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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

Are you comfy in your own skin?

Are you comfy in your own skin?

February 26, 2014

Events explore diversity in body image perceptions When Kevin Miller moved from his small Christian hometown to attend UTD, he had more opportunities to meet other gay men, but also began to feel the...

Christopher Wang/Photo Editor
While UTD’s tobacco-free policy prohibits the use of any tobacco products within 33 feet of building entrances, students, faculty and staff can often be seen smoking within the range.

Tobacco bans go unenforced

February 26, 2014

There’s nothing out of the ordinary about seeing someone smoking on campus. With more than 21,000 students, plus faculty and staff at UTD, the occasional smoker is only to be expected. However, many...

Connie  Cheng|Staff
Daniel Nsomekala, a political science senior, is a Zambian political activist and disability rights advocate.

Disabled after political violence, Zambian student fights for rights

December 10, 2013

Daniel Nsomekala sat in a wheel chair patiently waiting for the UTD 883 shuttle on a warm November morning. The bus arrived and the driver got up patiently, moved to the middle of the bus and opened the...

BENEDICT BERNADAS’ FAMILY/COURTESY.
UTD alumnus Benedict Bernadas has family in eastern Phillipines, an area where Typhoon Haiyan caused major destruction. More than 3,600 people are confirmed dead. Donations for disaster relief can be made through the Office of Student Volunteerism.

Alumnus: “I just feel helpless”

November 20, 2013

Marketing alumnus Benedict Bernadas has family in the Leyte province of the eastern Philippines where Super Typhoon Haiyan, known locally as Yolanda, hit hardest on Nov. 9. Much of his family on both...

Friends mourn loss of fellow student

November 18, 2013

Some people thought it was a joke. When Dongkwon Shin posted a Facebook status to let friends know that Tam Hoang had died in the car accident they were both in earlier that day, Shin said some believed...

Center to offer assistance for those recovering from drug, alcohol abuse

April 15, 2013

The threat of abuse of alcohol on college campuses is a very real one. UTD stepped up to tackle this problem when a UT System Regent, the UT Center for Students in Recovery director and a UTD student came...

Confucius Institute adds new partner university in China

April 1, 2013

Institute creates mandatory debriefing program in effort to avoid cultural, relational issues overseas The plane landed at the Beijing International Airport on a hot summer day last fall. Then-history...

Pre-med students have access to free summer program

January 14, 2013

Pre-med and pre-dental students have the opportunity to attend the six-week Summer Medical and Dental Education Program, application and program free of charge, at universities across the nation upon completion...

Yang Xi | Mercury Staff

Chess team wins third straight Pan-Am

January 14, 2013

Grandmaster Julio Sadorra sat across the board from Webster University’s Fidel Corrales of Cuba in the Frick Laboratory at Princeton University waiting to land the upper hook in the final round. That...

Family, classes, country

December 10, 2012

How one student finds time for pre-K classmates, late-night study sessions and pumping jet fuel The sound of scantrons shuffling reverberated through the room for Test 3 in Marco Atzori’s Cellular Neuroscience...

Asia Center allows chance to bring Asian culture to UTD

October 8, 2012

The opening of the new Asia Center will herald in an era of cooperation between UTD and developing economies of the East such as China, India and Japan, UTD officials said. Previously, the well-established...

Research lab closes, leaves question marks

September 24, 2012

The Center for Behavioral and Experimental Economic Science, or CBEES, was abruptly closed last month, leaving at least one faculty member without a job and displacing student research. Former director...

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