THE UTD MERCURY

Day: November 12, 2018

  • All-male dance team gains national recognition

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    UTD’s Bollywood fusion all-male dance team earned a spot in the first national dance competition of the 2018-2019 season. Bollywood fusion dance encompasses styles from hip hop to bhangra. The dance group applied to Texas Jhalak, a competition held in Austin, and recently received news of their acceptance. Finance junior Aneesh Bindingnavile and mechanical engineering…

  • Road Warriors launches offshoot for freshmen

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    The New Students Programs office is working to involve commuter students more on campus with an initiative called the Freshman Commuter Program. The FCP will provide first-year commuter students with monthly luncheons or breakfasts for them to talk about their experiences on campus and at home or simply chat with fellow Comets. FCP is an…

  • Community bookshelf comes to ATEC

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    In an effort to make research more accessible to the UTD community, a group of ATEC professors helped establish a small zine community bookshelf on the first floor of the ATEC building. Kim Knight, the associate dean of graduate studies at UTD, spearheaded the community bookshelf, which was put up at the beginning of the…

  • Bookstore brings bargains to students

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    The UTD bookstore will adopt a new program to simplify the process of shopping for and using textbooks. Follett, the university’s bookstore partner, plans to use a new optimization tool known as Discover to make accessing textbooks a more seamless experience for both professors and students. Discover will launch in the spring of 2019 and…

  • Family makes largest gift to university in history

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    University officials formally announced the donation of a large collection of Swiss art at the beginning of November. The announcement, made Nov. 2, stated that the Barrett collection is the highest-valued art donation ever made to a school within UT System and is the largest collection of Swiss art outside of Switzerland. The collection will…

  • University installs weather station

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    UTD recently installed a new weather station, called WeatherSTEM, on the roof of Residence Hall West to monitor weather conditions near campus. A website, dubbed “Comet Watch,” provides students with up-to-date weather information as well as real-time camera feeds. Twitter and Facebook feeds disperse selected information from “Comet Watch” on social media. Emergency management specialist…

  • Donation establishes real estate institute

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    The Jindal School of Management announced last Tuesday a $3 million donation to establish a dedicated real estate institute at UTD. The donation, made by Dallas-based real estate leaders Donna and Herb Weitzman, will establish the Herbert D. Weitzman Institute for Real Estate, along with providing funding for scholarships and travel to real estate conferences…

  • JSOM art collection sparks discussion

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    Nine months ago, a large collection of contemporary and abstract art was installed throughout the JSOM building. Since then, the collection — named for its donor, Joan Davidow — has been the subject of numerous staff, faculty and student discussions, a thwarted call for removal and the loss of two of its pieces. The collection…