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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

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...

UNIV 1010 lightens work load, spares wallet

September 6, 2011

UTD’s freshman orientation course, previously titled RHET 1101, is now free of charge, will not affect students’ GPAs and has no projects, papers or a final exam. The course was renamed UNIV 1010 after...

Akshay Harshe|Mercury Staff
FSL Assistant Director Julie Murphy came to UTD from the University of Texas at Arlington. She is the first of two new assistant directors to be hired for the new school year.

FSL director hired after ‘rigorous’ process

September 6, 2011

Second director search continues into Recruitment Week Fraternity and Sorority Life is undergoing not one but two changes in leadership following the departures of previous FSL assistant directors Zach...

Comet Cruiser offering expanded

September 6, 2011

Students can now enjoy an expanded Comet Cruiser service on DART Route 883.  A third shuttle was added to the route Aug. 29 in response to an increase in ridership on the system, according to university...

Students settle into new Res Hall

September 6, 2011

As UTD welcomes freshmen into its newest residence hall, planning has already begun for Residence Hall Three.  The upcoming hall is expected to be extremely similar to the second hall in design, said...

UT Police Scanner

September 6, 2011

Aug. 16 • A parent of a student was arrested for Fleeing or Attempting to Elude a Police Officer. Aug. 20 • A non-affiliated person was issued a citation for Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor. Aug....

Prof challenges students to go paper, not plastic

September 6, 2011

Cash is cool again. We live in an age of instant gratification. We can get almost anything we want with a click of the mouse, a stroke on the keyboard, a slide of the finger on our smart phones…or the...

Ben Hawkins|Mercury Staff

Dining Hall earns near-‘excellent’ rating

September 6, 2011

Students may feel more comfortable eating at UTD’s Dining Hall now that its health rating is two points away from “excellent.” The hall received a “good” rating of 88 out of 100 after the most...

Cara Carley

Surviving the sizzle: University copes with record heat

September 6, 2011

Record-breaking temperatures in Texas this summer have significantly raised electricity and water demand, but UTD officials say the university has been working hard to prevent any disruption to campus...

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