Day: November 13, 2023
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UTD chess players place highly in Texas Intercollegiate Rapids
Two UTD students placed highly in the Texas Collegiate Rapids Championship Nov. 4, one making No. 2 overall and the other No. 1 out of players under 2200 ELO. The Rapids Championship was an online chess tournament where 40 players from seven schools faced each other individually; 14 students from UTD participated. The tournament consisted…
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Halloween hole in wall: car crash in UV leaves three students displaced
It is Halloween night — students are returning from classes and getting ready for the holiday in University Village. Computer science sophomore Angie Landin is preparing food in her apartment when a red Tesla suddenly accelerates and crashes directly into her kitchen wall. Around 6:20 p.m. on Oct. 31, 2023, a Tesla driven by the…
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Women’s soccer team knocked out of ASC
After executing an almost flawless season, the women’s soccer team was knocked out of the American Southwest Conference championships after suffering a 3-0 loss to McMurry in the quarterfinal tournament on Oct. 31. The team drew against McMurry on Oct. 28, securing their spot in the championship. Outside of their quarterfinal loss, the women’s soccer…
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Men’s soccer claims ASC title after mixed season
The team took home the title for the first time in four years and are heading to the NCAA Division Championships The UTD men’s soccer team came back from a season of mixed performance, securing their spot in the NCAA national tournament after winning the ASC conference championship on Nov. 4 in a narrow 6-5…
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Comets gather for largest hackathon in Texas
HackUTD returned to ECSW on Nov. 4 for the competition’s 10th installment HackUTD is a weekend-long event where participants are given different challenges to solve by expressing themselves through technology. The 2023 hackathon included 1,001 people from 18 different countries. The total pool of prize money was $62,000, the largest amount HackUTD has distributed so…
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Students Across Disciplines Team Up to Solve Global Health Problems
Two students launched UTD’s first-ever Interdisciplinary Global Health Case Competition, a contest where students across different schools come together to solve health crises affecting society. The competition, pioneered by policy junior Nandita Kumar and finance junior Avinash Chivakula, drew over 140 people, three times more than expected. Student teams were given a case on a…
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To Mars and Beyond: Students Design Tools for Mars Exploration
“Comet to Mars,” a team from UTD with no aerospace background, defied expectations in NASA’s Mars XR 2 Global Challenge — a science design competition — coming to a 13th global rank and second in the Americas out of nearly 4,000 competitors. The team consisted of four ATEC majors — seniors Andrew Duarte and Michael…
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Hoops for hearts: UTD basketball hosts fundraiser for local children
UTD Athletics partnered with Jamie’s Heart foundation Nov. 8 to host the second annual teddy bear toss during UTD’s first men’s basketball game. The goal of the event was to provide emotional support to children currently in the ICU through stuffed animals, and in the first time-out of the game, Comets threw over 100 stuffed…