Media Highlights

“University in the USA is very difficult, but at UTD, everybody was there for me.” — Jean Tchinda BS’23

“The next year will be focused on how to build applications that are reliable, that you can actually put in front of customers.” — Dr. Gopal Gupta, professor of computer science

“In Dallas, they are not a monopoly. But in Oregon and Washington, if they were to merge, they would be the only company selling groceries.” — Dr. Kirti Sinha, assistant professor of accounting

“Your DNA is not changeable like your password.” — Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, Ashbel Smith Professor of computer science

“It really was a profound experience for me. I know it is for a lot of people. The changes in the environment can be quite dramatic.” — Dr. Mary Urquhart, head of the Department of Science/Mathematics Education

“With behavioral health, like many other chronic diseases, early intervention matters.” — Dr. Tim Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research

The national publication cited this UT Dallas Magazine post about why people volunteer during the holidays.

“Making top 16 in that Overwatch tournament is a huge achievement. It’s the equivalent of March Madness.” — Drew Boehm, head coach of the UTD esports program

“It appears to be something that politicians in Venezuela use every now and then to gin up support, to gin up that sentiment, I guess, over what is Venezuela and what it means to be Venezuelan.” — Dr. Anthony Cummings, associate professor of geospatial information sciences

“This isn’t particularly comfortable for anyone. But if you show respect to other people, that can also have a chain reaction.” — Dr. Sheryl Skaggs, professor of sociology

“One of the values this project brings is for students to get some hands-on data and explore the world around them.” — Dr. Tim Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research

“Usually, attackers leave some back doors open so they can continue the attack in the future. So, it’s really important to remove these back doors and any malware they left behind.” — Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, Ashbel Smith Professor of computer science

“We know there’s a really important relationship between what we eat and our cognitive health, especially sugar.” — Julie Fratantoni MS’13, PhD’18, head of research and strategic partnerships at the Center for BrainHealth

“Right now, biomedical engineering and science is just a huge part of our research portfolio, and also a huge attractor for students.” — Dr. Richard C. Benson, president of UT Dallas

“The unanimity seems to be because people in that room decided that they were pretty much done with this process.” — Dr. Thomas Gray, assistant professor of political science

“No one sets out to starve a nonprofit, but no one sets out to be inefficient.” — Dr. Elizabeth Searing, assistant professor of public and nonprofit management

“This was something we were born with, and so we have to treat it with care, but also we have to live life, as well, and set goals.” — Tate Lewis, business administration junior

“We’ve already defied so many odds, and we’ve already gone against so many expectations of what our life was going to be like, so it makes me really hopeful for the future.” — Seth Rippentrop, physics senior

“Our goal is to continue to help our drivers save time spent on the road, money spent on gas and to help them reduce their carbon footprint.” — Tom Vazhekatt, computer science senior

“It’s really easy to ignore because it’s underground, and you don’t notice it until you have this sudden geyser showing up someplace you don’t want it to.” — Dr. John McCaskill, clinical professor of public and nonprofit management

“This is very useful because you know that THC actually stays pretty long in your body, and so you want to understand how much the psychoactive effect is.” — Dr. Shalini Prasad, Cecil H. and Ida Green Professor in Systems Biology Science