Archive: 2020

July 23, 2020 - While the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted our work and relationships, the School of Arts and Humanities at The University of Texas at Dallas is looking forward to welcoming our talented student artists back to campus in the fall. The school has acquired additional space on campus to accommodate social distancing during classes, practices and performances. […]

July 23, 2020 - Kathryn Yates (M.A. History of Ideas, 2018) and Dr. Kimberly Hill (History faculty) have joined the new Equal Justice Initiative Coalition of Dallas County. The coalition is part of a larger community remembrance project initiated by the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) in Montgomery, Alabama. The coalition will provide public conversations about the history of racial violence […]

July 23, 2020 - Dr. Kimberly Hill (History faculty) was featured in this year’s university-wide Juneteenth Celebration. In lieu of the annual on-campus celebration with live music and guest speakers, eight members of the UTD community described the significance of previous Juneteenth commemorations and their hopes for future racial justice. Hill focused on a photograph from 1900 that features […]

July 23, 2020 - The School of Arts and Humanities would like to honor and thank three long-time faculty members who are retiring. Milton Cohen retired May 31 and Fred Turner and Zsuzsanna Ozsváth will retire Aug. 31. Fred Turner Dr. Fred Turner is a poet, a cultural critic, a playwright, a philosopher of science, an interdisciplinary scholar, an […]

July 23, 2020 - This year’s Comets Giving Day will be from Aug. 5 at 10 a.m. to Aug. 6 at 6:49 p.m. To kick off the event, the Office of Development will be hosting a socially distant Comets Giving Day parade around campus on Aug. 5. Much like UT Dallas’ door decorating contest, challenge funds will be awarded […]

July 23, 2020 - Faculty in the Visual and Performing Arts have spent the summer researching the best options to deliver their classes and are finalizing plans for the fall. Although in many cases formats have yet to be determined, information on many classes will soon be available. Some classes will be held in person and online delivery formats […]

July 22, 2020 - Inspired by a common love of travel and worldly experiences, Rob Kendall and Tony Holmes are honoring their longtime friend and colleague Dr. Richard Brettell, founding director of the Edith O’Donnell Institute of Art History at The University of Texas at Dallas, with a major planned gift to fund transformative travel experiences for University students. […]

July 3, 2020 - A literature junior at The University of Texas at Dallas who was frustrated by the toxic rhetoric on social media launched a campaign this summer to engage people in face-to-face conversations about race. Nifa Kaniga, who is Black, has taken to the streets three days a week from noon to sunset in his mostly white […]

June 23, 2020 - John Baptist Nguyenryant Sophomore John Baptist Nguyen has been selected to National Flute Association’s Collegiate Flute Choir and NFA’s C.R.E.A.T.E.(Creating Resources through Engagement, Artistry, Teamwork, and Entrepreneurship) Project Competition. Due to COVID-19, all of the events will be presented at the NFA’s 2021 convention in Washington D.C. Nguyen has played in the UT Dallas Wind […]

June 23, 2020 - Ciara Elle Bryant Since earning her Bachelor’s degree in Art and Performance from UT Dallas in 2016, visual artist Ciara Elle Bryant has exhibited widely in the Dallas area, including a solo installation, Server, in Echo Stop, at Ex Ovo and Sweet Pass Sculpture Park, and in a solo exhibition, Invisible, at the South Dallas Cultural […]