Media Highlights

“You see them out there. You see them at events. You see them working with the electorate.” — Dr. Janet Johnson, associate professor of instruction

“All those little things, they add up to enough to give an incumbent an extra a few percentage points of the vote.”— Dr. Thomas Gray, associate professor of political science

“I did not think that such a result would happen in my lifetime.” — Dr. Mustapha Ishak-Boushaki, professor of physics

“They’re literally transferring dollars from their home country into our country.” — Josephine Vitta, senior director of the International Center

“If it can all be managed centrally, that can be better. Oftentimes, the goal is to make it more streamlined, so they don’t have five or six separately operating units.” — Daniel Karnuta, director of the professional program in healthcare management

“There could be billions of planets with some kind of primitive life, but the ability to build a radio transmitter or launch a rocket ship requires a certain set of circumstances which are only likely to happen on a planet that has plate tectonics and both oceans and continents.” — Dr. Robert Stern, professor of sustainable Earth systems sciences

“It’s supposed to give positive vibrations and healing energies and properties to anyone who views it.” — Caroline Kim, director of development for the Crow Museum of Asian Art

“The costs to maintain a house can be a challenge. Not only do the unexpected maintenance items have to be paid for, but the recurring maintenance cost does, too.” Dr. Randall Guttery — clinical professor of finance and managerial economics

“We still don’t really know what CGRP does in the context of migraine.” — Dr. Gregory Dussor, professor of neuroscience

“As is often the case with Congress, if you’ve got more than two options, it’s really hard to find a majority for any one of them.” — Dr. Thomas Gray, associate professor of political science

“It’s exactly tracked to our Consumer Price Index, so it’s supposed to adjust for inflation.” — Dr. Seth Giertz, associate professor of economics

“In 2000 with Bush and Gore and the ‘hanging chad’ incident, we spent weeks trying to figure out who our president was. But there was one thing missing that we have today that they didn’t have back then — social media. We did not have the information spreading like wildfire.” — Dr. Janet Johnson, associate professor of instruction

“Memory has been widely known to be a potential impairment as a result of cannabis use, but we don’t know yet what the mechanisms are. We especially don’t know how that relates to people who use cannabis as a sleep aid.” — Dr. Francesca Filbey MS’97, Bert Moore Chair in BrainHealth

“We are big in supporting students and orgs, because that’s where they really hone their leadership skills, and now we can support them much better and facilitate even more meetings. This will be a really big plus for students.” — Dr. Hasan Pirkul, Caruth Chair and dean of the Naveen Jindal School of Management

“We have intentionally curated what we believe is the most complete collegiate gaming and esports experience that we could possibly give to our students.” — Dr. Dan Goodwin, director of the Student Union and student life programs

“What they’re going to see is hundreds of objects, not only from our permanent collection, but also from the University’s growing collection of arts.” — Caroline Kim, director of development for the Trammell and Margaret Crow Museum of Asian Art

“I had always thought it was really important to introduce students to our collections at the college age, because that’s when you really make your decisions about what you’re going to be interested in.” — Amy Lewis Hofland, senior director of the Trammell and Margaret Crow Museum of Asian Art

“I would see the AirPods as offering a bridge for hard-of-hearing consumers to get back in touch with some parts of the world of sound that they have been missing.” — Jackie Clark MS’87, PhD’95, clinical professor

“One unique part about our strategy is that we are changing the optical properties of the tissue directly.” — Dr. Zihao Ou, assistant professor of physics

(Editor’s note: Dr. Ou’s research was featured in more than 600 news outlets worldwide.)

“Anything that requires power almost always uses a chip. And the analog chips really are the interface to the real world.” — Dr. Ted Moise, director of the North Texas Semiconductor Institute

“For us it’s really exciting because it further proves that all the effort that we have put in, all the training that we have put together, is finally going to pay off.” – Dr. Manuel Quevedo-Lopez, director of the Center for Harsh Environment Semiconductors and Systems

“Almost over 20 years, we’ve been working on this. The amazing thing is that the community around us has been able to improve the performance of these pixels by 100 million times, which is phenomenal.” — Dr. Kenneth O, Texas Instruments Distinguished University Chair

“My sense is there is pent-up demand due to the 2023 interest rate environment, and higher home prices.” — Julie Lynch, director of the Weitzman Institute of Real Estate

“Particularly [for] those earning less than $50,000 a year, household incomes are being squeezed much harder.” — Dr. Daniel Rajaratnam, clinical professor of marketing

