Engineering Students Show Smarts in Earning SMART Scholarships

UT Dallas News Center 7/10 1:00A mxj142230

Computer engineering doctoral student Victoria Gammenthaler BS’23 (left) and mechanical engineering senior Kevin Dinh have received Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation scholarships,...

CPRIT Scholar Pursues Protein Engineering To Develop Cancer Drugs

UT Dallas News Center 7/2 1:00A mxj142230

Dr. Ziwen Jiang joined UT Dallas this year as a CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research and an assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry. His goal is to develop new therapeutic protein-based drugs...

ROTC Cadets Receive Commissions at Ceremony

UT Dallas News Center 6/27 8:46A mxj142230

By Jessica Good Two Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) cadets from The University of Texas at Dallas received their commissions as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Reserve on May...

Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD parents, community members sue after 4 schools closed

CBS Dallas- Ft. Worth Education 6/27 4:40A Julia Falcon

A group of parents is suing Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD over violations they said led to school closures. The lawsuit alleged that school officials and trustees violated state transparency and nepotism laws. The parents said this contributed to...

New Master’s Degree Boosts AI Skills in Biomedical Sciences

UT Dallas News Center 6/25 3:00A mxj142230

The University of Texas at Dallas has established a new Master of Science in artificial intelligence for biomedical sciences and a related certificate program to help meet workforce demands in rapidly...

Choreographer, Dancer Tapped To Receive Brettell Award in the Arts

UT Dallas News Center 6/18 2:00A mxj142230

Moses Pendleton, founder and artistic director of the dance theater company MOMIX, has been named the recipient of the 2025 Richard Brettell Award in the Arts. He will visit UT Dallas this fall to...

Chess Program Names President’s Cup-Winning Player as New Coach

UT Dallas News Center 6/18 12:00A mxj142230

Mikhail Antipov, who helped the University of Missouri win its first President’s Cup title as a player in 2024, is back at the scene of the triumph as the new coach of the UT Dallas program. At the...

Four Comets Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

UT Dallas News Center 6/13 3:00A mxj142230

From studying the vastness of galaxies to the tiniest molecules on Earth, four alumni have been awarded 2025 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships to help further the...

New Battery Prototype Facility Opens Doors To Energize Innovation

UT Dallas News Center 6/13 12:00A mxj142230

Lab assistants worked in the cell assembly room at the Batteries and Energy to Advance Commercialization and National Security prototyping facility at The University of Texas at Dallas. The University...

Study: How Adding AI May Improve Mammography Screenings

UT Dallas News Center 6/6 4:00A mxj142230

While breast cancer rates, particularly in younger women, have been increasing since 2012, the number of radiologists in the United States is on the decline, and getting quick and accurate mammography...

UTD Celebrates Work of Center for Vital Longevity Founder

UT Dallas News Center 6/6 2:00A mxj142230

Dr. Denise C. Park, director of research at the Center for Vital Longevity and Distinguished University Chair in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, retired from The University of Texas at Dallas on May 31...

Researchers’ Discovery Could Boost Solid-State Battery Performance

UT Dallas News Center 5/30 3:00A mxj142230

Materials science and engineering doctoral student Jiaqi Ke conducts electrochemical testing using a three-electrode cell setup to evaluate the stability of a newly developed electrolyte. An emerging...

UTD Salutes Legacy of Center for Children and Families Founder

UT Dallas News Center 5/30 12:30A mxj142230

Dr. Margaret Owen, whose pioneering work in child development brought together research, student training and community outreach at UT Dallas, will retire May 31. She founded the Center for Children...

Sharing of Lifespan Brain Study Data Expected To Light New Paths

UT Dallas News Center 5/27 4:00A mxj142230

Researchers from The University of Texas at Dallas’ Center for Vital Longevity (CVL) have released the full dataset from a decade-long project designed to track brain and cognitive health as people...

VNS Clinical Trial Shows Improvements for Spinal Cord Injuries

UT Dallas News Center 5/21 6:00A mxj142230

The leadership group for the Texas Biomedical Device Center includes, from left, Dr. Michael Kilgard, Dr. Jane Wigginton, Dr. Seth Hays and Dr. Robert Rennaker. In a new clinical study, researchers...