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/2009/01/09-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS Students, faculty and staff returning to the University on Monday will find changes affecting how they will move around campus, including roads and walkways that are no longer passable. Fri, 9 Jan 2009 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/12/19-005.php?WT.mc_id=RSS In a show of competitive willpower and focused intensity, researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas have nearly doubled their research productivity in just five years. Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/12/31-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS UT Dallas fought a grueling sixth-round battle to hold its chief rival to a first-place tie in the intercollegiate chess championship games that ended Tuesday in Dallas. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/12/19-004.php?WT.mc_id=RSS This fall, nearly 6,000 students at UT Dallas paid no tuition increase when they returned to school. More than half - 64 percent of students, or 9,558 - will do the same next fall. All participate in the University’s Guaranteed Tuition Plan, which locks in tuition and mandatory fee expense pricing for up to four years. Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/12/31-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS UT Dallas fought a grueling sixth-round battle to hold its chief rival to a first-place tie in the intercollegiate chess championship games that ended Tuesday in Dallas. Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/12/20-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS With the support of their families and friends, approximately 1,786 students were candidates for degrees at UT Dallas' fall graduation. The University has conferred more than 65,000 degrees during the course of its nearly 40-year history. Sat, 20 Dec 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/12/19-004.php?WT.mc_id=RSS Under the University's Guaranteed Tuition Plan, 64 percent of students will pay no tuition increase when they return to campus next fall. Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:00:00 CST https://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/12/19-003.php?WT.mc_id=RSS Students and staffers will return from winter break to a changed campus, as UT Dallas ramps up its plans to build new education facilities and overhaul some existing ones. Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/12/19-005.php?WT.mc_id=RSS In a show of competitive willpower and focused intensity, UT Dallas researchers have nearly doubled their research productivity in just five years. Total research spending in 2008 soared past the previous year's total to $64.3 million. Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/12/19-002.php?WT.mc_id=RSS The final report of the UT Dallas Office of Development and Alumni Relations for 2007-2008 describes a trend of steady increase year over year in both dollars and participation. Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/12/19-007.php?WT.mc_id=RSS UT Dallas is expecting a showdown with an old rival when the Pan American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship comes to Dallas on Dec. 27-30. Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/12/19-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS The Business Affairs staff took time this season to lend a holiday helping hand to the less fortunate. Staffers donated food and needed items to two area charities. Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/12/18-002.php?WT.mc_id=RSS Approximately 1,786 students are candidates for degrees at the UT Dallas fall commencement ceremonies, set for Dec. 19 and Dec. 20. Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/12/18-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS Thirteen students from Liberty Junior High School visited the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science recently to combine robotic gears and enjoy some holiday cheer. Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/12/17-002.php?WT.mc_id=RSS A finance graduate student placed 10th out of a field of 300 students from 16 schools who participated in a foreign exchange trading competition hosted in part by Texas A&M University's Mays Business School. Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/12/17-003.php?WT.mc_id=RSS Student achievements, student life and research accomplishments dominated the list of the most-read UT Dallas news stories in 2008. Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/12/17-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS The Commission on Colleges for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools reaffirmed the accreditation of UT Dallas during the organization's 113th annual meeting, held recently in San Antonio. Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/12/16-001.html?WT.mc_id=RSS A space weather satellite and instruments designed by UT Dallas researchers have for the first time revealed the size and shape of the gaseous envelope of electrically charged particles that surrounds the globe. Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/12/16-002.php?WT.mc_id=RSS For the second year in a row, a UT Dallas Doctor of Audiology student has won first place in the Texas Academy of Audiology Student Poster Contest. Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/12/15-002.php?WT.mc_id=RSS UT Dallas, whose mission includes service to the region in academic endeavors and innovative research, was recognized recently for its contributions in yet another area of importance to North Texas - the workforce. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/12/15-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS UT Dallas recognized 251 faculty and staff members recently for years of service, including two professors who starting working at the University before it officially existed. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/12/12-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS The Wall Street Journal has ranked The University of Texas at Dallas Executive MBA (EMBA) program No. 6 in its latest rating of schools offering the highest returns on investment to students who graduate. Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/12/12-003.php?WT.mc_id=RSS Millions of people have tuned in to the Dr. Phil show for advice. This week, the Dr. Phil show turned to one UT Dallas professor for counsel. Dr. Phil producers called Dr. Denise Paquette Boots for an upcoming episode about several high-profile homicides, some involving juvenile offenders. Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/12/11-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS Mark Spong, dean of engineering and computer science, has won an award for a paper focusing on research designed to help robots interact with their surroundings by visually tracking movements that take place around them. Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/12/11-002.php?WT.mc_id=RSS The UT Dallas women's basketball team is starting to turn some heads on the national scale, receiving votes in this week's national NCAA Division III poll for the first time in program history. Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/12/10-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS Children enrolled in the UT Dallas Callier Center's Child Development Program are the proud recipients of new computers donated by IBM. Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/12/10-002.php?WT.mc_id=RSS The University of Texas at Dallas has updated its closing policies for students and employees during inclement weather and emergencies. Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/12/10-003.php?WT.mc_id=RSS UT Dallas administrators have selected Mobile Campus as the preferred method for alerting students, faculty and staff about situations that might affect normal business operations on campus. Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/12/09-002.php?WT.mc_id=RSS The McDermott Library Friends program has been recently revived, entitling supporters in the community to use many of the library's services. Tue, 9 Dec 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/12/09-003.php?WT.mc_id=RSS UT Dallas Arts & Humanities Assistant Professor Peter K.J. Park has received a fellowship from the Francke Foundations and the Fritz Thyssen Foundation in Germany, where he will spend three months pursuing research in the city of Halle an der Saale. Tue, 9 Dec 2008 07:00:00 CST