internationally recognized business strategy expert, for a work on entrepreneurship that has been cited by hundreds of researchers since it first appeared in 1996. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/10/28-002.php?WT.mc_id=RSS The University's bookstore started a new chapter this week. Barnes & Noble, which has run the bookstore for years, is being replaced by Follett Higher Education Group, which won the contract to operate the bookstore through 2019. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/president/viewpoint/2009/10/?WT.mc_id=RSS The Texas NRUF would be dedicated to making support available to the state's seven emerging research universities. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/10/27-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS The National Institutes of Health recently awarded a $2.18 million grant to Dr. Susan Jerger to support her studies of speech processing and childhood hearing impairment. The grant marks the 25th consecutive year that Jerger's research has received funding. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/10/27-002.php?WT.mc_id=RSS 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. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/10/26-002.php?WT.mc_id=RSS The National Institute of Justice has awarded a grant to a UT Dallas criminologist to study the root causes of youth violence. Dr. Denise Paquette Boots and her colleague will use the grant to expand on their recent research into the role mental health plays in the problem. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/10/26-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS UT Dallas' colorful past and intriguing future now meet in a virtual space online. A special Web site for the UT Dallas 40-year observance takes readers through the University's first four decades and invites the University community to celebrate at events throughout the school year. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/10/23-004.php?WT.mc_id=RSS The University mistakenly over-awarded financial aid in 137 known cases out of 9,581 total student financial aid awards this fall. The financial aid and bursar's offices have alerted the students involved and are working to resolve the situation without creating undue hardship on individuals. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2009/10/23-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS The Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at UT Dallas has been recognized by its university peers with an award citing the program's contributions to advancing the discipline of entrepreneurship. IIE Executive Director Joseph C. Picken accepted the honor at the annual conference of the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers in Houston. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:00:00 CST