choose your adventure
How choice-based video games help with real-life decision making In life, we’re all faced with an almost overwhelming amount of choices. As technology — and, with it, game development — has advanced, we’ve been given yet another outlet to exercise our decision-making: choice-based games. With the number of choice-based games...
13-year-old freshman to start classes at UTD in fall
Incoming interdisciplinary studies major homeschooled since seven years old, serves as CEO of Texas-based company Kidlamity Gaming UTD will welcome one of its youngest freshmen in the fall of 2019. Ian Schlitz, a 13-year-old from Keller will attend UTD as an interdisciplinary studies major. “You can go into almost everything...
ATEC students showcase video game at Dreamhack Dallas event
Team received feedback for “Soul Horizons” from consumers, playtesters A team of UTD undergraduates showcased their game at the annual DreamHack event in Dallas. DreamHack is a Swedish production company that hosts video gaming tournaments and conventions. The DreamHack Dallas event took place on May 31 to June 2 at...
Artists find creative haven in west Dallas warehouse
Building serves as hub for creatives to express themselves through aerosol art, freestyle rapping Nestled in a small West Dallas neighborhood lies a building that’s impossible to miss. Covered in graffiti, the makeshift art gallery serves as a gathering place for local artists, musicians and creatives. The Fabrication Yard, owned...
Longtime BBS professor passes away at 70 years
Faculty reflect on his life, academic achievements Faculty, staff and students are mourning the loss of a longtime professor in the school of Behavioral and Brain Sciences. James Bartlett, a professor of cognitive neuroscience and cognitive psychology, passed away at the age of 70 on June 1. He was a...
Esports department gives back through summer camp
Coaching staff, players to provide training to attendees on popular competitive games With the inaugural year of UTD’s esports department ending, the teams decided to help out the community through an esports summer camp. From June 17 to July 28, the department will host three 5-day sessions in the Sector...
Ph.D student to conduct research in national lab
Candidate earns position in federally funded program to study crystal growth in furnaces for first time in campus history After finishing her second year of graduate school, one UTD student became the first in the school’s history to earn a position on the Department of Energy’s Office of Science Graduate...
University students, faculty gather in Dallas to celebrate PRIDE
This month, members of various LGBTQ organizations at UTD participated in the Dallas Pride parade for a third consecutive year. UTD’s participation in the June 2 event was organized by the Galerstein Gender Center and represented by QuTD, the university’s LGBTQ employee resource group. Matt Winser-Johns, the assistant director of...
Former Chartwells employee charged with recent murders of transgender woman, two other people
Dallas police have arrested and charged former Chartwells worker Kendrell Lavar Lyles in the deaths of three people including Muhlaysia Booker, a transgender woman whose attack made national headlines in April. Lyles — who worked at UTD as recently as spring 2019 — is currently in police custody. The former...
