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/2008/07/07-002.php?WT.mc_id=RSS Computer scientists at UT Dallas are developing technology that will sift through mountains of aviation data in search of ways to further enhance flight safety. The work focuses on more than three decades of what are called "anomalous aviation events," or incidents that deviated from normal flight operations. Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/07/07-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS In a show of continued support, Ericsson North America has pledged more than $100,000 in scholarships to UT Dallas for the 2008-2009 academic year. In addition, Ericsson has donated $100,000 to the UT Dallas MobileLab. Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/07/03-002.php?WT.mc_id=RSS UT Dallas is saying goodbye this summer to a man who helped put its Geospatial Information Systems program on the map. Dr. Ron Briggs, head of the GIS program, is graduating to professor emeritus after 31 years with the University. Colleagues paid tribute to Briggs at a June 27 luncheon and served him a meal of his favorite foods: Brussels sprouts, baby carrots, pancakes, Heinz beans and marmite. Thu, 3 Jul 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/07/03-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS Students trekking to and from campus with heavy books, laptops and other supplies can now rest their weary legs on shiny new benches as they wait to catch a DART bus. The green benches were installed recently thanks to a dedicated group of former students. Thu, 3 Jul 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/07/02-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS For a group of 20 inquisitive UT Dallas undergraduates, the slow pace of summer is the perfect time to experience the joys of science. The University's Anson L. Clark Summer Research Program selects high-achieving incoming freshman and returning "Clark students" to pull on lab coats and conduct experiments. Wed, 2 Jul 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/07/02-002.php?WT.mc_id=RSS The Office of Undergraduate Education has joined the Collegium V honors program in the newly remodeled Green Center. Also relocating are staffers for the Terry Scholars Program, the Academic Distinction Scholarships, Pre-Law Advising and the Academic Excellence Scholarships for National Merit Scholars. Wed, 2 Jul 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/07/01-002.php?WT.mc_id=RSS For children who have a history of craniofacial disorders, communicating with the ones they love can be difficult. That's why the UT Dallas Callier Center for Communication Disorders is sponsoring Camp C.A.R.E. Tue, 1 Jul 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/07/01-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS Students opting for a relaxing lunch at the Pub's Patio will now have the chance to visualize all the things that make UT Dallas unique. A new mural depicts the love jack, chess players, the Natural Science and Engineering Research Laboratory Building and a comet, all painted amid the Dallas skyline. Tue, 1 Jul 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/06/30-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS Policymakers are overemphasizing the well-known educational path through a four-year academic degree and neglecting areas that could pay off for both individuals and the economy, according to articles in the new issue of Issues in Science and Technology. "Laudable efforts to promote opportunity have too often become too narrowly focused on raising educational attainment and academic test scores," one contributor writes. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/06/30-002.php?WT.mc_id=RSS New this academic year, and in conjunction with the City of Richardson's Read One Book initiative, students are encouraged to read the novel Before You Know Kindness by Chris Bohjalian before classes start Aug. 21. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/06/27-002.php?WT.mc_id=RSS Some kids spend the summer hanging out with squares - black and white ones, dotted with chess pieces. Organizers say the program develops self-esteem; reading and math ability; and critical and analytical thinking. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/06/26-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS MicroTransponder Inc., a medical device company stemming from Neuroscience Professor Larry Cauller's research, is quickly becoming the poster child for UT Dallas' new initiative to turn university research and technology into commercial products. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/06/25-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS Recognizing the vital role that masterful planning plays in successful business initiatives, UT Dallas is organizing its 2nd Annual Project Management Symposium. The two-day event, titled "Leveraging Project Management for Business Success," starts Aug. 18. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/06/24-002.php?WT.mc_id=RSS Whereas real estate seems always centered on "location, location, location," the field of marketing seems equally intent on "the buyer, the buyer, the buyer." But the top marketing paper chosen by a management science group says that new products also need to take into account the needs and wants of the outfit selling the product: the retailer. