Media Highlights
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Amid Growing Need, Hospice Providers Face Hurdles
“If you move too quickly, on a lesser level, you might cause injury and they will have to return to a higher level of care.” — Dr. Britt Berrett PhD’09, director of the Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management
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NBC 5 (KXAS-TV): Bioengineer’s Son Battles Same Cancer He Has Researched for Years
“Over the 10 years, we’ve been trying to develop more effective therapies for these different types of cancer, I had never met a child that had neuroblastoma.” — Dr. Shashank Sirsi, assistant professor of bioengineering
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Smithsonian Magazine: Captained by A.I., This New ‘Mayflower’ Will Cross the Atlantic This Spring
“[Autonomous ships] would be perfect for mapping large swaths of the oceans.” — Dr. Robert Stern, professor of geosciences
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The Dallas Morning News: Dallas Police Charge 2 Women after Human Trafficking Raid, Victims Found
“The reality is, most of us are encountering victims of sex trafficking and we don’t know it because we don’t know the signs and we don’t know how to get them the help that they need.” — Dr. Tim Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research
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NBC 5 (KXAS-TV): Rockwall Police Take Unique, ‘SMART’ Approach to Critical Decision-Making
“I truly feel like what I have done is meaningful and successful if everyone walks out thinking, ‘I have control over how my brain is functioning.’” — Katie Hinds, senior clinician in the Center for BrainHealth
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Austin American-Statesman: Did More Americans Die from COVID-19 in 2021 than in 2020?
“Over time, the medical community’s understanding of the disease, and the complications of the disease, has changed.” — Dr. Tim Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research at UT Dallas
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KDFW Fox 4: Data Suggests People Are Dealing with the Omicron Surge Differently
“The rate of infection is so fast that even though fewer patients require hospitalization there are so many of them requiring it that it’s overloading our hospital and emergency care systems.” — Dr. Tim Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research at UT Dallas
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Consumer Reports: When the Ringing in Your Ears Won’t Stop
“Tinnitus can be a sign of hearing loss.” — Dr. Angela Shoup BS’89, MS’92, PhD’94, executive director of the Callier Center for Communication Disorders
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Texas Standard: In the Wake of a Global Pandemic, Loneliness Has Become a Crisis of Its Own
“People who are under that much pressure can’t think about the loneliness that you may feel because you are too busy focused on just surviving.” — Dr. Regina Ybarra, associate professor of instruction
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KDFW Fox 4: Violent Crimes Down in Dallas, Police Chief Boasts
“It’s important that we look long-range at making lasting changes in these numbers as opposed to just sort of attacking a specific problem and having it crop up again someplace else.” — Dr. Tim Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research at UT Dallas
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Dallas Business Journal: Corporate Relocations Have Brought $235B in Market Cap to DFW
“The growth can come from incumbent companies from their good operation, expansion and value appreciation.” — Dr. Jun Li, associate professor of finance and managerial economics
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KDFW Fox 4: Real Estate Expert Discusses Rising Cost of Renting
“Dallas has had the largest increase in population out of the whole country over the last decade, and so the demand for apartments has been very strong.” — Julie Lynch, associate director of the Weitzman Institute of Real Estate
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The Dallas Morning News: What’s the History of Rockwall’s Ancient Rock Wall?
“The fracture pattern in these features is quite impressive.” — Dr. John Geissman, professor emeritus of geosciences
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WFAA: UT Dallas Bioengineer’s Motivation: Saving His Own Son
“It still boggles my mind a little bit.” — Dr. Shashank Sirsi, assistant professor of bioengineering
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NBC 5 (KXAS-TV): Renters Face Tough Decisions as Rent Rises Sharply in DFW
“The demand for apartments is relentless. Dallas is leading the country in the delivery of multi-family units.” — Julie Lynch, associate director of the Weitzman Institute of Real Estate
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The Dallas Morning News: UT Southwestern and UT Dallas Break Ground on $120 million Joint Bioengineering Research Facility
“With the addition of the biomedical engineering sciences building, we create an additional opportunity for higher education and the development of new technologies for detecting and treating illnesses.” — Dr. Richard C. Benson, president of UT Dallas
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Spectrum News: UT Dallas Professor Gains Better Understanding of a Pediatric Cancer After Son’s Diagnosis
“He’s inspired me to think more clinically about what children go through, what parents go through and how we can alleviate that suffering.” — Dr. Shashank Sirsi, assistant professor of bioengineering
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NTX Inno: Student, Faculty Entrepreneurs Take Home Thousands at UT Dallas’ Big Idea Competition
“One of the things that we’re known for is bringing new ideas, solutions to problems and creating new technology.” — Dr. Stephanie G. Adams, dean of the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science
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NBC 5 (KXAS-TV): UTD Researchers Show Connection Between Air Quality and COVID-19 Severity
“Unlike seasonal flu, the temperature did not seem to be heavily related with COVID-19, which was something we did not expect to see.” — Dr. Ignacio Segovia-Dominguez, research associate
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WFAA: Celebrating Dia de los Muertos
“It’s a way of remembering, commemorating the time that they had here and celebrating the fact that they’ve moved on to the afterlife.” — Dr. Monica Rankin, director of the UT Dallas Center for U.S.-Latin America Initiatives