Media Highlights

“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

“So when you have this awful, unmanageable phantom sensation, this incessant ringing, nobody else sees it. So oftentimes people don’t understand how severe it is or may not be sympathetic or understanding to how debilitating it is.” — Dr. Edward Lobarinas, associate professor of audiology

“It’s not that old dogs can’t learn tricks. It’s that maybe old dogs don’t realize why they should.” — Dr. Kristen Kennedy, associate professor of psychology

“It’s like taking just a little bit of money out of your bank account each month. It won’t seem like much at first, but eventually you’ll notice you don’t have as much money.” — Dr. Denise Park, director of research for the Center for Vital Longevity and Distinguished University Chair in Behavioral and Brain Sciences

“A lot of people who may not have identified with hearing difficulties previously, possibly because they had a very minimal problem are recognizing increased communication difficulties now.” — Dr. Angela Shoup BS’89, MS’92, PhD’94, executive director of the Callier Center for Communication Disorders

“There really is an age effect in terms of who’s feeling productive and who’s feeling like they’re really stressed with all this.” — Dr. Doug Kiel, professor of public and nonprofit management

“What we’re seeing is kind of the synergies building. I would not be surprised to see Dallas become a major financial center.” — Dr. Robert Kieschnick, associate professor of finance and managerial economics

“A lot of the works that are being presented in this series are not only focused on celebrating and highlighting the work of these incredible artists but also speaking to the times in some way.” — Jacqueline Chao, senior curator of Asian art at the Crow Museum of Asian Art

“There’s been a lot of research on sepsis, but the major thing missing was an active point-of-care testing device that can give feedback when the patient is at your bedside.” — Ambalika Tanak MS’16, biomedical engineering doctoral candidate

“A poem is sort of this tiny distillation of hope or joy or love — it’s kind of this gift that we can launch into the world toward someone without even having to sit next to them.” — Dr. Nomi Stone, assistant professor of creative writing and literature

“We have some of the stalwarts, some of the pillars of Super Bowl advertising, sitting on the sidelines this time.” — Dr. Abhijit Biswas, clinical professor of marketing

“You have a cult following in some sense. If they issue securities, they may undermine that cult following.” — Dr. Umit Gurun, Ashbel Smith Professor

“… especially among the health care workers, many folks in that industry are women, and so it’s natural that we’d see more women than men early on.” — Dr. Tim Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research at UT Dallas