Media Highlights

“I think customers are putting, for valid reasons, a lot of value on delivery safety during these times, in addition to delivery speed.” — Dr. Milind Dawande, professor of operations management

“The city has provided a breakdown of where the officers were assigned — when they were earning that overtime — but it doesn’t pay any attention to what they were doing.” — Dr. Tim Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research at UT Dallas

“It’s possible we could have bad financial situations and many more businesses collapsing even on the route we’re going now, just because businesses aren’t able to operate the way they were before and they’re not getting the same support.” — Dr. Seth Giertz, associate professor of economics

“The particles are like a Trojan horse for getting into our brains. I don’t think any of us want that.” — Dr. David Lary, professor of physics

“I feel that businesses need to play their cards right here, and convince the community that the upsides will outweigh the downsides.” — Dr. Milind Dawande, professor of operations management

“… I think our leadership was futuristic about 10 years ago when they looked at what we were offering. They knew that MBA students were not going to be happy with just an MBA anymore.” — Lisa Shatz, assistant dean for MBA programs in the Naveen Jindal School of Management

“Right now during the pandemic the tendency for most students and people is to kind of wait things out to see what is working and what is not, and wait until the pandemic get over. That’s the mistake that a lot of folks are making.” — Tom Kim, director of the Career Management Center in the Naveen Jindal School of Management

“I don’t see the benefit of sharing this, so why take the risk?” — Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, professor of computer science

“The shopping season is pretty clearly important because that’s when people make impulse purchases, and drone delivery is perfect for impulse purchases and quick gratification.” — Dr. Vijay Mookerjee, Charles and Nancy Davidson Chair in Information Systems

“I’m actually pretty optimistic that this year college will be a stable part of the experience for students.” — Dr. Jessica Murphy, Mary McDermott Cook Chair for Undergraduate Education

“We’re working with our UT Dallas students every day and we’re building their professional knowledge on how to get hired by these companies.” — Tom Kim, director of the Career Management Center in the Naveen Jindal School of Management

“One of the things to keep in mind is the reason we’ve seen the decreases we’ve seen is because we’ve all been diligent.” — Dr. Tim Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research at UT Dallas

“The internet that we get from the ISP — the internet service provider — to home is then being shared among all the devices that we have at home.” — Dr. Ravi Prakash, professor of computer science

“In those cases where our WiFi router is not covering the entire household, we can use additional devices called WiFi expanders.” — Dr. Kamil Sarac, director of cyber security education programs

“The No. 1 challenge is that the counties weren’t able to do contact tracing on these cases.” — Dr. Tim Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research at UT Dallas

“We are exploring ways that we could make it possible to do a playful activity between the experimenter and the child online.” — Dr. Candice Mills, associate professor of psychology

“One of the most critical measures of the ferocity of the COVID virus is the use of intensive care unit beds.” — Dr. Britt Berrett PhD’09, director of the Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management

“But it’s no different in many ways from anywhere else in the country where we don’t know the history of racism and white supremacy where we live. We need to start there.” — Dr. Salena Brody, senior lecturer

“I think people will use the tax free weekend to stock up on school supplies, children’s clothes. However, some of this shopping will shift to online due to COVID-19.” — Dr. Daniel Rajaratnam, clinical professor of marketing

“The important point is to continue to be diligent with masking and social distancing, especially as we try and venture out of our homes.” — Dr. Tim Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research at UT Dallas