Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed three executive orders on April 17 in an effort to reopen the state amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the first order, Abbott established the “Strike Force to Open...
How owners, managers are keeping their stores afloat
With a statewide
order mandating social distancing in Texas, local businesses are losing
valuable foot traffic and income. Even with federal...
Volunteers prepare boxes of food to distribute to students on first-come first-serve basis
The
Comet Cupboard’s campus location shut down indefinitely due to the novel
coronavirus outbreak. Despite...
Staff adjusts to online switch amidst coronavirus pandemic
UTD’s Student Counseling Center has transitioned
to online teletherapy in response to the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Without a clear...
How professors can accommodate disabled students amidst online shift
With the switch to online learning, the Office of Student
AccessAbility and faculty members are having to make different adjustments...
How campus housing changed in wake of COVID-19
In mid-March, UTD began asking students living on campus to start the move-out
process in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Now, those students say...
UTD recently announced that undergraduate students have the
option to consider credit/no credit grading for their spring 2020 classes.
Students considering medical or law school face a dilemma to take...
The Clark Summer Research Program has been canceled due to COVID-19. However, students who applied this year will be able to apply the following year.
The program allows a group of incoming freshmen...
The university released a statement on April 3 announcing that all summer classes will be administered online.
UTD President Richard Benson said in an email statement that the university will...
Players competed against 80 opponents in role-play, speed-selling events
UTD’s Pro Sales Team beat out 80 other schools
from around the world to win first place
at the International Collegiate...
An inside look at UTD's housing
Frenzied
students sat ready in front of their laptops, furiously checking the time.
Impatiently, they waited for their chance to enter the housing portal, which
was...
