Category: History

The University of Texas at Dallas honored its latest endowed chairs and professors along with their supporters at an investiture ceremony before honorees’ families, colleagues and friends April 17 in the Edith O’Donnell Arts and Technology Building Lecture Hall. “UT Dallas is one of the nation’s youngest premier research universities,” Dr. Richard C. Benson, UT […]

Harold Williams BA’13, MA’14, PhD’24 admits he was a terrible high school student. Regardless, education has always been an important part of his life, culminating with a PhD in the history of ideas from The University of Texas at Dallas at the age of 72. From a Vietnam veteran to a horse wrangler to a […]

The Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology at The University of Texas at Dallas mourns the recent passing of Dr. David F. Channell, one of the University’s longest-serving educators.

Dr. Paula Cuellar Cuellar, an oral historian of modern and contemporary Latin American history, seeks to shed light on the stories of people traditionally marginalized by society during periods of human rights violation and mass violence. Cuellar Cuellar, who recently joined The University of Texas at Dallas as an assistant professor of history and a […]

Hillel Feinberg recently made a $100,000 gift to increase the endowment for the Hillel A. Feinberg Distinguished Chair of Holocaust Studies, thus extending his legacy of support for the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies at The University of Texas at Dallas. Feinberg, who is chairman emeritus of Hilltop Securities Inc., established the endowment in 2007 […]

UT Dallas, recent graduate Arlin Khan BA’24, BS’24 developed a robust skill set based on her diverse academic experiences in pre-med, history, communications, neuroscience, and humanities, preparing her to excel in her future medical career.

Dr. Whitney Nell Stewart Dr. Whitney Nell Stewart, assistant professor of history in the Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology at The University of Texas at Dallas, has been awarded a pair of research fellowships to study at George Washington’s Mount Vernon and Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. She is among 23 George […]

The University of Texas at Dallas honored its newest group of endowed chairs and professors – including three outstanding faculty members of The Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology – during its 2024 Investiture Ceremony at the Edith O’Donnell Arts and Technology Building Lecture Hall on April 18. The ceremony celebrated […]

Twenty-seven members of the UT Dallas Chamber Singers set out on an eight-day concert tour – starting in the Polish city of Kraków on March 9 and culminating in Berlin, Germany – marking the second occasion that a UT Dallas choral ensemble has embarked on an international tour. Under the direction of Associate Dean of […]

Students at The University of Texas at Dallas, Dr. Nils Roemer, dean of The Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, & Technology, and members of the dean’s advisory council spoke to faculty, alums, and supporters about the impact of scholarships and financial aid at SP/N Gallery on April 4. At the Comets Giving […]