Archive: 2010

October 30, 2010 - Literary studies student Sally Stewart has been selected to receive a University of Texas at Dallas Undergraduate Research Scholar Award. The award carries with it a $500 stipend for Stewart and an additional $300 in research support funds for her faculty advisor, Dr. Theresa Towner. Says Towner, “Sally won the research award to support her honors […]

October 26, 2010 - The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA), which is housed at The University of Texas at Dallas,  presented two prestigious awards at its annual conference in Philadelphia on Oct. 21. Alex Zucker received the 2010 National Translation Award for his translation of Petra Hůlová’s All This Belongs to Me (Northwestern University Press, 2009). The $5,000 prize is given annually to […]

October 18, 2010 - Dr. Marge Zielke is part of a panel discussion at the 4th Annual Technology Trends Conference, held Oct. 18 at the Westin Park Central Hotel in Dallas. Zielke will speak on “Social Networking as a Tool, ” addressing the future of social networking, as well as challenges and risks that go along with it. Register […]

October 15, 2010 - Akin Babatunde was recently nominated in four categories for the coveted New York Audelco Award for Excellence in Black Theater. His show, “Blind Lemon Blues,” received the nomination for Best Director, Best Choreographer, Best Ensemble and Best Musical Production of the Year . Babatunde says he is thrilled to be nominated in the same category […]

October 11, 2010 - “As our worlds become smarter, and get to know us better and better,” writes cognitive scientist Andy Clark, “it becomes harder and harder to say where the world stops and the person begins.” What role does one’s environment plays in shaping the nature of conscious experience? Clark, the chair of logic and metaphysics at Edinburgh […]

October 9, 2010 - Micki Saba, Michele Hanlon and UT Dallas graduate student Danielle Georgiou recently had dance video works presented by the Hub Shorts Film Festival Dance for Camera Series. Hanlon’s “The Guitarist” placed second in the Producer’s Pick category and took first place in the Audience Award competition. Georgiou’s “Roam” placed third in Producer’s Pick, second in […]

October 5, 2010 - Literary icon Arthur Miller’s American classic, All My Sons, takes the stage in the University Theatre at The University of Texas at Dallas, Oct. 7-9 and Oct. 14–16. The play is directed by Dallas-based actor and UT Dallas lecturer Akin Babatunde, whose play was recently nominated in four categories for the coveted New York Audelco Awards for […]

September 29, 2010 - Go digital or go home. That was the message Dr. Dave Parry, assistant professor of Emerging Media and Communication (EMAC) at UT Dallas, told an audience of journalists at the National Conference of Editorial Writers (NCEW), held Sept. 22–25 in Dallas. UT Dallas was a sponsor of the event, which included an appearance by Gov. Rick Perry […]

September 23, 2010 - UT Dallas dominated the recent Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers (TACWT) Student Competition, winning a total of four awards. In the Graduate Fiction category, Douglas Frank took first place with his short story, “The Last Summer of Fireflies.” For Undergraduate Fiction, first place was awarded to Paige Cunningham for her story, “Pens & Needles,” […]

September 21, 2010 - The Richardson Reads One Book program has asked Jessica Murphy, assistant professor of literature at The University of Texas at Dallas, to interview the author of the 2010 selection, The Art of Racing in the Rain. Murphy will have a conversation with Garth Stein during a private luncheon at the Richardson Women’s Club on Tuesday, Sept. 21. Stein’s […]