Author: The UTD Mercury
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Ph.D student to conduct research in national lab
Candidate earns position in federally funded program to study crystal growth in furnaces for first time in campus history After finishing her second year of graduate school, one UTD student became the first in the school’s history to earn a position on the Department of Energy’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program. Chemistry Ph.D…
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University students, faculty gather in Dallas to celebrate PRIDE
This month, members of various LGBTQ organizations at UTD participated in the Dallas Pride parade for a third consecutive year. UTD’s participation in the June 2 event was organized by the Galerstein Gender Center and represented by QuTD, the university’s LGBTQ employee resource group. Matt Winser-Johns, the assistant director of LGBTQ programs, helped organize UTD’s…
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Former Chartwells employee charged with recent murders of transgender woman, two other people
Dallas police have arrested and charged former Chartwells worker Kendrell Lavar Lyles in the deaths of three people including Muhlaysia Booker, a transgender woman whose attack made national headlines in April. Lyles — who worked at UTD as recently as spring 2019 — is currently in police custody. The former employee was taken into custody…
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Arrive at your own conclusions
Say you want to purchase a car. You will likely take time to assure that the purchase will be worthwhile by gathering information about the car and the manufacturing company: reading customer reviews, researching the company, and understanding how the car you might purchase is different from other cars on the market. Voting is not…
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Softball loses series, advances in ASC games
The softball team’s last series for the American Southwest Conference on April 26-27 against UT Tyler had a bittersweet ending, with the team taking losses in all three games while also breaking its home run record for this season. The Comets are currently losing 20-16 and have won 12 out of the 14 games played…
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Baseball leads with eight-game winning streak
The UTD baseball team came off a season record eight-game winning streak following a three-game American Southwest Conference series against Sul Ross State on April 19-20. The players entered their latest tournament hot off a three-game win against McMurry but opened the series against Sul Ross State with a 14-9 loss. The Comets picked it…
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Esports teams wrap up first year
The UTD esports program is wrapping up its inaugural year and ramping up fall recruitment with a new “Super Smash Bros.” team and overall good records for “League of Legends” and “Overwatch.” The esports program was launched in August and now has teams for three different games. Esports director and head coach Greg Adler said…
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‘Alexa, why are you here?’
On April 15, The Mercury reported that UT Dallas is planning to install Amazon Echo Dots in Residence Hall South this summer, with the long-term aim of installing Echo Dots in every residence hall. The university outlaid money for the Echos without consulting the students that actually live in the residence halls, and it’s still…
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Faculty brings music into classrooms
Joseph Izen, a physics professor, enters the SLC with his class notes and banjo. Today he is sharing with his students not only his love for physics, but his love for music. He, along with many other professors at UTD, find their personal interests intersecting with their professional ones. Before the banjo, Izen played the…