Category: Featured
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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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Student Starts Online Petition for Temoc Statue
This June, a student started an online petition to create a statue of Temoc on the roundabout at the campus main entrance. The petition has since amassed over 460 signatures. Eric Aaberg, a business administration sophomore, said he first thought of having a Temoc statue after noticing the emptiness of the roundabout and proposed it…
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“Maybe those killings wouldn’t have happened.”
Former worker details history of aggression after ex-Chartwells employee charged with murder After a former Chartwells employee was charged with two counts of murder in early June, a former student worker has come forward with allegations of physical and sexual harassment as well as drug abuse in the workplace. Dallas police took Kendrell Lyles, a…
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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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Auxiliary Services renews contract with Chartwells
University officials are working with Chartwells to implement a new eight-year food service contract, with an option to extend it for a full 12 years. Bryce Brownlee, UTD’s director of the Office of Contract Administration, said the university received two bids in a January 2018 request for proposals — one from Chartwells and one from…
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Select Chartwells employees to hold union election in May
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated since its original publication. After a months-long organizing effort, certain Chartwells workers will be able to participate in a May 2 election to determine whether they want to be represented in collective bargaining by local chapter 1000 of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. Student and temporary workers will not be able to…
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UTD places third at chess championship
UTD competed for the 16th time at the President’s Cup chess championship in New York, a national competition that determines the top U.S. collegiate team. The championship was held April 6-7, with the winners announced April 7. UTD placed third after UT Rio Grande Valley and Webster University. The President’s Cup was founded by UTD…