Author: The UTD Mercury
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Pro-Sales Team places first at international sales competition
Players competed against 80 opponents in role-play, speed-selling events UTD’s Pro Sales Team beat out 80 other schools from around the world to win first place at the International Collegiate Sales Competition, bringing back the Collegiate World Cup of Sales. The Pro Sales Team is made up of JSOM students under the school’s Professional…
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Six Feet Apart
Heeding social distancing and other ways to save the world The new strain of coronavirus has rapidly spread worldwide — blurring the line between irrational panic and rational caution. Empty aisles line grocery stores as fearful stockpiling of toilet paper and water persists. Several states have declared states of emergency and restaurants and movie theaters…
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‘More applicants than beds to offer’
An inside look at UTD’s housing Frenzied students sat ready in front of their laptops, furiously checking the time. Impatiently, they waited for their chance to enter the housing portal, which was rapidly filling up before their eyes, and choose what would most likely be their home for the next year. This school year, housing…
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‘League of Legends’ A team ends season with close loss against Winthrop University
Esports to cease competing for rest of semester due to COVID-19 The “League of Legends” A Team recently ended their College League of Legends tournament run with a loss against Winthrop University at quarterfinals in a close 3-2 series. The Comets closing series against Winthrop was the climax of a constantly changing season of “League…
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McDermott Scholars aim to change program policy, increase accessibility
Groups seeks to remove standardized testing requirement, citing barriers to access A group of students is questioning the requirements of the McDermott Scholars program and is taking steps to make it more fair and accessible to low-income and minority applicants. International political economy seniors Sarah Whipple and Samee Ahmad are working alongside other scholars such…
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How UTD professors are adapting to online classes
With the rest of the semester’s classes being moved online, professors at UTD have had to adjust their classwork to accommodate. Kathy Lingo, a professor at the school of arts and humanities, said faculty were alerted through email by university officials before spring break to update their syllabi and get ready to make the switch…
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Senior appointed to NCAA COVID-19 advisory panel
Members act as representatives for peers, provide feedback to schools UTD neuroscience senior and baseball infielder Isaiah Swann was selected by the NCAA to serve as part of an advisory panel concerning college sports and the coronavirus pandemic. Alongside three other student athletes, Swann plans to help influence decisions that will affect the entirety of…
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UTD allows students to opt in to pass/fail grading
University provides sweeping changes to academic deadlines, policies in response to COVID-19 outbreak In light of changing circumstances due to the coronavirus pandemic, the university has extended the deadline to opt in to Pass/Fail and Credit/No Credit grading for spring 2020. Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Inga Musselman released an email statement acknowledging…
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UT System postpones commencement, requires students to leave residence halls
Students without alternative housing options will be accommodated on case-by-case basis Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect new guidance from University Housing In a letter addressed to UT System’s academic presidents, Chancellor James Milliken laid out the system’s next steps to address the coronavirus pandemic. The steps were determined with input from…