Archive: 2010

December 15, 2010 - Moments after introducing Santa Claus at the 34th Annual Holiday Sing, UT Dallas faculty member (and Holiday Sing director) Kathryn Evans received a holiday gift of her own. Evans was presented with a special Distinguished Service Award to honor her 16 years at UT Dallas. Winston Stone, director of the UT Dallas Wind Ensemble, presented […]

December 15, 2010 - Three Korean student interns at The University of Texas at Dallas have since returned home, but their memories will last a lifetime. The students were the first participants in the new Global Communication and Leadership Institute (GCLI), which plays a key role in the development of a global humanities program designed to foster international understanding. […]

November 24, 2010 - Dr. Charlotte Eyerman, an expert in 19th-century French art and a leading authority in modern and contemporary art, has been appointed American Director of FRAME (French Regional and American Museum Exchange). FRAME, whose American headquarters is based at The University of Texas at Dallas, is a formal collaboration of 12 museums in France and 12 museums in […]

November 22, 2010 - For UT Dallas’ literary journal, the title is new but the mission is the same. Now known as Reunion: The Dallas Review, the magazine will keep doing what it’s done for more than two decades: publishing exceptional examples of short fiction, drama, visual art, poetry, translation work, non-fiction and interviews. Previously known as Sojourn, the magazine remains […]

November 20, 2010 - Akin Babatunde won the 2010 Audelco Award for Best Director/Musical Production for “Blind Lemon Blues,” of which he is the co-author (with fellow UT Dallas alum Alan Govenar), director, musical arranger, choreographer and star. The Audelco Awards, which honor excellence in Black Theatre, were presented at Harlem Stage/Aaron Davis Hall, Inc.’s Marian Anderson Theatre in […]

November 19, 2010 - With the launch of its second serious game, the UT Dallas Values Game Initiative once again hopes to provoke deep discussions and morality checks. Endless Life, created by gaming students in the UT Dallas Arts and Technology (ATEC) program, presents a humorous view of what life-extending technology could do to a society. The game made […]

November 10, 2010 - Dr. Zsuzsanna Ozsváth was interviewed on KERA’s “Think” program on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010. She was promoting her new book, When the Danube Ran Red, an extraordinary and moving account of Ozsváth’s own experience of the Holocaust.

November 9, 2010 - Dr. Xiang Bing, founding dean of China’s first private, nonprofit and independent business school, will discuss “Globalization of the Chinese Economy” on Wednesday, Nov. 10. The lecture, sponsored by The Confucius Institute at The University of Texas at Dallas, is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in Jonsson Performance Hall. Xiang writes frequently on the challenges of globalization […]

November 5, 2010 - PhD alumna, Lori Stephens, short story, “Epidural,” is selected by the “Texas Bound” committee for presentation during their program on April 11, 2011. They will use the story as a “closer” for the evening. The story was originally written in a graduate short fiction workshop taught by Dr. Clay Reynolds. The committee has designated it […]

November 2, 2010 - Internationally known classical guitarist Carlos Pérez will bring his charismatic and creative style to UT Dallas for a performance on Friday, Nov. 5. The concert is at 8 p.m. in Jonsson Performance Hall.  He will also teach a master class to UT Dallas guitar students during his visit. Chilean-born Pérez has played in famous venues in […]