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In Moses Pendleton’s world, brightly colored tutus transform dancers into marigolds. Strategically placed lights switch them into abstract Holstein cows. And sunflowers serve as endless muses. With visual creations spanning film, television, opera and ballet, Pendleton, founder and artistic director of the dance theater company MOMIX, has been selected to receive The University of Texas […]

As the academic year comes to a close, the History and Philosophy Programs at the Bass School are proud to recognize the exceptional accomplishments of its faculty. This year has been marked by milestones in teaching, research, and professional service, demonstrating the continued excellence and dedication of the program’s scholars. Promotions and Advancements This year […]

Grace Kang, a senior design and arts, technology and emerging communication student, has always been driven by curiosity. She is passionate about learning the wide array of techniques and skills that are associated with her preferred art form: graphic design. Her eagerness to learn in an expansive creative environment brought her to the Harry W. […]

The Faculty Mentoring Program usually allows two colleagues to build a relationship and share information over the course of an academic year. It is designed to be casual and carefree as it builds collegial comfortability. But for Dr. Kathryn Evans and Dr. James Wilder of the Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and […]

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 […]

The University of Texas at Dallas received a record 3,141 gifts and raised more than $1 million for the sixth consecutive year during the ninth annual Comets Giving Days on April 9-10. The annual fundraising event brought in $1.1 million to benefit 128 UT Dallas groups. The Basic Needs Resource Center, which opened last fall, […]

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 […]

Friends and family continue to honor the life and legacy of Enric Madriguera MS’84, PhD’93 nearly a year after the death of the longtime University of Texas at Dallas professor. Richard Kurjan MA’82, a 2024 UT Dallas distinguished alum, established the Enric F. Madriguera Guitar Fund to support the guitar studies program and its students. […]

New $5 million partnership aims to enhance safety and efficiency in aviation maintenance using XR technologies Richardson, Texas – [2/11/2025] – The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are embarking on a groundbreaking research initiative focused on the application of Extended Reality (XR) technologies—such as virtual reality (VR), augmented […]

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.