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/06/24-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS Donise Pearson, director of clinical operations for the Callier Center for Communication Disorders, has been designated a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. The status of Fellow, which recognizes Pearson's lengthy career as a speech language pathologist, is one of the highest honors bestowed by the group. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/06/23-001.html?WT.mc_id=RSS Teenagers learned how to dust for fingerprints, collect evidence and test blood samples in the first CSI-Dallas Summer Camp. Led by the Criminology Program of the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, the camp gave students a hands-on introduction to the real world of forensic sciences. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/06/20-002.php?WT.mc_id=RSS A paper by a School of Management faculty member has become one of the most-read papers in a cultural management journal only a short time after publication. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/06/20-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS From rockets to edible car races, middle-school girls are exploring the fun of physics at UT Dallas again this summer, courtesy of the university student group Women in Physics. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/06/19-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS A technology that promises kidney stone sufferers a more pain-free future has brought honor and a prestigious prize to the UT Dallas vice president for research. Dr. Bruce Gnade and co-recipient Dr. Jeffrey Cadeddu, associate professor for urology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, received the new "Opportunity Texas Proof-of-Concept" award from Emergent Technologies Inc. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/06/19-002.php?WT.mc_id=RSS For the ninth consecutive year, UT Dallas' Callier Center for Communication Disorders is sponsoring Tricks for Talking, a comprehensive speech therapy camp for children and adolescents ages 3 to 15 who stutter. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:00:00 CST http://services.utsystem.edu/site/MessageViewer?em_id=3502.0&printer_friendly=1&JServSessionIdr009=hrdd8cbf48.app2a?WT.mc_id=RSS Total academic costs for UT System students have increased only 49.4 percent since the Legislature deregulated tuition in 2003. Analyses that disregard the full spectrum of student cost factors present a misleading picture of college costs increases. Sun, 8 Jun 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/06/18-002.php?WT.mc_id=RSS An undersea voyage next month will give explorers at UT Dallas a chance to study rocks exposed in the Mariana Trench, the world's deepest geologic formation. Dr. Robert J. Stern, UT Dallas professor of geosciences, will meet graduate student Julia Ribeiro and other geoscientists for the two-week research cruise in mid-July. Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/06/17-002.php?WT.mc_id=RSS An undergraduate cell biology major was part of a team that has had a paper published on the use of carbon nanotubes and antibodies to heat and kill cancer cells. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/06/17-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS Most homeowners would agree that their property values are affected by the values of their neighbors' homes. Geospatial scholars make sense of this underlying factor, called a spatial spill-over effect, under a new discipline that is the subject of a workshop at UT Dallas this week. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/06/17-003.php?WT.mc_id=RSS The Wi$e Up program, for women seeking greater mastery over their money, comes to UT Dallas with a Financial Fitness Boot Camp this week. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/06/16-002.php?WT.mc_id=RSS The School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences will offer three new graduate degrees in political science this fall. All three are 30-credit degree programs that can be completed in as quickly as 12 months. Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/06/16-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS Maj. Gen. Donald W. Shepperd, a decorated combat pilot and CNN military analyst, will discuss the challenge that the Mideast poses for aviation at a public lecture Saturday, June 21, at McDermott Library. The lecture is open to the public. A reception and book signing will follow in the Special Collections Department. Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/06/13-003.html?WT.mc_id=RSS An audiology doctoral student and a clinician have been honored by separate organizations for outstanding work at the Callier Center for Communication Disorders. Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/06/13-001.php?WT.mc_id=RSS The Multicultural Center will hold its annual Juneteenth celebration on Thursday, with music, games, food and a bake-off. The UT Dallas community and the public are invited. Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:00:00 CST http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/06/12-002.php?WT.mc_id=RSS Dr. Stan Liebowitz, the Ashbel Smith Professor of Economics, is scheduled to speak Thursday before a House subcommittee holding a hearing on the Fair Housing Act of 1968. A New York Post opinion piece by the School of Management professor caught the eye of Republican congressional leaders and led to the invitation to testify. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:00:00 CST