In Print & On Air
General interest media coverage of UT Dallas students, faculty, staff and leadership and their achievements.
Inattention of Drivers Studied for Smarter Cars
(August 18, 2008) "On a daily basis, we could look at very small instances of how you drive and see how today is different than the way you've driven the last month." - John Hansen, Electrical Engineering Department head read more
Students Struggle With TAKS' Short-Response Written Test
(August 18, 2008) "I don't put any blame on the high school teachers, but I am becomingly increasingly concerned that students are lacking a basic familiarity with some basic issues." - John Gooch, director of rhetoric and writing read more
Housing the Poor Alongside the Rich
(August 12, 2008) "We have pockets of poverty in the northern sector, but they're not nearly amassed to the extent that they are in the southern sector. An individual neighborhood that's in bad shape can benefit from its neighbors that are not. But southern-sector residents very often don't have that. Their neighbors are as poor as they are." - Timothy M. Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research read more
Is It Really Smart to Teach Old Brains New Tricks?
(August 12, 2008) "The jury is out on the mental fitness stuff. ... If people get too engrossed in these computer games, maybe they're not exercising or engaging with other people." - neuroscientist Denise C. Park, T. Boone Pickens Distinguished Chair in Clinical Brain Science read more
Tough Ethics Policy Recommended for Dallas School Trustees
(August 8, 2008) "Just for you to disclose [conflicts of interest] is not enough." - Dr. Constantine Konstans, executive director of the Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance at UT Dallas read more
New UT Dallas Center Aims to Help Children Grow
(August 8, 2008) "The center is a logical move for UT Dallas ... because it has one of the largest concentrations of child development experts in the state." - Dr. Bert Moore, dean of the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences read more
Should Big Art Shows Be Profit-Makers for Lending Museums?
(August 8, 2008) "I have zero problem with this practice. We live in a capitalistic society and museums need to make money in many ways, and this is just one of them." - Richard Brettell, professor, School of Arts and Humanities read more
Can California Integrate its Prisons Without Violence?
(August 1, 2008) "What we're trying to get to is the idea that when an imate comes in, much like going to a hotel or much like you getting on an airplane, that race is not an issue as to what seat you get. It's random assignment." - Jim Marquart, Criminology Program chairman read more
Evidence Unclear on Statins as a Memory Loss Preventative
(August 1, 2008) "Most of the evidence seems to suggest that statins are helpful in the long run for preventing memory loss with aging and dementia. ... We really need to settle this issue. There are a lot of hints that statins slow age-related memory decline. If this is the case we need to know it." - Dr. John Hart, medical director of the Center for BrainHealth. read more
Neighbors Claim Wind Turbine Makes Them Ill
(July 31, 2008) "Any kind of thing like that has the potential to affect those kinds of feelings. And they're real. I mean you're really sick, nauseated, but it may be a result of some anxiety that's related to what you're hearing rather than the actual sound." - Dr. Phillip L. (Lee) Wilson, head of audiology at the Callier Center for Communication Disorders read more
Norm Bagwell is New CEO at Bank
(July 31, 2008) "Usually, when we go through these upheavals, there are opportunities created. If the big banks have to suffer through subprime and all the pain we're reading about, they're probably pulling in their horns a little bit. There probably are some middle-market opportunities." - Frank Anderson, finance professor read more
Books Written in English Are the Most Translated
(July 30, 2008) "Translation from other languages into American English is limited in comparison to what gets translated from English into other languages." - Rainer Schulte, director of the Center for Translation Studies at UT Dallas read more
Editorial: Texas Needs to Grow More Research Schools
(July 25, 2008) "As Dr. Daniel explained, his school is fourth among Texas' public universities with faculty members who have earned membership in the National Academies of Science. It also has the third-ranked graduate engineering program among our state's public universities." - Editorial citing UT Dallas President David E. Daniel calling for more Tier One schools read more
Cell Phone Cancer Link Not Proven, UT Dallas Expert Says
