Media Highlights

“It forces people to lose trust in the financial system.” — Dr. Umit G. Gurun, Ashbel Smith Professor of accounting

“I hope that, through this simple recognition of cross-border cultural diplomacy, we can begin to repair the rifts and misunderstandings that have come between our two nations.” — Dr. Richard Brettell, Margaret M. McDermott Distinguished Chair of Art and Aesthetic Studies

“Fear itself can be really debilitating unless you’ve had some exposure to it and developed some resilience.” — Dr. Christa McIntyre Rodriguez, associate professor of psychology

“I am grateful to Texas Instruments for helping us achieve this goal and look forward to the impact these new faculty members will make in their fields, for our students and for the economic well-being of our region.” — Dr. Richard C. Benson, president and Eugene McDermott Distinguished University Chair of Leadership

“It’s not just about academic performance — it’s also about making sure that these students have a group of peers with the same experience.” — Courtney Brecheen MPA’09, associate dean of undergraduate education

“Some of our biggest majors are computer science, video game design … So esports is a perfect fit.” — Greg Adler, head coach of esports

“All of those things create an ecosystem that is terrific for supporting and enabling this state-of-the-art cancer research.” — Dr. Joseph Pancrazio, vice president for research

“It’s like a broken bone. The bone needs to be put in a cast so it doesn’t fracture some more.” — Dr. Alex Piquero, Ashbel Smith Professor of Criminology

“And they’ll delay and delay on that, hoping the mood of the country will change. You’ve got this sort of perfect deadlock.” — Dr. Harold Clarke, Ashbel Smith Professor of Political Science

“It’s a real plus for the community, but they have strong cultures and personalities, and blending them won’t be easy.” — Dr. Britt Berrett PhD’09, director of the Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management

“People don’t usually think of fishing line as elastic, but if you exert so much twist that it coils… it can do some heating and cooling. We were amazed.” — Dr. Ray Baughman, Robert A. Welch Distinguished Chair in Chemistry

“I definitely look at the history we’ve done and go, ‘Okay, well where do we go from there?” — Paul Nichols, executive director of the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

“It’s like shining a light that helps us see what’s going on so we can then make the obvious response.” — Dr. David J. Lary, associate professor of physics

“I think the jury will have to think very carefully about this issue: perception versus reality, and whether they can get in Ms. Guyger’s head/state of mind during that evening.” — Dr. Alex Piquero, Ashbel Smith Professor of Criminology

“You don’t want to appear to be in a state like Texas and in a Congressional district like that to be on the left wing of the Democratic party.” — Dr. Harold Clarke, Ashbel Smith Professor of Political Science

“It’s a pretty common problem, especially for cities down here in the South that are growing a lot over time.” — Dr. Andrew Wheeler, assistant professor of criminology

“As much as we can, we hope that attitudes and perceptions to people and their behaviors are based on objective science and not myths and stereotypes that create division.” — Dr. Alex Piquero, Ashbel Smith Professor of Criminology

“We need to help parents to shift from thinking of snacks purely as a stop-gap to capitalizing upon them as a meal.” — Jenny McGlothlin, Callier Center speech-language pathologist

“The Mediterranean is a dog’s breakfast.” — Dr. Robert Stern, professor of geosciences

“We have to make sure an individual’s liberty and an individual’s security and their legal rights are not harmed in this situation.” — Dr. Alex Piquero, Ashbel Smith Professor of Criminology