Category: News
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Students leave on-campus housing, adjust to moving back home
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 they miss dorm life and are adjusting to moving back home. Information technology and systems sophomore Eileen Sharmin moved out of University Commons…
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Pre-medical, pre-law advisors weigh in on credit/no credit grading
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 CR/NC or have a lower GPA. Under the CR/NC option, students must earn a C or better in a class to receive credit. Pre-medical students…
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Clark Summer Research Program canceled amid COVID-19 concerns
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 to participate in research groups the summer before their first year. Approximately 70 students are chosen, and many of them reside in…
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UTD moves summer classes online
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 be conducting all summer classes online due to stay-at-home recommendations that are expected to remain until further notice. Until the administration deems it safe to…
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Pro-Sales Team places first at international sales competition
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 Sales Competition, bringing back the Collegiate World Cup of Sales. The Pro Sales Team is made up of JSOM students under the school’s Professional…
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‘More applicants than beds to offer’
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 rapidly filling up before their eyes, and choose what would most likely be their home for the next year. This school year, housing…
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McDermott Scholars aim to change program policy, increase accessibility
Groups seeks to remove standardized testing requirement, citing barriers to access A group of students is questioning the requirements of the McDermott Scholars program and is taking steps to make it more fair and accessible to low-income and minority applicants. International political economy seniors Sarah Whipple and Samee Ahmad are working alongside other scholars such…
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How UTD professors are adapting to online classes
With the rest of the semester’s classes being moved online, professors at UTD have had to adjust their classwork to accommodate. Kathy Lingo, a professor at the school of arts and humanities, said faculty were alerted through email by university officials before spring break to update their syllabi and get ready to make the switch…
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Senior appointed to NCAA COVID-19 advisory panel
Members act as representatives for peers, provide feedback to schools UTD neuroscience senior and baseball infielder Isaiah Swann was selected by the NCAA to serve as part of an advisory panel concerning college sports and the coronavirus pandemic. Alongside three other student athletes, Swann plans to help influence decisions that will affect the entirety of…