Media Highlights

“When there’s job loss, it’s likely women will be hit harder because they’re concentrated in the types of jobs that are more likely to be let go.” — Dr. Susan McElroy, associate professor of economics

“The real challenge that we face is that we don’t have an integrated system, which simply means it’s going to slow the rollout a little bit.” — Dr. Tim Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research at UT Dallas

“The pandemic has affected our decision-making with regard to so many things.” — Dr. Jessica Murphy, Mary McDermott Cook Chair for Undergraduate Education

“Green offices can really embody the value of sustainability.” — Caitlin Griffith, sustainability coordinator

“My daughter, her life is going to be so much more different because of all the efforts, all the sacrifice and hard work.” — Itzel Ramirez Tapia BS’20

“This has been a very dark year for us, and it’s this cosmic phenomenon that’s just like a light of hope in the sky.” — Dr. Mary Urquhart, associate professor of science/math education

“They are so bright that they are easy to observe even in light-polluted Dallas. It’s a wonderful opportunity for families to look at the sky together.” — Dr. Mary Urquhart, associate professor of science/math education

“This software is used by many companies, including the U.S. government, for managing their sensitive network resources.” — Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, professor of computer science

“This will be the first time it’s been visible in 800 years.” — Dr. Mary Urquhart, associate professor of science/math education

“Time and temperature affects vaccine viability.” — Dr. Ray Baughman, the Robert A. Welch Distinguished Chair in Chemistry and director of the Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute

“This changed the political world. It really did.” — Dr. Harold Clarke, Ashbel Smith Professor of Political Science

“Cancer does not go away because there’s a pandemic.” — Dr. Britt Berrett PhD’09, director of the Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management

“More than likely, these are people that had some kind of hearing loss prior to all this starting, but they were adapting.” — Dr. Andrea Gohmert, director of audiology clinical operations in the Callier Center for Communication Disorders

“As our holidays are looking a bit different these days, we can kind of take this year off from the stress and phone it in — or Zoom it in.” — Dr. Janet Johnson, lecturer

“We all do things that wear out the brain, and then we wonder why we’re not as clearheaded as we used to be.” — Dr. Sandra Bond Chapman, Dee Wyly Distinguished University Chair in BrainHealth

“When the world turns upside down and the old way of doing things no longer works, the only way forward is to innovate.” — Paul Nichols, executive director of the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

“It’s almost like an avalanche of the arts that’s happening to a university that, prior to her gift in 2014, wouldn’t have ever imagined it happening.” — Dr. Michael Thomas, Edith O’Donnell Distinguished University Chair in Art History

“Our resources are already stretched thin; our medical professionals are taxed to the max … if we’re vigilant and careful, we can avoid pushing them past the limit.” — Dr. Tim Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research at UT Dallas

“We are seeing rural communities succumbing to significant infection rates.” — Dr. Britt Berrett PhD’09, director of the Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management

“Just because we have a vaccine doesn’t mean we will take our foot off the gas on this.” — Dr. Britt Berrett PhD’09, director of the Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management