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UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

Parth Parikh|Staff
Jayashree Bihari with her art at the gallery exhibition

An exhibition of victory

November 4, 2013

A life sized nude female mannequin sits on a pedestal in the center of the P^2=V/C art exhibition at the Plano Arts Association in downtown Plano. Rich oil and acrylic paintings and poetry fashioned the...

Surveillance helps keep country, individuals safe

November 4, 2013

A lone gunman besieged Los Angeles International Airport on Nov. 1, opened fire on a TSA officer and killed him. In addition to casualties, the terminal was shut down and flights were delayed, people were...

Animesh Choudhury|Staff
Jennifer Smith, program coordinator of the International Student Services Office, invites new students to the U.S. to learn about the traditions of Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day, along with the local holiday events.

Holiday cheer, events shared with int’l students

October 21, 2013

Halloween, Christmas among traditions taught to newcomers International students learned the spirit, traditions and nuances of the American holiday season during the How to Celebrate “The Holidays”...

Center to offer assistance for those recovering from drug, alcohol abuse

April 15, 2013

The threat of abuse of alcohol on college campuses is a very real one. UTD stepped up to tackle this problem when a UT System Regent, the UT Center for Students in Recovery director and a UTD student came...

Confucius Institute adds new partner university in China

April 1, 2013

Institute creates mandatory debriefing program in effort to avoid cultural, relational issues overseas The plane landed at the Beijing International Airport on a hot summer day last fall. Then-history...

Yang Xi | Mercury Staff

Chess team wins third straight Pan-Am

January 14, 2013

Grandmaster Julio Sadorra sat across the board from Webster University’s Fidel Corrales of Cuba in the Frick Laboratory at Princeton University waiting to land the upper hook in the final round. That...

Family, classes, country

December 10, 2012

How one student finds time for pre-K classmates, late-night study sessions and pumping jet fuel The sound of scantrons shuffling reverberated through the room for Test 3 in Marco Atzori’s Cellular Neuroscience...

Asia Center allows chance to bring Asian culture to UTD

October 8, 2012

The opening of the new Asia Center will herald in an era of cooperation between UTD and developing economies of the East such as China, India and Japan, UTD officials said. Previously, the well-established...

TV reporter reflects on interview with Dean Novak

November 28, 2011

As seen on UTDTV          To see this story on UTDTV, tune in to ‘Newscast 313’ on Dec. 5 at www.utdtv.com.   When I walked into Bruce Novak’s office on a chilly autumn morning, I...

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