Emotional support animals, or ESAs, are accommodations offered to UTD students who rely on their pets to help them function due to issues...
By The MercuryOctober 30, 2023A Senate Bill in committee — 88(R) SB 17 — could mean the end of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as we know it...
By The MercuryMarch 20, 2023The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion underwent a multi-department reorganization on Sept. 1 to unify advocacy for underrepresented students. In spring of...
By The MercuryOctober 3, 2022Despite a “ruff” year in quarantine, service-dogs-in-training Ohana and Winnie are set to graduate from the UTD SIT (Service-dog In Training) club this...
By The MercuryApril 25, 2022How professors can accommodate disabled students amidst online shift With the switch to online learning, the Office of Student AccessAbility and faculty members...
By The MercuryApril 14, 2020UTD students care for puppies to become skilled companion, facility dogs Editor’s Note: A previous version of this article misspelled a source’s name....
By The MercurySeptember 29, 2019Tier One, one of the four tickets with presidential or vice-presidential candidates in the most contested Student Government election in UTD history, is...
By The MercuryMarch 24, 2019The Office of Information Technology and the Office of Student AccessAbility are partnering to provide visual- and learning-impaired students, faculty and staff with...
By The MercuryFebruary 11, 2019University officials made a request to relocate the Office of Student AccessAbility from the third floor of the Student Services Building. Gene Fitch,...
By The MercuryDecember 3, 2018Jax Schmisseur struggles with anxiety and relies on his emotional support animal to calm him during his panic attacks. During his freshman year,...
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