“Scientists are naturally creative and typically have an artistic hobby outside of the lab.” — Dr. Nikki Delk, Fellow, Cecil H. and Ida Green Professor in Systems Biology Science

“While generally speaking, people have not voted for vice president — they have not changed their vote very much based on who is the vice presidential nominee — we do always have to keep in mind that this is an unusual, unusual election.” — Dr. Thomas Gray, associate professor of political science

“These cases make us more aware of, ‘Maybe we should be looking at privacy issues. Maybe we should be more skeptical of what we’re opting in and out of.’” — Dr. Janet Johnson, associate professor of instruction in the Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology

“What we’ve found is that just in the same way that we’re able to positively affect our physical activity, our physical life, improve our joint health — we can also improve our brain health through daily activities and also key lifestyle factors.” — Stacy Vernon, head of adult assessment in the Center for BrainHealth

“Even if it is helping you compete, is it at the cost of an employee? Is it at the cost of the consumers?” — Dr. Kirti Sinha, assistant professor of accounting

Dr. Jie Zhang, associate professor of mechanical engineering, says the goal is to find the best path to send power to the majority of users as quickly as possible.

“We want to bring folks together around the issues that we discovered. We want to sit down with city managers, residents and nonprofits to talk about, ‘What does this actually mean.’” — Dr. Timothy Bray, professor of practice of public policy and political economy and director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research

“The Miss Texas crown is much bigger than me. This crown is for every young child, teenager and adult on the spectrum who felt alienated, abandoned, stereotyped and unseen because of their different abilities.” — Annette Addo-Yobo BS’20

“We’re watching stellar evolution. … Being able to watch this in real time, in our lifetime, is amazing.” — Dr. Phillip Anderson, director of the William B. Hanson Center for Space Sciences

“Donating unwanted items is also a win-win situation — decluttering while potentially benefiting from tax deductions. Most people only wear 20% of their clothes, so consider donating anything unused for over a year.” — Julie Lynch, director of the Weitzman Institute of Real Estate

Dr. Robert Stern, professor of sustainable Earth systems sciences, suggests that plate tectonics and the existence of oceans and continents are crucial for advanced life to develop.

“Our research is primarily related to identifying the neural marker of speech disorder in individuals with post-stroke aphasia.” — Dr. Roozbeh Behroozmand, associate professor of speech, language, and hearing

“The superheroes like Superman – we all grew up with that. To be able to see through things, the X-ray vision, was something always exciting and inspiring.” — Dr. Kenneth K. O, Texas Instruments Distinguished University Chair

“The environment in Texas allows us to do truly innovative work, and the output of innovative work is intellectual property.” — Dr. Shalini Prasad, Cecil H. and Ida Green Professor in Systems Biology Science

“Retailers are trying to make you make a quick decision, not comparison shop.” — Gary Reichmuth, associate professor of instruction in the Naveen Jindal School of Management

“I started noticing the impact that my videos were having on local restaurants and I wanted to have an even bigger impact.” — Anisha Holla BS’24

“As students are looking at MBA programs and thinking, ‘I want to get into some of these industries that aren’t hiring so it’s a bad time,’ I would argue it’s actually the best time.” — Lisa Shatz, assistant dean and director of MBA programs

“We did see what we expected to see. The next step will be to look at [the] spaced receivers.” — Dr. Fabiano Rodrigues, Fellow, Eugene McDermott Distinguished Professor

“But it will be pretty spectacular. It’s going to go coast to coast.” — Dr. Mary Urquhart, head of the Department of Science/Mathematics Education

“We have this special case where the moon just happens to pass right in front of the sun, so that the shadow of the moon is falling directly on our Dallas-Fort Worth area.” — Dr. Mary Urquhart, head of the Department of Science/Mathematics Education

“Any one location, it’s very rare. Last time we had one in Texas that came through the Dallas Fort-Worth area was 1878, and the next one that will come through Dallas won’t be for 300 years from now.” — Dr. Marc Hairston, research scientist

“This has been a mystery for 25 years. This discovery opens the door for us to go after it and learn more about its nature.” — Dr. Mustapha Ishak-Boushaki, professor of physics

“If you get an email from someone, some text message, Google the name of the company or the organization. You call them yourself and check.” — Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, Ashbel Smith Professor of computer science

“Many people think it’s a game. It’s also a sport. It can also be an art.” — Julio Catalino Sadorra, coach of the UT Dallas chess team

