Archive: 2021

May 23, 2021 - Congratulations to the 2021 spring graduates from the School of Arts and Humanities! Among the University of Texas at Dallas graduating class there are 47 who are earning bachelor’s degrees, 11 who are earning master’s degrees and 12 who are earning doctoral degrees. Dr. Nils Roemer, interim dean of the School of Arts and Humanities, […]

May 20, 2021 - We are so proud of our graduates this semester — and year! The University of Texas at Dallas has produced a hub for finding all things related to Spring 2021 graduation. We decided it would be nice to put the spotlight on several of our students who were featured by the University as a whole. […]

May 7, 2021 - Spring marks a particularly unusual milestone for University of Texas at Dallas students: This season’s graduates will be the second group of May graduates since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Although the pandemic affected nearly every aspect of life, including the university experience, UT Dallas students have persevered and embraced opportunities to create and achieve academic success. […]

April 23, 2021 - Students from the Dance Composition and Production Collaboration class will be performing unique compositions and designs in a public, final project next month. The performance, Composition Jumpstart3, will be presented in a streaming format offered for public viewing on the Arts and Humanities YouTube channel May 6, 7, and 8. DANC 3342 is taught by Chris Treviño […]

April 23, 2021 - The School of Arts and Humanities is presenting the classic Greek play, “Oedipus the King.” The show will be live-streamed April 15-17 at 8 p.m. and April 22-24 at 8 p.m. “Oedipus the King” is a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Sophocles, first performed in about 429 BCE. It was the second of Sophocles’ […]

April 23, 2021 - A new book by Dr. David Channell, professor of Arts and Humanities, will be part of a series from Routledge publishing, called Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine. The book, about George Wilson, a Scottish chemist, should be finished by this summer and published next year. According to Channell’s research, Wilson’s textbook […]

April 23, 2021 - Art from seven UT Dallas graduate students is being featured at Gallery SITE131, a Dallas nonprofit dedicated to spotlighting new art from Texas, America, and abroad. “Paired Picks: UTD graduates” will be exhibited through May 22, 2021. According to a release from SITE131, artworks by each of the seven artists are uniquely different, exposing the […]

April 23, 2021 - Dr. Kimberly Hill, assistant professor of history, recently presented the Stanton Sharp Lecture for the Southern Methodist University Clements Department of History. Dr. Hill’s theme of “Teaching Through a Pandemic” drew from current events; from her ongoing research on Christian activism; and from her first book, A Higher Mission: The Careers of Alonzo and Althea […]

April 23, 2021 - This year’s Sherry Clarkson Prize for the best graduate student paper delivered at the 2021 RAW Conference goes to Shivika Mathur for her paper “Practical in the Extreme”: Hyperbole and (Dis)enchantment in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper.” Shivika is a literature Ph.D. student and TA, teaching Rhetoric 1302. Her presentation, ‘“Practical in the Extreme:” […]

April 23, 2021 - The School of Arts and Humanities has updated its website. The new design makes it easier to find the most relevant site pages, while making the site more readable. According to Dr. Nils Roemer, interim A&H dean, there were several goals in the redesign, such as bringing a more modern, clean look and increasing the […]