Alumni teams up with restaurant owner to revamp struggling business with new look but same menu
It was a dimly lit restaurant, encircled with heavy curtains and an aloof air, but for former city council...
Alumni make non-traditional beers in Fort Worth business
It was just about six o’clock and dozens of people had lined up at the gate of Martin House Brewery among the backdrop of downtown Fort Worth.
They...
A definitive history of UTD’s greatest sport, how it got there
If prospective students were to take a tour of campus but had no guide to tell them about the culture of the school as they walked, there...
Film underwhelmingly mixes talented cast with stuffy plot
As the title suggests, “The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” doesn’t portray anything new or particularly interesting, but the film’s...
Harvard lecturer gives lecture on old Confucian philosophy
Most people would not consider ancient Chinese philosophy to be useful in the modern age but Harvard professor Michael Puett argues that we...
Painting lecturer Michelle Mackey uses background as career painter in course, works in New York on sets for TV shows
At seven years old, Michelle Mackey would tag along to her grandmother’s real estate...
Numbers show that Hollywood still lacks fair representation of women in films
This year’s Academy Awards ceremony was the most male-dominated show since the ’90s. Because of this, many media outlets,...
For those who have read my Macchiatos and Neuroscience blog, it should come as no surprise that I love coffee. By extension that also means I’ve had my fair share of Starbucks drinks. Surprisingly, my...
In 1991, Gil Sik Lee and his wife were making plans to adopt two children from low-income backgrounds in hopes of giving them a better life. An unexpected detour in Washington D.C. made him realize that...
Bright green, pink and purple lights shined behind the sign at CentralTrak, illuminating the sidewalk as self-portraits of two artists, one painted in clown makeup and the other as a devil, look out the...
