Media Highlights
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National Geographic: A Partial Solution for Migraines and PTSD? This Approach Offers Hope.
“There’s a lot of hope on the horizon for the use of VNS for PTSD but more research needs to be done.” — Dr. Christa McIntyre, associate professor of neuroscience
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CBS Texas: Low Wind Could Hamper Wind Turbine Production in Texas
“There are only four countries in the world that produce more wind power than the state of Texas does.” — Dr. Todd Griffith, associate professor of mechanical engineering
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Community Impact Newspaper: Minority-Majority ZIP Codes Facing Lower Life Expectancies in Lake Highlands, Lakewood
“Good education leads to a good job; a good job leads to a good income; a good income leads to a good environment and also access to health care.” — Dr. Dohyeong Kim, professor of public policy, geospatial information sciences, and social data analytics and research
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The Dallas Morning News: These North Texas College Graduates Endured Life’s Challenges To Find Success
“If you endure life, you can accomplish anything.” — Joan Bernstein BA’08, MA’10, PhD’23
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The Dallas Morning News: Plano Police To Buy 50 License Plate Readers
“What are the protections to protect this potential sensitive data?” — Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, Ashbel Smith Professor of computer science
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D Magazine: My Roots: Hasan Pirkul
“I felt that I had to succeed not only for myself but also for my country.” — Dr. Hasan Pirkul, Caruth Chair and dean of the Naveen Jindal School of Management
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WFAA: The Crow Museum of Asian Art’s Massive Current Display Could Lead to Dallas Becoming Home to Largest Collection of Japanese Art Outside of Japan
“Our mission is to love and celebrate the cultures and arts in Asia all year round.” — Caroline Kim, director of development for the Crow Museum of Asian Art of The University of Texas at Dallas
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Texas Monthly: If a Texas Bee Summers in California, Is Its Honey Still Texan?
“I would make an argument that the word ‘exclusively’ should be replaced with ‘predominantly.’ It’s not as easy as stamping ‘Made in America’ on it.” — Scott Rippel MS’96, PhD’99, professor of instruction in biological sciences
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The Dallas Morning News: Scared of Needles? A Puff of Gas Could One Day Deliver Your Vaccine
“We need to move the field forward in our ability to make vaccination as painless … as possible.” — Dr. Jeremiah Gassensmith, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry
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KDFW Fox 4: Why Do Google Bard and ChatGPT Get Things Wrong?
“That’s a big problem, that it can hallucinate and create stuff that is actually not true.” — Dr. Gopal Gupta, professor of computer science
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The Dallas Morning News: UT Dallas Receives $40 million from Harry Bass Foundation for New Arts School
“It will strengthen the foundation of our scholarships, research and programming and change the trajectory of our school.” — Dr. Nils Roemer, dean of the Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Technology, and Humanities
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Austin American-Statesman: Who Was the Mysterious Man in the Pemberton Castle? A Dallas Class Found Out.
“The students love the assignment, even though it is one of the most challenging projects they have ever undertaken.” — Dr. Carie King, clinical professor
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CBS Texas: UT Dallas Students Create Firefighting Robot To Battle the Most Dangerous Flames
“It’s very fulfilling seeing that our product is going to hopefully change people’s lives and hopefully have a change in the world.” — Eman Rizvi, UTDesign mechanical engineering senior
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The Dallas Morning News: See Reasons Nonvoters Say They Don’t Vote
“This creates a cycle where only a few — usually the elites — participate in local elections.” — Dr. Thomas Gray, assistant professor of political science
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Community Impact Newspaper: UT Dallas Opens Outdoor Fitness Studio at Richardson Campus
“This Fitness Court Studio is a wonderful example of partnerships to help break down barriers to accessible community programming for living a healthy lifestyle.” — Tricia Losavio, director of University Recreation
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The Dallas Morning News: City of Dallas Likely Targeted in Ransomware Attack, City Official Says
“It shouldn’t really come as a surprise also because these attackers are never going to stop.” — Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham, Founders Chair in Engineering and Computer Science
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NBC News: Manager Titles Allegedly Given To Workers To Avoid Overtime Pay
“Companies are about five times more likely to post a job posting that says, ‘You are going to be called a coffee cart manager or a shampoo manager or a sandwich-making manager.’” — Dr. Umit Gurun, Stan Liebowitz Professor of accounting and of finance and managerial economics
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WFAA: Daily Uses for AI
“One of the really amazing things with these GPT models is that they are about language, and they become really amazing translation machines.” — Dale MacDonald, associate dean of research and creative technologies in the Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology
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FiveThirtyEight: Why Dianne Feinstein Might Actually Have To Resign
“I don’t think there’s any kind of magic test that will determine who is really effective and who isn’t.” — Dr. Richard Scotch, professor of sociology, public policy and political economy
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Dallas Innovates: UT Dallas, DMA Announce Partnership Celebrating Opening of New Athenaeum in Fall 2024
“I’m thrilled to welcome some of the finest works of art in our city to the new campus museum.” — Dr. Richard C. Benson, president of UT Dallas