Free speech policies under fire
UTD’s campus policies may be limiting free speech among students and faculty, according to a watchdog organization. The Foundation for Individual Rights in...
Group to foster communication among grad students
A team of staff members are forming a new organization to provide graduate students with a common platform for interacting and collaborating with...
Water crisis spurs student activism
Screams of support cut through the wind as students cheered on their fellow teammates who were running toward the finish line as fast...
Faculty gender pay gap increases
UTD’s fall 2016 profile showed that female faculty members are outnumbered by men nearly two to one. While that gap is closing over...
Professor compiles shooting database
A UTD professor created a database that catalogs school shootings across the country in hopes of preventing further tragedies. Nadine Connell, associate professor...
Empowerment through sisterhood
The first all-Muslim sorority on campus and in the nation has gained its Greek letters. Originally established as the organization Muslimahs for Change...
Art classes are vital to college experience
It’s a known fact that the arts are underrepresented at UTD, with the destruction of the Art Barn and the lack of real...
Olympic games gain new twist
An associate professor has helped online workers get on their feet in a participatory project. This year marks 10 years since ATEC associate...
New softball coach arrives
The athletic department has named a new interim softball head coach after the previous one departed UTD last November. Athletic Director Bill Petitt...
Q&A: Juliet Garcia
Juliet V. Garcia became the first female Mexican-American president of a United States college or university in 1986, when she was named president...