Category: News
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Meet your Student Government Judicial Board
Josh Babu | Neuroscience Junior (Not pictured) “Academic Affairs will be focused on making this new school year as accessible as possible so as many students are on campus for the first time in a long time or ever. We want to make this academic transition as kind and conscious as possible as we are…
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Emergency Relief Fund reupped
After a change in its primary funding mechanism, UTD’s Emergency Support Fund (ESF) is still available for students seeking financial assistance. Created during the peak of the pandemic in 2020, the grant started within the Division of Student Affairs in collaboration with the Financial Aid Office and the Bursar’s Office. Funds for the ESF originated…
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Sweet sweat sensors
A UTD research team recently created sweat sensors that detect the body’s immune response to viral infections. With funding from the North Texas-based company EnLiSense, UTD scientists in 2018 wanted to develop a non-invasive device that would detect and alert if a person was exposed to the Influenza virus. UTD bioengineering professor Shalini Prasad is…
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Fire near campus
A house close to campus near Huntington Drive caught fire on the evening of Saturday, Sept. 4. Firefighters arrived on scene at approximately 8:30 p.m. and attempted to contain the damage; roughly four fire trucks, as well as electrical emergency services and other emergency vehicles, were present. The fire was thought to have been due…
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UTD issues statement on JSOM email mishap
An email containing student information was accidentally sent to the JSOM undergraduate mailing list by Project Manager Edwin Van Der Vliilst at approximately 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 9/1. The email, which was removed from students’ inboxes early Thursday morning, appears to have been the result of a typo in the ‘to:’ bar. Attached was…
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Vax for cash
Alongside several policy changes for the upcoming semester, UTD will be implementing two COVID-related programs to ensure student safety. One of those programs might look familiar to students who lived on campus last semester: UTD has reinstated the return-to-campus testing policy, requiring all members of the campus community to be tested for COVID-19 within the…
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Town Hall Takeaways
Following a year of remote learning due to COVID-19, UTD is implementing changes across the University for Comets coming back to campus this fall. All areas of campus are now open at full capacity, with the Activity Center also open for guests and community members. Vice President for Student Affairs Gene Fitch said events taking…
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Housing modifies testing requirements for students arriving from abroad
Due to rising COVID-19 cases, students arriving from an international destination and moving into campus housing will be subject to more stringent entry procedures. University Housing released its protocol in late July for those arriving from abroad, with separate courses of action for both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals. All students are required to be tested…
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University encourages masking
In response to a spike in COVID-19 Delta variant cases, UTD is encouraging Comets to wear masks indoors and in large gatherings, regardless of vaccination status. The mask guidance applies to all University facilities on campus – including classrooms, labs, common areas and offices – and complies with CDC guidelines which say mask-wearing maximizes protection…