Archive: 2017

September 20, 2017 - Arts and Humanities Professor Ben Wright is featured in the film Stopping Traffic, a documentary about sex-trafficking, which will be shown in twelve cities through AMC Theaters from September 29, 2017 to October 5, 2017. Dr. Wright will be hosting a 15 minute Q&A after the 7:00 p.m. screening on Friday, September 29 at the […]

September 1, 2017 - August 22, 2017 Dear Students and Colleagues, It is with pleasure that I announce the appointment of Dr. Jessica Murphy, Associate Professor of Literary Studies in the School of Arts and Humanities, as our next Dean of Undergraduate Education and Mary McDermott Cook Chair of Undergraduate Education and Research, effective September 1, 2017. Dr. Murphy […]

August 31, 2017 - Two graduate students won first-place awards from the Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers and have been invited to read at the association’s annual meeting in September in San Antonio. Jennifer O’Neill, who is pursuing a master’s degree in studies in literature, took first place in the Graduate Student Fiction category. O’Neill studied under Dr. […]

August 24, 2017 - Three UT Dallas educators have been honored with 2017 Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Awards (ROTA) for delivering the highest quality instruction in the classroom, laboratory, field and online. Dr. Mieczyslaw Dabkowski, associate professor of mathematical sciences; Dr. Robert Hart, clinical associate professor of mechanical engineering; and Dr. Sabrina Starnaman, clinical associate professor in the School of […]

June 12, 2017 - Five UT Dallas educators were honored with President’s Teaching Excellence Awards for their outstanding efforts in the classroom. The award recipients received medallions at the University’s annual Honors Convocation on May 10. They also were recognized at an April reception hosted by the Center for Teaching and Learning, where center director and associate provost Dr. […]

June 1, 2017 - Are science and technology independent of one another? Is technology dependent upon science, and if so, how is it dependent? Is science dependent upon technology, and if so how is it dependent? Or, are science and technology becoming so interdependent that the line dividing them has become totally erased? This book charts the history of […]

June 1, 2017 - Another addition to the Southern Women series, Alabama Women celebrates women’s histories in the Yellowhammer State by highlighting the lives and contributions of women and enriching our understanding of the past and present. Exploring such subjects as politics, arts, and civic organizations, this collection of eighteen biographical essays provides a window into the social, cultural, […]

April 28, 2017 - Beginning in the fall semester, the School of Arts and Humanities will offer a bachelor’s degree in philosophy that will include new courses in logic, the history of philosophy, social and political philosophy, and philosophy of art and aesthetics. The bachelor’s degree, approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in February, will engage students […]

March 30, 2017 - The University of Texas at Dallas, with a generous gift from philanthropist Margaret McDermott, has announced the creation of the Richard Brettell Award in the Arts, a biennial honor recognizing established artists in any medium. The award will be bestowed upon artists whose body of work demonstrates a lifetime of achievement in their field. Winners […]

March 22, 2017 - PhD student Mary Dibbern, who also serves as music director of education at The Dallas Opera, will perform works by Gabriel Fauré, Ange Flégier and Franz Liszt alongside Dallas-based bass singer Jared Schwartz this Saturday. Dibbern, who has collaborated with Schwartz on past projects and performances, says the pair have been making a series of recordings for […]