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The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

COVID-19 Timeline

April 13, 2020

Graphic by Elizabeth Nguyen | Mercury Staff

Helping Hands for Healthy Eating

April 13, 2020

Students, university step up to support community during pandemic As UTD shelters in place, students have formed a mutual aid group to ensure their peers get the support they need, and university volunteers...

COVID-19 affects study abroad programs

April 7, 2020

Watch our video interview with one student who was stuck in Spain when President Trump's European travel ban went into effect and UTD ended its study abroad programs

Photo by Anupam Gupta | Mercury Staff

Clark Summer Research Program canceled amid COVID-19 concerns

April 6, 2020

The Clark Summer Research Program has been canceled due to COVID-19. However, students who applied this year will be able to apply the following year.  The program allows a group of incoming freshmen...

Photo by Soujanya Bhat | Mercury Staff.

UTD moves summer classes online

April 3, 2020

The university released a statement on April 3 announcing that all summer classes will be administered online.  UTD President Richard Benson said in an email statement that the university will...

Graphic by Alessandra Bell

Six Feet Apart

March 31, 2020

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...

UTD allows students to opt in to pass/fail grading

UTD allows students to opt in to pass/fail grading

March 26, 2020

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...

Photo by Noah Whitehead | Mercury Archives

UT System postpones commencement, requires students to leave residence halls

March 17, 2020

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...

A model of the coronavirus. Image courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

UTD extends spring break, moves to online classes

March 12, 2020

As a result of the spread of COVID-19, UTD has announced that classes will be canceled the week of March 23 while classes before then will continue as scheduled. Classes will resume online on March 30...

Students listen as SG President Ayoub Mohammed gives updates on COVID-19. Photo by Cindy Folefack | Editor-in-Chief

Students launch petition, UTD suspends mandatory attendance in response to coronavirus

March 11, 2020

Petition to move to online classes receives over 13,000 signatures, university says there are no plans to close campus UTD students are taking matters into their own hands after several cases of the...

Graphic by Alesandra Bell | Mercury Staff

New Coronavirus Not Major Threat to Students

February 9, 2020

Recent reports estimate over 34,000 cases of coronavirus worldwide, with 0.0003% of those cases in the U.S. Despite the low case rate, media coverage of the virus has sparked nationwide concern. Coronavirus...

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