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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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Chess player now UTD’s 10th grandmaster

January 16, 2024

Information technology and management master’s student Brian Escalante Ramirez became UTD’s 10th grandmaster after his exceptional performance at the 2023 US Masters Open from Nov. 22-26 in Charlotte,...

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Schitco Draws Against Carlsen Again

January 16, 2024

Economics junior Ivan Schitco repeated history on Nov. 15 at the 2023 European Team Chess Championship in Montenegro when he drew against world champion Magnus Carlsen for the second time. This is Schitco’s...

Comics & Activities: 12/04/23

Comics & Activities: 12/04/23

December 4, 2023

Erin Gutschke | Mercury Staff Andrew Peters | Mercury Staff Rachel Woon | Mercury Staff Yiyi Ding | Mercury Staff Crossword by Alana Platt | Mercury StaffChess Puzzle By Aafiya Aslam | Mercury...

Graphic By Oluwaseun Adeyemi | Mercury Staff

Comets gather for largest hackathon in Texas

November 13, 2023

HackUTD returned to ECSW on Nov. 4 for the competition’s 10th installment HackUTD is a weekend-long event where participants are given different challenges to solve by expressing themselves through...

UTD chess players place highly in Texas Intercollegiate Rapids

UTD chess players place highly in Texas Intercollegiate Rapids

November 13, 2023

Two UTD students placed highly in the Texas Collegiate Rapids Championship​ Nov. 4​, one making No. 2 overall and the other No. 1 out of players under 2200 ELO. The Rapids Championship was an online...

Graphic By Oluwaseun Adeyemi | Mercury Staff

‘I credit everything that I have in my life to chess’

October 30, 2023

From recruiter to chief science officer and from player to self-founded academy president, UTD’s chess program has taken Comets to places they never imagined possible. In commemoration of the program,...

Comics & Activities: 10/30/23

October 30, 2023

Graphic By Andrew Peters | Mercury Staff Graphic By Yiyi Ding | Mercury Staff Graphic By Erin Gutschke | Mercury Staff Graphic By Rachel Woon | Mercury Staff Graphic By Rainier Pederson |...

Photo By Hridya Dhulipala | Mercury Staff

JSOM ranked No. 10 public business school in U.S.

October 2, 2023

Naveen Jindal School of Management is officially ranked No. 10 in public business schools in the U.S. and No. 27 business schools overall, according to a new ranking from U.S News and World Report; a...

Graphic By Katheryn Ho | Graphics Editor

New federal designation could bring funding to Latino students at UTD

October 2, 2023

UTD is in the process of becoming a Hispanic-Serving Institution, meaning it is aiming to have a 25% Hispanic or Latino undergraduate population. Based on the Higher Education Act of 1965, a Hispanic-Serving...

From left to right: Saksham Rautela, Koustav Chatterjee and Karolis Juksta.

Chess team comes up short in Collegiate Super Finals

October 2, 2023

The UTD Chess Team flatlined in the 2023 Texas Collegiate Super Finals, placing fourth and fifth amongst six teams on the Sept. 16 and 17 competitions in Brownsville, Texas. The Texas Collegiate Super...

Graphic By Katheryn Ho | Graphics Editor

UTD grandmasters sweep Southwest Open

September 18, 2023

Computer science and mathematics senior David Brodsky, finance freshman Koustav Chatterjee and economics sophomore Ivan Schitco placed first, second and third respectively in the 89th Annual Southwest...

Heckenkamp in the Quigley, an infamous swamp used as a Marine obstacle course.

Comet brings home Marine Corps honors

September 4, 2023

Computer science senior Jocelyn Heckenkamp graduated from Marine Corps Base Quantico in summer 2023 alongside 67 female graduates, considered the largest platoon of senior female candidates in history. Heckenkamp...

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