After evaluating the state of COVID-19 in North Texas, UTD President Richard Benson has decided to extend classroom de-densification protocols to Sept. 24.
The decision came with knowledge that positivity...
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,...
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,...
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...
After nearly a decade of service, Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement George Fair will be replaced by a new Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) this fall.
Set...
ATEC senior Erin Bray kneels on the Texas Instruments Plaza pavement, etching a chalk outline of America onto the concrete while grabbing stacks of Maruchan ramen to assemble. They stand there for hours...
Following Governor Greg Abbott’s Executive Order GA-36, UTD and all other schools in the UT system will no longer require individuals on campus to wear face masks.
Mask-wearing is now voluntary everywhere...
“Our Creator endowed us with the right to life, and yet millions of children lose their right to life every year because of abortion,” Texas Governor Greg Abbott says as he signs Senate Bill...
As the number of Americans receiving COVID-19 vaccinations continues to climb, so is the number of people posting "vaccine selfies" on social media. However, by displaying their vaccination cards online,...
Student EMTs are providing medical assistance at the COVID-19 vaccine site on campus through the University Emergency Medical Response’s Community Health Initiative.
UEMR Captain Elizabeth Helfrich...
At first glance, short-term mission trips might seem like a good way to get involved in humanitarian work, but they are actually more harmful than helpful to the communities they seek to assist.
Mission...
