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  • TedxUTD holds fourth-annual conference

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    This fourth-annual TEDxUTD conference featured a lineup of students and faculty discussing topics in this year’s main themes: growth and development. Computer science graduate student Braden Herndon hosted the event, which took place on April 3 in the Jonsson Performance Hall. Biology senior Shan Su kicked off the conference with a talk entitled “When Music…

  • Students start new club to promote mental health

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    Mariam Allahrakha awoke suddenly to her phone ringing in the middle of the night. Her best friend was on the other line, frantic. She was having a panic attack. Allahrakha discovered that her friend had been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder the year before, and she was afraid that people would see her differently, so…

  • Overcoming obstacles focus of TEDxUTD talk

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    The lineup at TEDxUTD on Sunday, April 13, included six speakers from the UTD community and two talks streamed online. Albert Ok, undecided freshman, and one of three student speakers selected from an audition pool of eleven, discussed the practice of “tricking.” Tricking is a street-style gymnastic that involves using one’s own momentum to do…