Media Highlights

“It’s very important for us and social media channels to take the responsibility to become better digital citizens.” — Dr. Janet Johnson, lecturer

“I think we hear that every four years that the Black and the Hispanic vote is the game-changer and sometimes it is.” — Jonathan Rosa, lecturer

“In five to seven years the electronic medical record as currently configured will disappear, replaced by the cloud.” — Dr. John McCracken, clinical professor of healthcare management

“Texas is no longer a one-party, Republican state. It’s now a question of if the Democrats can extend their reach in the suburbs and how far.” — Dr. Ted Harpham, dean of the Hobson Wildenthal Honors College and Professor of Political Science

“There is a whole lot more capacity for immediate change at the statehouse and at the local level.” — Dr. Tim Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research at UT Dallas

“The political parties have really been encouraging people to do in-person early voting.” — Dr. Robert Lowry, professor of political science

“Our health does better they argue, when our time awake better matches the time of sunlight. And we spend less time of the day in darkness.” — Dr. Thomas Gray, assistant professor of political science

“That kind of gray feeling of being on Zoom started turning into a rainbow again. Everyone started to lighten up.” — Misty Owens, senior lecturer of dance

“Everyone’s home, the kids, the grandparents, and they’re realizing that their home just can’t accommodate their current needs and so it’s continuing to drive the demand up.” — Julie Lynch, associate director of the Weitzman Institute for Real Estate at UT Dallas

“Everyone’s been pulling together, and it’s been inspiring, but the test isn’t over, and the economics are challenging.” — Dr. Britt Berrett PhD’09, director of the Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management

“The most likely scenario would be that the autonomic and sensory nerves are affected by the virus.” — Dr. Ted Price BS’97, Eugene McDermott Professor of neuroscience

“You can see that people have relaxed somewhat, and the problem is we’re relaxing out of those habits that keep the virus from spreading.” — Dr. Tim Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research at UT Dallas

“Yes, companies should embrace change because we’re never going back to where we were, but they need to really think about business continuity planning — and test their plans to make sure they’re solid.” — Dr. Dawn Owens, clinical associate professor of information systems

“The main question is, how much of this is cannibalized voting — people who are voting now but would have voted on Election Day?” — Dr. Thomas Gray, assistant professor of political science

“The one thing social media needs to do is teach people how to use it. And media literacy is the key to fighting the truth war online.” — Dr. Janet Johnson, lecturer

“It is not as much about a cost savings idea. It’s about a demand expansion idea.” — Dr. Vijay Mookerjee, the Charles and Nancy Davidson Chair in Information Systems

“We’ve learned that we can function and exist in a digital world, and we’re learning that we can care, and detect, and provide in a new and different way.” — Dr. Britt Berrett PhD’09, director of the Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management

“It is a compounding issue and isolation really exacerbates all of it … Self care is the most important thing right now.” — Dr. Denise Paquette Boots, professor of public policy and political economy

“It is obviously a serious issue and a subject of real concern, but I would also caution against overreacting to it or reading too much into it.” — Dr. Thomas Gray, assistant professor of political science

“It really is an inspiring effort to see health care providers collaborate and coordinate like never before.” — Dr. Britt Berrett PhD’09, director of the Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management