(July 25, 2008) "It's radio waves that can affect the brain. It may be that we won't know for 20 years, and that's kind of why I think they're sounding the alarm." - Sandra B. Chapman, executive director, Center for BrainHealth read more
Texans Recall Banking Collapse of the 1980s
(July 21, 2008) "It was as close to a depression as anyone has seen in this country since the 1930s." - Frank Anderson, finance professor read more
An unexpected pain of global warming
(July 17, 2008) "We know from the distribution of kidney stones within the U.S. that higher temperatures encourage stone formation." - Dr. Tom Brikowski, an associate professor of geosciences study's lead author read more
Drugs, Economy Suspected in Crime Increases
(July 5, 2008) "What we are seeing are some major cities in the U.S. that are having homicide spikes. We're also seeing a lot of random shooting." - Denise Boots, assistant professor in criminology read more
UT Dallas Tying Tech to Profits
(July 15, 2008) "We're very excited. We welcome this opportunity to bring this technology into the commercial arena." - John Ferraris, head of UT Dallas Chemistry Department and a co-founder of tech company Solarno read more
Internships often lead to post-college jobs in accounting or finance
(July 7, 2008) "Every year you want to add to your resume and your professional experiences, and not wait until your senior year. I was intimidated that time was going to fly by and you need as many internships as you can. It's crazy competitive, and you've got to find a way to stand out." - Maya Bouali, UT Dallas finance major read more
Camp Pushes Homeless Kids to Pursue Higher Education
(July 7, 2008) "A seed has been planted. This year it was just a fun experience. But what about next year and the year after when they grow older? Can you imagine? Five years down the road, they say, 'You know what? I can go to college if I want to. I had that experience as a child. And if I really want to go I can go.' " - Dot Brown-LaSalle, Shared Housing Center case manager, about the Kids' University camp held at UT Dallas read more
Maverick Artist Took a Different Path
(July 1, 2008) "In this Caillebotte still life, it is the merchant who has arranged the objects, not the painter." - Richard Brettell, professor of art and aesthetics read more
Ideas in Action: Playing it Safe
(July 1, 2008) "The risk is that if you don't have all the skills and capabilities that you need, it can become a source of failure" - Joseph Picken, executive director for the Institute for Innovation and Entrepeneurship read more
Study Links Bond Rates and Regional Corruption
(June 30, 2008) A new academic study says cities in states viewed as relatively corrupt pay higher interest rates when issuing uninsured bonds, equal to a two-notch ratings downgrade. -- study by Alexander W. Butler, assistant professor of finance read more
Nanotechnology, Biomolecules And Light 'Cook' Cancer Cells
(June 25, 2008) "There are rational approaches to detecting and minimizing the potential for nonspecific toxicity of the nanoparticles developed in our studies." - Dr. Rockford Draper, head of Bionanosciences Group at UT Dallas read more
Study of Texas Remedial Programs Finds They Don't Help Students
(June 24, 2008) "If anything, we find some evidence that remediation might worsen the outcomes of some students." - Isaac McFarlin Jr., assistant professor of economics and finance read more
Obama Rides the Leading Edge of the Democratic Wave
(June 24, 2008) "If you believe the model is fully predictive, it [2008] does look a Democratic year. It's time." - Dr. Thomas Brunell, School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, on a study of political trends read more
No Career Left Behind?
(June 24, 2008) "Courses that are more directly related to specific labor market sectors - so for example, computer repair or auto repair - tend to have higher outcomes." - Lee Holcombe, director of evaluation and special projects for the Texas Schools Project read more
Dallas City Council Members Receive Abundance of Free Tickets
(June 19, 2008) "It clearly creates a conflict of interest. If someone gives you a gift, there is an expectation you will reciprocate it." - L. Douglas Kiel, public administration professor read more
Boomer "Brain Fitness" is Big Business
(June 18, 2008) "People are worried. You have a large group of the population getting to the age where they are sort of vulnerable to degenerative neurological diseases that seem to be prevalent." - Dr. John Hart Jr., Center for BrainHealth read more
Editorial: Austin Right to Push Top Tier Universities
(June 11, 2008) "The report's proposal for upgrading universities resembles one from David Daniel, president of the University of Texas-Dallas. It would create a pool of $405 million that TexasÂ’ seven designated 'emerging research universities' could draw on." read more
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