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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

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Novak named Nat Sci dean

September 6, 2011

UTD will welcome the new dean of Natural Sciences on Sept. 19. Bruce Novak, a highly noted chemist, veteran and acclaimed educator hailing from North Carolina State University, has accepted the deanship. The...

Albert Ramirez| Photo Editor

UTD faces ‘growing pains’: Parking, dining struggle to keep up

September 6, 2011

A significant spike in enrollment this fall has transformed the campus into a hub of student activity but has also created a slew of unforeseen problems for students on campus, university officials recently...

Ben Hawkins|Mercury Staff

Welcome Center, bookstore unveiled

August 22, 2011

The Welcome Center opened on Aug. 1, and contains a new campus bookstore along with a coffee shop, UTD technology store and the Visitor Center. 

A&H to drop grad teaching program starting fall 2014

August 22, 2011

The School of Arts & Humanities has announced that it will drop its Masters of Arts in Teaching, or MAT from its graduate program.  The reason according to Dennis Kratz, dean of the school of Arts...

Group connects SOM graduates

August 22, 2011

As part of a move to initiate better networking among its alumni, the School of Management, or SOM, has an alumni network called “PowerGrid.” “(PowerGrid) came about because the SOM did not have...

OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT AND ALUMNI RELATIONS|
Dean Dennis Kratz (center) sits with several UTD alumni during the Signature Summer Alumni Event at the Dallas Arboretum on June 2. The annual summer event is organized by the Office of Development and Alumni Relations.

UTD witnesses record-breaking donations in consecutive years

August 22, 2011

Due to a concerted effort by the university towards the development of alumni relations, 2010 was a record-breaking fundraising year for UTD with more than $40 million in donorship, UTD officials said. The...

UTD Police Scanner

August 22, 2011

July 25 • A student reported his vehicle had been burglarized. July 26 • UTD Police received a report of unwanted physical contact. • A student reported their vehicle had been burglarized. July 27 •...

Conference Center renamed

August 22, 2011

As of mid-August the Conference Center has been officially renamed the Alexander Clark Center. The change is in response to a decision made by the UT System Board of Regents earlier this spring. The building...

SG Report

August 22, 2011

The following is a breakdown of key topics raised at the Aug. 16 Student Government, or SG, meeting. Full minutes of meetings can be found at www.utdallas.edu/student/sg/. Marilyn Kaplan, SG’s faculty...

OFFICE OF FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

New ATEC complex coming

August 22, 2011

This fall Arts & Technology students will file into one of the five classrooms available to them from sunrise until after sunset; but, as soon as fall 2013 ATEC students will have one of the largest...

Parking changes at SOM

August 22, 2011

Lot J, located near the Activity Center, lost more than 25 parking spaces when it was repainted on August 10, according to information from Paul Smith, Parking and Transportation supervisor. The gold spaces,...

Akshay Harshe|Mercury Staff
Indian students arrive at the DFW International Airport on Aug. 14. Many students coming from overseas must wait until the end of August to move into their apartments. Meanwhile, a record total of 700 international students have requested short-term accommodations.

Overcrowded housing: Temp housing requests at all-time high

August 22, 2011

Two major international student organizations are struggling to handle a 33 percent increase in temporary housing requests from new students this fall, resulting in a dearth of short-term accommodation...

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