Archive: 2019

December 12, 2019 - Francis Patience is graduating with a bachelor’s degree in literature, with minors in philosophy and political science from the School of Arts and Humanities. For most of his time at UT Dallas, he has worked in University Recreation as a lifeguard; he also played intramural soccer. But even with his love of sports, Patience considers himself […]

October 28, 2019 - Theatergoers may feel like they are indeed in a time warp while wearing a new LED wristband at The University of Texas at Dallas Theatre and dance programs’ production of “The Rocky Horror Show” beginning Halloween night. The PixMob light-emitting diode wristbands will be provided to all audience members; show producers say it is one […]

October 21, 2019 - Dr. Mark Rosen, associate dean of Undergraduate Studies in the School of Arts and Humanities, has been elected president of the Italian Art Society, an academic group that organizes and encourages the study of Italian art. Rosen, an associate professor of art history and aesthetic studies, examines the relationship between art and cartography in early […]

October 3, 2019 - The University of Texas at Dallas’ Center for Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to study how learning and mentoring occurs in a research lab. According to the center’s director, Dr. Matthew Brown, the work will touch on both social science and humanities research. “The […]

September 30, 2019 - The School of Arts and Humanities at The University of Texas at Dallas has three new tenured and tenure-track faculty members who bring a wide range of expertise — in gender, race and law enforcement studies, poetry and creative writing, and art history. “I am excited about our new hires, who already are very accomplished. […]

September 25, 2019 - Jacquelyn Delin McDonald, a PhD candidate of Humanities-Aesthetic Studies, was recently awarded a prestigious two-month fellowship in Washington D.C. funded by the United States Capitol Historical Society to aide her dissertation research on the German-American sculptor, Elisabet Ney. The United States Capitol Historical Society (USCHS) began its fellowship program in 1986, and since has hosted […]

August 29, 2019 - The University of Texas at Dallas has established the Center for Asian Studies, which expands its commitment to programs that previously were components of the University’s earlier initiatives, the Confucius Institute and the Asia Center. It will operate in tandem with the University’s Trammell and Margaret Crow Museum of Asian Art. This new center, reporting […]

June 24, 2019 - Senior Rebekah Rodriguez loves the complexities of science and the details of art history. A recent study abroad trip gave her an opportunity to combine her passions into a semester of inspirational research. Earlier this year, Rodriguez worked with researchers at the University of Vienna in Austria who study neuroaesthetics, an emerging science of how […]

June 13, 2019 - According to Dr. Whitney Stewart, there’s a different way to tell the story of how people lived during the antebellum period in the U.S. By looking at the objects found at old plantations, for example, the disparity of life in the South becomes clearer. “I study how race as an idea, as a construct, becomes […]

May 30, 2019 - By Office of Media Relations | May 30, 2019 Dr. David Patterson, professor of literature and history and Hillel A. Feinberg Chair in Holocaust Studies, has been appointed to the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission. The commission was established 10 years ago to ensure that resources about the Holocaust and other genocides are available to students, educators and […]