Media Highlights

“This is an issue that covers every corner of our country. Every county in the United States has food insecurity, to one degree or another. In Texas alone, SNAP covers 1 in 10 people.” — Dr. Andrew McNeely, assistant professor of sociology

The founder and artistic director of the dance-theater company Momix, Moses Pendleton, is being honored with the 2025 Richard Brettell Award in the Arts on Nov. 1 at UT Dallas.

“This project marks a significant advancement in creating materials that enhance space resilience, providing long-term protection for essential components in upcoming space missions.” — Dr. Rafik Addou, assistant professor of material science engineering

“The one thing [UT Dallas] didn’t have was a connection to the most transformative thing that happened in Dallas-Fort Worth—its airport. I see this as a connection to the world.” — Dr. Prabhas V. Moghe, president of UT Dallas

“It’s not a lack of interest. It’s a lack of disposable income. People are at their breaking point when it comes to their wallets.” — Dr. Steven Haynes, assistant professor of practice in finance and managerial economics

“There’s a lot of academic data that says that the bigger the crowd, the more you want to be there. The density, the tightness of it attracts people.” — Ted Benavides, professor of practice of public and nonprofit management

“This gives us the opportunity to make significant strides and have those be from Texas researchers.” — Dr. Gagan Wig, associate professor of psychology

“We’ve been struggling with rural healthcare access to care for many years now.” — Dr. Timothy Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research

“I want academics, researchers and people from industry to converge on solving problems where we have a common goal in this space. That’s what I’m dreaming of.” — Dr. Prabhas V. Moghe, president of UT Dallas

“I don’t think the people who started this would have imagined that you’d be making polymers and vaccines and doing water purification with MOFs. But here we are.” — Dr. Ron Smaldone, professor of chemistry and biochemistry

Scientists at The University of Texas at Dallas say microbes in the gut could be a key to reducing pain from sickle cell disease.

“What it means for local people, of course, is job creation.” — Dr. Kirti Sinha, assistant professor of accounting

“As we are looking at employees being furloughed, we definitely have the risk of things falling through the cracks.” — Dr. Steven Haynes, assistant professor of practice in finance and managerial economics

“Dallas-Fort Worth is now the financial service hub of the country. There are more banking and insurance jobs in Dallas-Fort Worth than in New York and Chicago.” — Dr. Steven Haynes, assistant professor of practice in finance and managerial economics

“UT Dallas is an extraordinary institution on the rise. The academic and research initiatives emerging from our university benefit Dallas, the North Texas region and the world. With such remarkable momentum, I believe our greatest achievements still lie ahead.” — Dr. Prabhas V. Moghe, president of UT Dallas

“We’re looking at this moral hazard where if risk is priced below the actuarially fair level, it’s going to encourage an inefficient level of migration to these locations because consumers are essentially getting a bargain on this.” — Dr. Jonathan Scott, assistant professor of finance and managerial economics

“The mechanism we think is driving this competition is the fact that high school students, when they choose which colleges to go to, they are choosing lower ranked programs from the previous year or, historically, programs that have underperformed in the past few years.” — Dr. Ivan Li, assistant professor of marketing

“I see that the immediate effect would be on credit card interest rates. That would provide some relief to people who carry balances on their credit cards.” — Dr. Kirti Sinha, assistant professor of accounting

“It really is this gateway that makes people [feel], ‘OK, I’ll go work on my brain health,’ because they might not otherwise know how to embrace what brain health is.” — Dr. Sandra Bond Chapman PhD’06, Dee Wyly Distinguished University Chair for BrainHealth

Dr. Richard Benson, former UT Dallas president and former Eugene McDermott Distinguished University Chair of Leadership, will be inducted into the Tech Titans Hall of Fame on Sept. 12 during the organization’s annual award ceremony.

“It’s interesting to me to watch the way that crime statistics get used.” — Dr. Timothy Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research