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  • Derive Art Exhibit

    Derive Art Exhibit

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    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…

  • Human vs. Parallel Machine

    Human vs. Parallel Machine

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    The University of Texas at Dallas’ Chess Team excelled at this year’s World Cup with Grandmaster Anton Kovalyov making it to Round 3, besting former world champion Viswanathan Anand in Round 2.  Performing at this level requires thousands of hours…

  • Discovery Center Grand Opening

    Discovery Center Grand Opening

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    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…

  • Tips for Better Self-Editing

    Tips for Better Self-Editing

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    There are not a lot of people who enjoy editing their own work. And, because so often, as writers, we are writing against a deadline, we don’t give ourselves enough time to do a complete edit. A complete edit needs…

  • Speaking Outside Your Field: Having an Attitude

    Speaking Outside Your Field: Having an Attitude

    The first impression at a poster contest, as either the presenter or the listener, is a big deal. Granted, you have a lot of chances to make first impressions, but after spending some time listening at the Undergraduate Research Poster…

  • Know Your Sponsor

    Know Your Sponsor

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    My son and a team of fellow elementary students did an experiment for school to see how much the splash pattern grew when you increased the height you dropped a water balloon. They still don’t know the answer to that…

  • Q&A With Dr. Umit Gurun, Professor of Accounting and Finance

    Q&A With Dr. Umit Gurun, Professor of Accounting and Finance

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    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…

  • Q&A with NSF Fellowship Awardee, PhD Chemistry Student

    Q&A with NSF Fellowship Awardee, PhD Chemistry Student

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    Over 13,000 students applied to the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) from the National Science Foundation (NSF), but only 2,000 succeeded in receiving an award. Candace Benjamin, UT Dallas PhD student and “super scientist” in the Gassensmith Lab, shines among…