Category: News
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Student visualizes life-saving device
Mechanical engineering senior designs appliance that warns parents, detects deadly temperatures in cars A device developed by a UTD student may help prevent the death of children left unattended in hot cars. Every year, children die from heatstroke because they’re left in cars. According to the Department of Meteorology and Climate Science at San Jose…
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Ex-husband arrested, charged with murder in Anna Moses case
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 a little after 2 p.m. Robert Moses, who has been charged with first degree murder for a bond of $1 million, has been transported to the Frisco Police Detention Center, a Frisco Police…
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Guns on Campus?
The Senate State Affairs Committee passed Senate Bill 17, which would allow licensed holders to carry holstered handguns openly and Senate Bill 11, which would undo a ban of concealed handguns for licensed holders 21 or over at state university campuses, on Feb. 12. The committee passed both bills with a 7-2 vote. They will…
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Board of regents approves ATEC school
The UT System Board of Regents approved the creation of a new Arts, Technology and Emerging Communication school on Feb. 12. The new school, set to start in September, will take with it close to 1,300 students currently in the School of Arts and Humanities and six degree programs associated with ATEC and EMAC. It…
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State rep. pushing for new facilities
A state representative introduced a bill to the Texas Legislature on Feb. 16 to authorize funding for two new buildings on campus. House Bill 1194, filed by Rep. Jeff Leach, would raise $99 million for a new engineering building and $95 million through revenue bonds for a new science building. HB1194 was joint-authored by Rep.…
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SG Report
Student government rejected a proposal given to it by Dean of Students Gene Fitch to amend the school’s drug and alcohol policy. The proposed amendment would add notification of parents of students under the age of 21 who are found using drugs or alcohol to the university’s existing list of sanctions. SG invited visitors to…
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Lab takes research to market
A recent agreement between UTD and a multinational technology firm will commercialize a technique for growing carbon nanotubes that can be used for state-of-the-art medical, electronic and structural applications. The university finalized an exclusive licensing agreement with Lintec of America to utilize a new process for creating sheets of carbon nanotubes, referred to as CNTs.…