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All out for Lunar New Year

Lion dancers spewing fire, sparkling firecrackers and countless other festivities welcomed Comets to Asia Times Square in Grand Prairie for one of Texas’...

By The MercuryFebruary 12, 2024

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Former UTD chess coach and International Master passes away

International Chess Master Rade Milovanovic, a former long-time chess coach at UTD, passed away from natural causes at the age of 69 on...

By The MercuryFebruary 12, 2024

Life & Arts

Alumnus Mark Sampelo makes mark on Filipino community

Mark Deniel Sampelo, a 2016 UTD marketing alumnus, inspires hope by preserving an underrepresented identity in DFW through founding a Filipino Community Center...

By The MercuryFebruary 12, 2024

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Alumnus killed after stealing and crashing plane

Logan Timothy James stole an aircraft from the ATP Flight School at Addison Airport on Jan. 24, according to the Texas Department of...

By The MercuryJanuary 26, 2024

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Student Affairs removes Spirit Rocks for platforming ‘extended political discourse’

The Spirit Rocks, UTD’s preeminent platform for student expression, were removed from campus Nov. 20 after “extended political discourse” about the conflict in...

By The MercuryDecember 4, 2023

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A week of protests for Spirit Rocks

Hundreds of impassioned Comets participated in a week of events protesting the Spirit Rocks’ Nov. 20 removal, organized by the Progressive Student Coalition....

By The MercuryDecember 4, 2023

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JFK and UTD: A 60 Year History

Paying tribute to the 60th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s assassination, the McDermott Library provided a public collection of books, government reports, feature...

By The MercuryDecember 4, 2023

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Student Affairs removes Spirit Rocks for platforming “extended political discourse”

The Spirit Rocks, a popular public platform for student expression, were removed from campus Nov. 20 after “extended political discourse” about conflict in...

By The MercuryNovember 20, 2023