UT Dallas has experienced tremendous success in receiving early faculty awards resulting in over $65 million since 2010, including 55 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER awards. Geared toward helping beginning faculty establish their career and teaching path, fund labs, and provide a stable source of support, these career making awards afford a rare opportunity for early-career …read more
The Derive Art Exhibit ‘Like a Tornado Touching Down, The Dream is Connected to the Dreamer’ opened last week in the Administration Building (AD). According to his faculty page, curator Dr. Greg Metz’s research aims to use “creative intervention to create positive change in my community”. Artwork installations from Derive Art bring research to working …read more
On September 13th, 2017, UT Dallas welcomed Olympus representatives to the opening of the Olympus Discovery Center, a collaborative effort to provide an imaging core of state-of-the-art instruments and technology. Created for both researchers on campus and external users to advance microscopy systems, this facility supports research in biological and interdisciplinary sciences, including hands-on training …read more
Anyone who needs access to the instruments in the core facilities must be trained on the instrument. Please fill out the training request form. Once a user requests training for an instrument, the staff and their faculty supervisor will receive an email. The Faculty supervisor MUST APPROVE the request prior to scheduling the training. The …read more
The UTD Genome Center offers a high level of expertise in next generation sequencing technology to support research at UTD and across North Dallas area. We provide sample QC, library preparation and sequencing service for Next Generation Sequencing using Nextseq 500 sequencer. We are equipped with the state-of-art instruments for preparing high quality of samples …read more
In this day and age, immigration and business are two hot-button topics. Not surprisingly, immigration and business go hand in hand. Dr. Umit Gurun, a professor of accounting and finance at the Naveen Jindal School of Management, recently published a study in the Journal of Finance that examines immigrants’ influence on trade. In this Q&A, …read more
I have been working with a student on his personal statement for a fellowship application. The document is two pages, double-spaced, so the statement will be less than 600 words by the time it is complete. We’ve been working on this document for about a month. I think this afternoon I sent him the final …read more
College is a great time for self-discovery and creating new experiences. You can take part in one or a few of the hundreds of student organizations on campus and start new friendships by meeting people. The undergraduate experience at UT Dallas is no exception. With new student organizations being created every semester and various, new …read more
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award (YFA) is designed to give researchers a good look at the challenges and needs of the Department of Defense (DoD) and national security as a whole. The purpose, like the other young faculty programs, is to give researchers the opportunity to build relationships and understanding …read more
You may have noticed that Fall has finally arrived and department stores are gearing up with the type of seasonal items that are synonymous with giving. Whether it’s trick-or-treat candy, Thanksgiving cornucopias, or holiday decorations, it’s also worth noting that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and three leading researchers on campus are currently at …read more
