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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

Blotter

Blotter

March 30, 2015

March 8 • An unaffiliated male was arrested for other agency warrants and possession of marijuana on Campbell Road around 1 a.m. • A student reported an unknown person stole a bicycle from a bike...

Senator selected as finalist for student regent

Senator selected as finalist for student regent

March 30, 2015

Mathematics senior Charlie Hannigan was named one of five finalists for the student regent position on the UT System Board of Regents by Chancellor William McRaven according to The Daily Texan. The student...

Arun Prasath|Staff
Craig Lewis, the greenhouse landscape coordinator for Facilities Management, worked to cultivate two variations of milkweed, a main larval food source for monarch butterflies. He hopes to attract more of the distinctive orange and black butterflies as they pass through North Texas during their migratory season.

Landscaping project to support dwindling butterfly population

March 30, 2015

Thousands of monarch butterflies may soon come to campus as part of an ongoing project to cultivate the university’s open fields with their food and shelter supply. Craig Lewis, the greenhouse landscape...

Student affairs VP to retire

Student affairs VP to retire

March 30, 2015

Vice President for Student Affairs Darrelene Rachavong announced on March 27 that she will retire from her position in June. Rachavong, who turned 69 in February, said she originally planned to retire...

Mercury Morning News

March 24, 2015

Meet the candidate

Meet the candidate

March 9, 2015

Caitlynn Fortner is a international political economy junior from Dalton, Georgia. She chose UTD for its emphasis on academics and its diversity. Since high school, she’s focused on fighting hunger though...

Man arrested, charged for murder of UTD employee

March 9, 2015

Frisco Police arrested and charged 63-year-old Robert Moses with the murder of his ex-wife Anna Moses, a UTD employee, on Feb. 26. Moses, who has been charged with first-degree murder, has been transported...

Jennifer Chi| Staff
From Left: Irma Rangel ninth-grade students Abgel Testaye, Kathy Villa, Magan Stewart and Genesis Gutierrez work on the musical instrument they designed during Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day.

Female representation lacking in STEM fields

March 9, 2015

Students, faculty explain need for participation from girls in computer science, engineering industries, present role models during event Women still lag in science, technology, engineering and math jobs...

CROSS COMMUNICATION

CROSS COMMUNICATION

March 9, 2015

Emily Tobey wears many hats. She became the Nelle C. Johnston Chair in Communication Disorders in Children in 1995. Today, she still holds this position in addition to being vice provost and vice president...

Breaking Boundaries

Breaking Boundaries

March 9, 2015

For some, March’s warming weather and days indicate the beginning of spring. For the Galerstein Women’s Center and feminists across the world, March means Women’s History Month. In the late ’70s,...

Snowfall in DFW

Snowfall in DFW

March 9, 2015

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