January 30, 2023 – THE MERCURY

News

TikTok banned on Wi-Fi, devices

Chief Information Officers Frank Feagans and Nate Howe informed all Comets via email on Jan. 17 that UTD would block TikTok on devices...

By The MercuryJanuary 30, 2023

Profile

A Guiding Light For Comets In Recovery

When molecular biology senior Kevin Juarez mistakenly walked into the Center for Students in Recovery, they were expecting to turn around, close the...

By The MercuryJanuary 30, 2023

Campus

Library open for 24 hours

To meet increased demand for study spaces, the Eugene McDermott Library is reinstating a 24 hour schedule from Monday to Thursday. From Sunday...

By The MercuryJanuary 30, 2023

News

Moot Court pair is No. 2 in nation

On the weekend of Jan. 14 and Jan. 15, political science senior Olivia Cooper and geospatial information senior Paulina Hruskoci secured a historic...

By The MercuryJanuary 30, 2023

Profile

UTD Police Chief Larry Zacharias retires after 14 years

After 14 years of service, UTD Police Chief Larry Zacharias officially retired on Jan. 31. As the founding sponsor of UTD’s student Emergency...

By The MercuryJanuary 30, 2023

NASA selects UTD to build instrument

NASA has selected UTD’s Center for Space Science to build an exploration instrument for its 1995 CRAF mission. CRAF is an acronym for...

By The MercuryJanuary 30, 2023

Research

Educator Wins Global Award

Allan Dean Sherry will be named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors on Jun. 27 in Washington D.C. among other prestigious...

By The MercuryJanuary 30, 2023

News Research

NASA Chooses UTD

NASA chooses UTD physics professor Philip Anderson to lead a historic investigation to chart Earth’s poorly understood ionosphere-thermosphere. NASA is calling this ground...

By The MercuryJanuary 30, 2023