Category: Campus News
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McDermott Library adds smart rooms
The Eugene McDermott Library installed two new smartboards on the second and third floors earlier this semester, turning old whiteboards into interactive displays that offer more functionality to students and faculty. Gloria Jean Vik, associate library director for systems, said the new rooms feature a 70-inch television monitor which can detect audio and video. As…
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OIT director develops chess analysis supercomputer
The UTD chess team will soon take a step towards future competitions with the help of supercomputers that will reduce the time it takes to analyze players’ moves. An effort designed to advance the UTD chess team in national and international competitions, the newly designed supercomputer interface will serve as a tool to further develop…
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Starbucks opening at Northside
The Starbucks in the Student Union opened in November 2017, but students can expect the opening of a second location in the Northside retail space in the near future. Northside will see the construction of an additional 6,600 square feet of retail space on its eastern lot of land closest to the intersection of Floyd…
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Unused meal exchanges find new purpose
Student Government and Dining Services teamed up to create a meal swipe donation program to help combat food insecurity on campus. With close to 22 percent of college students facing very low levels of food security, according to the National Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness, the initiative aims to allow students with unused meal swipes…
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Decoding the parking budget
The Office of Parking and Transportation, responsible for the sale and pricing of parking permits, has a budget that students and faculty members have tried and failed to obtain. In the absence of this data, students and faculty alike have voiced concern over increasing permit prices, a lack of lower-tier spots and accusations of artificially…
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OSA backs request to relocate from SSB
University officials made a request to relocate the Office of Student AccessAbility from the third floor of the Student Services Building. Gene Fitch, vice president of Student Affairs, said a room in the Administration Building has been proposed as the new location for OSA. The new location is expected to be more accessible than the…
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Shrine to Hollywood actor discovered under stairwell
Two students discovered a makeshift shrine to actor Steve Buscemi, best known for his roles in “Fargo” and “Reservoir Dogs,” under a stairwell in Green Hall on Wednesday. Literary studies junior Maddy Gathright and her friend, economics senior Katie Brannon, were walking upstairs to a computer lab in Green Hall to study when they saw…
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Chartwells workers move to unionize
Food service workers across campus are seeking to unionize amid allegations of wage withholding, harassment and other unfair labor practices against Chartwells, the primary food service provider at UTD. In April, Chartwells workers at UTD contacted United Food and Commercial Workers, a group that assists workers in negotiating collective bargaining contracts with their employers. Shelley…
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Road Warriors launches offshoot for freshmen
The New Students Programs office is working to involve commuter students more on campus with an initiative called the Freshman Commuter Program. The FCP will provide first-year commuter students with monthly luncheons or breakfasts for them to talk about their experiences on campus and at home or simply chat with fellow Comets. FCP is an…
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Community bookshelf comes to ATEC
In an effort to make research more accessible to the UTD community, a group of ATEC professors helped establish a small zine community bookshelf on the first floor of the ATEC building. Kim Knight, the associate dean of graduate studies at UTD, spearheaded the community bookshelf, which was put up at the beginning of the…