Media Highlights

“There’s been a migration to integrated delivery systems, and that’s led to a much more sophisticated business model.” — Dr. Britt Berrett PhD’09, director of the Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management

“In the data, what I’m looking for is will we see an increase in lethality? Will we see what once were assaults are now homicides? Or what were once simple assaults are now serious assaults?” — Dr. Tim Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research at UT Dallas

“Not only can computer science graduates find jobs, but the salaries offered are much higher than other fields.” — D.T. Huynh, professor of computer science and interim head of the Department of Computer Science

“If you’ve gone through six months working with someone and you’ve never seen the bottom part of the face—when you see it, it messes up your ability to recognize them.” — Dr. Alice O’Toole, Aage and Margareta Møller Professor

“I’m very grateful to the McDermott family and to the leadership at UT Dallas for creating an intellectual environment that breeds success.” — Dr. Walter Voit BS’05, MS’06, associate professor of materials science and engineering and of mechanical engineering

“Mainly they are after getting financial rewards.” — Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, professor of computer science

“We are really trying to catch up from a year of missing out.” — Tom Kim, assistant dean and director of the Career Management Center in the Naveen Jindal School of Management

“I think that kind of shifted everything because, after that, my entire focus really shifted from being a student studying abroad to really kind of looking at the EMT aspects of my life.” — Elizabeth “Tess” Helfrich, biology and history senior

“Employers are going to have to be really smart. It is going to be a little bit chaotic at first.” — Dr. Doug Kiel, professor of public and nonprofit management

“The higher the education level or higher the educational attainment, the higher the average earnings.” — Dr. Susan McElroy, associate professor of economics

“I think it’s probably a default interpretation that what is being reported happened that day or the day before.” — Dr. Tim Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research at UT Dallas

“It’s not going to tell you if you have COVID or not, but it does tell you the intensity and what is happening within your body’s immune system.” — Dr. Shalini Prasad, Cecil H. and Ida Green Professor in Systems Biology Science

“So it’s exercising the part of your brain that involves a lot of reasoning and processing of information and evaluation and decision making.” — Dr. Denise Park, director of research for the Center for Vital Longevity and Distinguished University Chair in Behavioral and Brain Sciences

“We’ve seen pretty good growth in placement and also in salary.” — Tom Kim, assistant dean and director of the Career Management Center in the Naveen Jindal School of Management

“There’s lots of good evidence now that many workers are so comfortable working from home that they’ll quit their jobs rather than be forced to go back into the workplace.” — Dr. Doug Kiel, professor of public and nonprofit management

“That information on the card — your birthdate, your name and surname, combined with where you got the vaccine — could potentially be used for scams.” — Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, professor of computer science

“Folks who never needed help before were coming to the food pantry.” — Dr. Tim Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research at UT Dallas

“Healthcare providers have been going through tremendous strain and stress. Many would refer to this as organizational trauma, or, for lack of a better term, PTSD at an organizational level.” — Dr. Britt Berrett PhD’09, director of the Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management

“We do know for people who experience tinnitus, many of them won’t be bothered with their tinnitus at all and typically they’re more bothered by it if they’re under a lot of stress or if they’re having issues with sleep.” — Dr. Angela Shoup BS’89, MS’92, PhD’94, executive director of the Callier Center for Communication Disorders

“It’s great to be in the front of the line; we have to make sure they can get in the line.” — Dr. Tim Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research at UT Dallas