Media Highlights
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Dallas Business Journal: COVID-19 Is Changing Business — And That Could Mean New Work-From-Home Efforts
“Small companies – they don’t have the resources to do that, and really small businesses don’t even think about those kind of issues. They just need the bodies around.” — Dr. Doug Kiel, professor of public and nonprofit management
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NBC 5 (KXAS-TV): Brain Breaks and Deep Breaths to Help Ease the Stress
“When I think about the amount of stress and pressure that we’re all under, that I experience myself, it all comes down to our brain and the behaviors and habits we are willing to try or change and put into motion.” — Jennifer Zientz, head of clinical services at the Center for BrainHealth
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Chicago Tribune: David Brown Tapped To Lead Chicago police
“For a long period of time, you could not get data from the city of Dallas. He was very forward-looking. He’s like, ‘Look folks, we have to get this data out’ to reporters … to researchers like me, and to Joe and Jane Citizen.” — Dr. Alex Piquero, Ashbel Smith Professor of criminology
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KDFW Fox 4: Coronavirus Could Change the Future of Healthcare
“This is new and this is unique. So for us, a pandemic of this nature is watch and learn.” — Dr. Britt Berrett PhD’09, director of the Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management
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Community Impact Newspaper: Businesses Find Ways to Survive Under COVID-19 Restrictions
“The problem, though, is that they also don’t have the resources of a juggernaut, so they tend to throttle down a lot faster too.” — Paul Nichols, executive director of the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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Good Morning Texas: What To Do With College Students Who Are Home Early
“It can be really challenging at first, getting adjusted, because this is a new normal for everybody.” — Dr. Aisha Evans, psychologist with the Student Counseling Center
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The Dallas Morning News: Pandemic Highlights Shortage of Personnel Looming Over Texas
“The supplies will not be the shortcoming, it will be personnel.” — Dr. Britt Berrett PhD’09, director of the Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management
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KDFW Fox 4: Cook Children’s Sees Spike in Child Abuse Cases Likely from COVID-19 Stress
“Hopefully the agencies around the community in North Texas are going to look at this as a wake-up call. There is a lot of research that shows that when people go hungry, they tend to be more impulsive and to lash out.” — Dr. Alex Piquero, Ashbel Smith Professor of criminology
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PBS NewsHour: How the Dallas Street Choir Grants Homeless Residents a Voice
“I think the arts in general are a powerful tool to tear down walls and barriers and perceptions and stigmas and stereotypes, to show that we’re much really more the same than not.” — Dr. Jonathan Palant, director of choral activities
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Focus on the Arts: Why UT Dallas Is a Guitarist’s Dream
“It’s one of the better known competitions on the international stage.” — Dr. Enric Madriguera, Russell Cleveland Professor in Guitar Studies
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Good Morning Texas: The History of Mardi Gras
“It may not seem like it, but in fact Mardi Gras is a religious holiday.” — Dr. Ben Wright, assistant professor
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NBC DFW: Is Augmented Reality the Next Generation of Medical Training?
“You will be able to talk to him about what symptoms he’s had … anything that might be indicative of how somebody feels when they have potentially had a stroke.” — Marjorie Zielke PhD’07, research professor
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NBC 5 (KXAS-TV): Is Augmented Reality the Next Generation of Medical Training?
“You will be able to talk to him about what symptoms he’s had … anything that might be indicative of how somebody feels when they have potentially had a stroke.” — Marjorie Zielke PhD’07, research professor
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Think: Here’s Why What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger
“How you think about [stress] depends on how you experience it.” — Dr. Ian Robertson, T. Boone Pickens Distinguished Scientist
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PBS NewsHour: Exhibit Uses Brain Science To Inform Art
“I was excited by the possibility because we don’t often have these opportunities to have a science-meets-art kind of conversation.” — Dr. Daniel C. Krawczyk, Debbie and Jim Francis Chair in Behavioral Brain Sciences
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CBS DFW: Monday Morning Quarterbacking The Super Bowl Ads
“This is mostly about big brands.” — Dr. Abhijit Biswas, clinical professor of marketing
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CBS 11 (KTVT-TV): Monday Morning Quarterbacking The Super Bowl Ads
“This is mostly about big brands.” — Dr. Abhijit Biswas, clinical professor of marketing
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Dallas Innovates: How Area Universities Prepare Tech Workers for Rapid Change
“Animation is only going to get bigger—and that’s not only in animation feature films or animation in games.” Dr. Anne Balsamo, Arts and Technology Distinguished University Chair
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The Dallas Morning News: Baylor’s Health Plan Worked for Employees
“The key to a good ACO is organization and orchestration of resources, and Baylor’s proven they’re very effective at that.” — Dr. Britt Berrett PhD’09, director of the Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management
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KERA News: Food Delivery Robots Roll Onto UT Dallas Campus
“We are always on the lookout for innovative new programs and platforms, and we really have a culture that embraces a new technology. So, we’re the perfect campus for this.” — Pam Stanley, director of food and retail service