“This is a really big deal. This is a generational opportunity.” — Dr. Mary Urquhart, head of the Department of Science/Mathematics Education

“The sun’s going to be back out, life is going to continue and so everybody’s going to want to leave.” — Dr. Abraham Benavides, professor of economic, political and policy sciences

“Usually it is some kind of software bug that goes undetected and if you haven’t properly tested it before release, it can have certain unforeseen outcomes.” — Dr. Ravi Prakash, professor of computer science

“Taking brain breaks — short, little five-minute breaks — is really important so that you don’t hit a wall at the end of your day.” — Julie Fratantoni MS’13, PhD’18, head of research integration and strategic partnerships at the Center for BrainHealth

Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, Ashbel Smith Professor of computer science, discussed potential concerns related to data breaches affecting genetic testing companies.

“What did the Gregorian calendar do different? Well, basically they said, ‘Look, we’ve got too many leap years.’” — Dr. Marc Hairston, research scientist

“The brain changes—both losses and gains, every moment of every day, our whole lives. This means that it is never too soon—or too late—to take charge of our brain’s health and fitness.” — Dr. Sandra Bond Chapman PhD’06, Dee Wyly Distinguished University Chair for BrainHealth

Dr. Mary Urquhart, head of the Department of Science/Mathematics Education, shared tips for ordering eye protection online from a trusted seller.

“The growth of high-tech companies in our area has been phenomenal, and today, DFW is in the top five most active areas in the U.S. when it comes to the high-tech industry. We hope the same can happen with the excitement generated by AI and machine learning, and the DFW area can rise even higher.” — Dr. Gopal Gupta, professor of computer science

“Anyone who notices a perception of ringing in their ears, ears that feel ‘full,’ sound seeming muffled, or increased difficulty understanding speech or other sounds has likely caused damage to their ears.” — Dr. Colleen Le Prell, the Emilie and Phil Schepps Professor of Hearing Science and department head of speech, language, and hearing

“When you make observations, you see things that you didn’t expect to see. And that’s how you have new discovery.” — Dr. Fabiano Rodrigues, associate professor of physics

“If you use certain strategies in your daily life, you can actually improve executive functions like information processing, reasoning, and innovation, and create physical brain change.” — Julie Fratantoni MS’13, PhD’18, head of research integration and strategic partnerships at the Center for BrainHealth

“You want to find the right fit for your city, so that’s important, and a person that will hopefully be with the city for a long time.” — Ted Benavides, associate professor of practice of public and nonprofit management

“Sand mining is the biggest sustainability issue you’ve never heard about.” — Dr. Zachary Sickmann, assistant professor of geosciences

“Post-pandemic, people are just different. They tend to have, you know, shorter fuses.” — Dr. Sheryl Skaggs, professor of sociology

“University in the USA is very difficult, but at UTD, everybody was there for me.” — Jean Tchinda BS’23

“The next year will be focused on how to build applications that are reliable, that you can actually put in front of customers.” — Dr. Gopal Gupta, professor of computer science

“In Dallas, they are not a monopoly. But in Oregon and Washington, if they were to merge, they would be the only company selling groceries.” — Dr. Kirti Sinha, assistant professor of accounting

“Your DNA is not changeable like your password.” — Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, Ashbel Smith Professor of computer science

“It really was a profound experience for me. I know it is for a lot of people. The changes in the environment can be quite dramatic.” — Dr. Mary Urquhart, head of the Department of Science/Mathematics Education

“With behavioral health, like many other chronic diseases, early intervention matters.” — Dr. Tim Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research

The national publication cited this UT Dallas Magazine post about why people volunteer during the holidays.

“Making top 16 in that Overwatch tournament is a huge achievement. It’s the equivalent of March Madness.” — Drew Boehm, head coach of the UTD esports program

“It appears to be something that politicians in Venezuela use every now and then to gin up support, to gin up that sentiment, I guess, over what is Venezuela and what it means to be Venezuelan.” — Dr. Anthony Cummings, associate professor of geospatial information sciences

“This isn’t particularly comfortable for anyone. But if you show respect to other people, that can also have a chain reaction.” — Dr. Sheryl Skaggs, professor of sociology

“One of the values this project brings is for students to get some hands-on data and explore the world around them.” — Dr. Tim Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research

“Usually, attackers leave some back doors open so they can continue the attack in the future. So, it’s really important to remove these back doors and any malware they left behind.” — Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, Ashbel Smith Professor of computer science

