Author: The UTD Mercury
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Graduate Helps Police Train with Virtual Reality
A recent graduate is changing the way police departments train officers to handle real-life situations through using virtual reality technology. Brian Hoang, a software engineering graduate, is the CEO of SurviVR, a virtual reality company that he co-founded with computer science graduate Marwan Kodeih. The company produces a training simulator for police departments in the…
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University Launches New Brand Campaign
‘Speed of Bright’ celebrates UTD’s 50th anniversary, increases visibility in DFW area through advertising In early June, university President Richard Benson, along with the marketing team in the Office of Communications, launched a new brand campaign to celebrate UTD’s 50th anniversary. The idea is meant to highlight the university’s mission and increase its visibility in…
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Construction Begins on Student Union Eateries
New restaurants to open in Fall 2019 include Firehouse Subs, Halal Shack UTD will be replacing three of its dining locations with new options. Subway, Ben and Jerry’s and Za’tar will be replaced by Firehouse Subs, Smoothie King and Halal Shack respectively. UTD director of Auxiliary Services Carrie Chutes said the additions will be part…
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Email Scams Target Campus Community
New security measures include upgraded filtering software, incorporating two-factor authentication In the past month, multiple posts have been made by students on the UTD subreddit about scam emails offering prestigious job opportunities and linking to suspicious websites. University officials said that the messages were linked to compromised university emails, and a new filtering software that…
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Decisive Indecision
Why staying undeclared major has hidden benefits Calling adventurers — undeclare your majors! What’s more daring than explaining to extended family at Thanksgiving that you aren’t actively working towards a degree? Or anything more terrifying than not knowing when you’ll graduate? Being undeclared is a signal that you are planning to gain something from your…
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Review: ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’
At first, I was afraid I was going to be bored during this movie. I thought to myself, “Oh, another film related to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. There’ll be more guns, more fighting and just the same storyline recycled over and over.” I enjoyed the MCU up until the second Avengers film, where everything started…
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Review: Toy Story 4
I have never seen a Toy Story movie in my life. Look, maybe the idea of my toys coming alive when I’m not around was never exactly appealing to me as a kid. I thought it was all over after “Toy Story 3,” when Andy gives his toys to the little girl Bonnie, but then…
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Eating More for Less
Two coworkers launch app designed to decrease food delivery service prices, test run platform at UTD Fed up with the high prices and fees from other food delivery services, two coworkers decided to launch their own platform, with their first test run at UTD. Adarsh Pradeep graduated from George Mason University in Virginia in 2015…
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Professor Explores Jim Crow South in New Book
Faculty member co-edited novel after noticing lack of coverage for time period Following the 2012 publication of a co-edited collection of essays on Jim Crow, associate professor of history Natalie Ring co-edited a new collection titled “Crime and Punishment in the Jim Crow South.” The new book is co-edited by Amy Louise Wood, an associate…