Tag: Jiana Khazma
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Students dress to impress through Comet Closet
Vishvajeet Rathore smiled for a picture in his new suit, courtesy of the Comet Closet. After about five volunteers assisted Rathore, a business analytics graduate student, he had found a suit for his competition from the Closet. The Comet Closet is a student-led organization that takes gently used business attire and gives it to students…
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Scholarship founded in memory of grad student
Friends, classmates hope to raise $25,000 by end of the year for memorial fund UTD business alumni are honoring a cherished classmate who died on Jun. 7 in a boating accident at Grapevine Lake, just two weeks after completing his MBA. Professors and peers described Ruben “Ben” Mesa as memorable for his booming laughter and…
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Cancer research gets funding
Cancer research at UTD has reached a new milestone thanks to a recent grant from the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas. Jiyong Lee, an assistant professor of chemistry at UTD, was awarded $194,000 in May to conduct cancer stem cell research that focuses on the prevention and treatment of breast cancer. “The research has…
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Callier Center under expansion
Research capacity will expand with new 50,000 square foot builiding Since beginning construction in April of this year, the Callier Center for Communication Disorders has been undergoing significant expansion and is projected to triple clinical, research, and academic space for students and faculty by fall of 2016. The construction project will focus on general repurposing…