“We know there’s a really important relationship between what we eat and our cognitive health, especially sugar.” — Julie Fratantoni MS’13, PhD’18, head of research and strategic partnerships at the Center for BrainHealth

“Right now, biomedical engineering and science is just a huge part of our research portfolio, and also a huge attractor for students.” — Dr. Richard C. Benson, president of UT Dallas

“The unanimity seems to be because people in that room decided that they were pretty much done with this process.” — Dr. Thomas Gray, assistant professor of political science

“No one sets out to starve a nonprofit, but no one sets out to be inefficient.” — Dr. Elizabeth Searing, assistant professor of public and nonprofit management

“This was something we were born with, and so we have to treat it with care, but also we have to live life, as well, and set goals.” — Tate Lewis, business administration junior

“We’ve already defied so many odds, and we’ve already gone against so many expectations of what our life was going to be like, so it makes me really hopeful for the future.” — Seth Rippentrop, physics senior

“Our goal is to continue to help our drivers save time spent on the road, money spent on gas and to help them reduce their carbon footprint.” — Tom Vazhekatt, computer science senior

“It’s really easy to ignore because it’s underground, and you don’t notice it until you have this sudden geyser showing up someplace you don’t want it to.” — Dr. John McCaskill, clinical professor of public and nonprofit management

“This is very useful because you know that THC actually stays pretty long in your body, and so you want to understand how much the psychoactive effect is.” — Dr. Shalini Prasad, Cecil H. and Ida Green Professor in Systems Biology Science

“Renewable energy is a rapidly expanding area, and Texas is leading the country in the expansion of energy storage capacity.” — Dr. Kyeongjae Cho, professor of materials science and engineering

“Keep your heart strong, and your memory will follow along.” — Dr. Chandramallika Basak, associate professor of psychology

“The question is, ‘The nontraditional or younger audiences — are they likely to watch this?’” — Dr. Thomas Gray, assistant professor of political science

“They’re very secretive about exactly what they’re doing, but we know that there’s some kind of scoring system in these apps.” — Dr. Ignacio Rios, assistant professor of operations management

“The hacker group may want to sell this data or leverage this data for identity theft and/or other cyber crimes.” — Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, Ashbel Smith Professor of computer science

“More sun means more energy.” — Dr. Julia Hsu, TI Distinguished Chair in Nanoelectronics

“When we have a lot of surfaces, such as concrete, tarmac, in place of vegetation and trees and so on, they store during the day the sun’s energy that comes in.” — Dr. David Lary, professor of physics

“Communications could be disrupted; there could be denial of a service attack; there could be jamming.” — Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham, Founders Chair in Engineering and Computer Science

“This could be one of the worst years, and truthfully, it’s not just in the northeast anymore.” — Dr. Sarah Maxwell, associate professor of public and nonprofit management

“This seems especially important since ‘aloneness’ is so often cast as failed femininity.” — Dr. Larissa Werhnyak, assistant professor of instruction

“In order to get the correct answer, you have to sort of guide it.” — Dr. Gopal Gupta, professor of computer science

“[We need] to provide meaningful, actionable data to a global community.” — Dr. Shalini Prasad, Cecil H. and Ida Green Professor in Systems Biology

“If you look at the available housing in North Texas right now, or actually across the country, we have a lot less inventory available now versus pre-pandemic.” — Julie Lynch, director of the Weitzman Institute of Real Estate

“[Health companies] have to do this. And, if they’re not doing this, then they’re behind, and they’re gonna get woefully behind. They’ll probably get acquired by somebody else.” — Daniel Karnuta, director of the professional program in healthcare management

“Once I get my undergrad degree, then I’ll basically be full-time cricket and hopefully see how far that takes me.” — Ali Sheikh, accounting junior

“I would think the average homeowner is not interested in living in a neighborhood where you have a hundred different sets of neighbors every year.” — Dr. Randall Guttery, director emeritus of the Herbert D. Weitzman Institute for Real Estate

“It comes down to understanding the science, so, you can do better at perfecting your technique.” — Dr. Jeremiah Gassensmith, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry

“Not only is caregiver speech associated with later language development, but it also is associated with later brain development as well.” — Dr. Meghan Swanson, assistant professor of psychology

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“More advancements have to be made and incorporated into how autonomous trucking or autonomous driving is done.” — Dr. Gopal Gupta, professor of computer science