Author: The UTD Mercury
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Fighting for Justice in South Dallas Community
Students in a community-based service learning course spend their Tuesdays learning, but not in a classroom. Instead, about a dozen classmates travel with Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Studies Carol Lanham to South Oak Cliff High School to mentor, teach and build relationships with its students through the Dallas-based nonprofit Focus on Teens. One Tuesday morning…
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Q&A with Don Tapscott
Business executive Don Tapscott is a leader in adapting technology to business and society. With over 40 years of experience, he provides advice to global leaders at the World Economic Forum while also serving as a professor at the University of Toronto. Tapscott spoke at the Emerging Technologies Summit hosted by the Institute for Innovation…
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App helps students track class openings
Two college graduates have created an app that helps students track the status of one or more of their classes and register for a class as soon as its status changed to open. Coursicle, an Android, iOS and web app, was co-founded by Joe Puccio, a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumnus. This…
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V-bikes bringing bike racks to campus
Dockless rental bikes are becoming increasingly common on and off campus and are being left on sidewalks and lawns instead of in bike racks. V-Bikes are rental bikes that allow customers to use their smartphones to check out and check in the bikes. As a result, they can be picked up from anywhere, and when…
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Confucius Institute under FBI scrutiny
After an FBI threat assessment, Texas congressmen have accused a Chinese language organization, which has a location on campus, of propaganda and stealing intellectual property. Earlier this month, congressmen Michael McCaul and Henry Cuellar issued a joint statement calling for multiple Texas universities, including UTD, to stop hosting their Confucius Institutes, which provide classes and…
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Publications risk closure due to loss of funding, resources
News media is present in the lives of students whether they choose to indulge in it or not, and can be found in the form of broadcast, radio or more traditionally, print. One challenge has become prevalent to college student media organizations, however: student newsrooms across the country are in danger of losing their funding…
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RadioUTD sweet 15
After 15 years of broadcasting music, UTD’s student radio station celebrated its anniversary by throwing the Sweet Fifteen Fest. RadioUTD was established as an organization in 2003 when it began in the basement of the ECS building, but 15 years later, 27 DJs broadcast a wide variety of genres from the Student Media Suite. The…
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Softball makes comeback
The softball team has recovered from their eight-game losing stretch and are now 15-6 since March 16. After a period where they lost eight of nine games, the softball team was able to turn it around and make a run to try to qualify for the ASC Tournament. During this time, the Comets have played…
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Women’s golf sets sights on ASC Tournament
The UTD women’s golf team is preparing for the ASC tournament. The Comets have not won a championship since their first season in 2008. The closest the team has come to a title was in the 2015 ASC Tournament, when they placed fourth. Set to open the 2018 ASC Championship on April 23, the Comets…
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Org feeds hungry children in India
Two sophomores founded the first chapter at a Texas university of an international organization. Akshaya Patra is an organization that started in India in 2000 to provide school children lunches. UTD AP partners with other UTD Indian cultural groups at events and competitions to fundraise money for the cause. The students have raised enough money…