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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

Alex Lawless | Mercury Staff

Comet Robotics aims for Mars

September 16, 2024

Unnathi Prakash | Mercury Staff Through the jungle of 3D printer filament, wires and scattered tools, hidden in the UTD Makerspace lab is a rover built for Mars. Founded to develop battle bots, Comet...

Aashika Kishore | Mercury Staff

Rate My Professors: the backbone of Comets’ course selection 

September 16, 2024

Aysha Bader | Mercury Staff One month into the new semester, Comets' incoming expectations about their classes and professors formed through websites like Rate My Professors have been affirmed, challenged...

FNCS rocks Dallas with weekend of high-stakes gaming

September 16, 2024

Mar Ologban | Mercury Staff The Fortnite Championship Series, commonly known as FNCS, was held at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth the weekend of Sept. 7 and 8. One hundred of the world's best players from...

Senate Report: SG to increase Comet Cupboard support

September 16, 2024

Caden Brenner | Student Government  Editor’s Note: Senate Reports are written by Student Government senators unaffiliated with The Mercury and seek to inform Comets about Student Government’s...

Erin Gutschke | Mercury Staff

AI advancements leave UTD community torn on use, ethics

September 16, 2024

Aiyana Newcomb | Mercury Staff Artificial intelligence, having evolved rapidly from answering simple questions to generating lifelike videos, has become impossible to ignore. The earliest version of...

Livy Ker | Courtesy

First day floods at Capella Hall

September 3, 2024

The fourth floor of Capella Hall, formerly Residence Hall North, experienced significant flooding in a hallway and multiple dorm rooms Aug. 19 after a major valve broke during a water shutoff for a shower...

Aashika Kishore | Mercury Staff

Spikes in western racism are affecting everyone, even UTD students

September 3, 2024

As anti-immigration and anti-Muslim riots erupted in the UK and hate against Black and Arab individuals escalate in the U.S., UTD students speak about their experience with marginalization.  ABC reported...

Anika Sultana | Mercury Staff

Fighting pain through the gut microbiome 

September 3, 2024

The Gut, Brain, Pain Lab, an on-campus research lab, is tackling the problem of treating chronic pain without relying on addictive substances like opioids.  The lab, run by BBS professor Kate...

Alex Lawless | Mercury Staff

Lunar rover to the moon

September 3, 2024

Correction, Sept. 6: A previous version of the article incorrectly spelled an instance of "Comet Aerobotics." Comet Aerobotics, a new branch of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics...

Undergrads pioneer UTD’s first law review

September 3, 2024

From welcoming a new pre-law director to debuting a new legal curriculum for literature students, UTD’s pre-law programs have kicked into high gear over the past year — the latest addition being the...

Renderings by Perkins & Will | Courtesy of the Office of Student Affairs

Here comes ‘Big Momma’

August 19, 2024

UTD celebrated the groundbreaking for its student success center and student union complex Aug. 12. Members of UTD administration, state and local government and the local community gathered in the Founders...

Shreya Ravi | Mercury Staff

Smoothie King deposed, boba shop takes throne

August 19, 2024

TeaCo | Courtesy Aug. 12 marked the soft launch of TeaCo in the Student Union. The newest addition to UTD’s dining facilities will provide students with boba tea on campus for the first time in UTD...

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