Day: September 6, 2011
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Tweets #thingsthatlastforever
Site revives social media postings The perception of the Internet as some innocuous pastime where all transgressions are forgiven with a click of a Delete button prompted Bradley Griffith, an Emerging Media and Communications, or EMAC, graduate student, to create a program that would remind users of how lasting one’s actions on the Web can…
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Surviving the sizzle: University copes with record heat
Record-breaking temperatures in Texas this summer have significantly raised electricity and water demand, but UTD officials say the university has been working hard to prevent any disruption to campus life. While Richardson is coping with a water shortage and electricity grids are running at full capacity, other cities in the state have also faced the…
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Novak named Nat Sci dean
UTD will welcome the new dean of Natural Sciences on Sept. 19. Bruce Novak, a highly noted chemist, veteran and acclaimed educator hailing from North Carolina State University, has accepted the deanship. The trajectory of Novak’s life can be traced to a beginning in the military as he put himself through school by serving in…
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UTD faces ‘growing pains’: Parking, dining struggle to keep up
A significant spike in enrollment this fall has transformed the campus into a hub of student activity but has also created a slew of unforeseen problems for students on campus, university officials recently acknowledged. While the participation in student organizations and groups has increased, lines in the Comet Café have grown considerably longer and open…