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  • McDermott Scholar Will Further Her Arabic Studies as Boren Scholar May 23, 2019 -

    Elizabeth “Tess” Helfrich, a biology and historical studies junior at The University of Texas at Dallas, hopes a distinguished scholarship will provide the next step in her journey toward practicing emergency medicine overseas. Helfrich is the first Eugene McDermott Scholar to receive a Boren Scholarship from the National Security Education Program. She will spend the […]

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  • Graduating Navy Veteran Completes 30-Year Academic Mission May 13, 2019 -

    University of Texas at Dallas senior Angela Cheryl Willis joined the Navy at age 18 for one reason: She needed a way to pay for college so she could pursue her lifelong dream of a career in the arts. Thanks to the military education benefits she earned from four years of active duty and two […]

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  • Professors Open Up About Their Favorite Books April 23, 2019 -

    A happy World Book Day to bibliophiles everywhere! As a tip of the hat to the celebration, UTD Magazine asked a handful of faculty members to share influential books in their lives. Dr. Kenneth Brewer School of Arts and Humanities Middlemarch By George Eliot “I first read Eliot’s massive Victorian novel as an undergraduate, and […]

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  • Fred Curchack, Theater Professor, Actor, Playwright, Musician or Performance Artist? April 19, 2019 -

    Fred Curchack dodges labels. Is the 71-year-old Dallas theater professor an actor, playwright, musician or performance artist? He’s all of them and something else, too: his own man. While he has directed and appeared in other people’s work, Curchack earned the moniker “true renaissance theater artist” — an honor bestowed on him in 2010 by […]

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  • Alumna Follows Familiar Script to Comedy Fame by Joining Groundlings February 7, 2019 -

    A UT Dallas alumna has taken her penchant for comedy and improvisation to Los Angeles, where she is honing her craft through classes at The Groundlings Theatre & School. Emily Joyce BA’15 enjoys comedy and hopes to make it to a big stage where she can impact a lot more people. “I am an entirely […]

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  • Before They Were Fab The Beatles graphic February 4, 2019 -

    Dr. Zsuzsanna Ozsváth has an endless supply of stories to tell. Some are heartbreaking, and others are full of mirth. This is one of the latter. The tale begins in 1962 when Ozsváth and her late husband, Dr. Istvan Ozsváth, stepped out for supper with some friends in Hamburg, Germany. When they arrived at the […]

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  • Carolyn Brown Photo Exhibit Kicks Off Spring Series at SP/N Gallery January 24, 2019 -

    The Edith O’Donnell Institute of Art History at The University of Texas at Dallas recently opened a retrospective exhibition of photography by Carolyn Brown, who is known for her architectural pictures of the Middle East, Latin America and Texas. UT Dallas President Richard C. Benson joined Dr. Richard Brettell, director of the O’Donnell Institute, the Margaret […]

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  • Crow Family Gives Complete Asian Art Collection, $23 Million to UT Dallas -

    The Trammell and Margaret Crow family has donated the entire collection of the Trammell and Margaret Crow Museum of Asian Art, together with $23 million of support funding, to The University of Texas at Dallas to create the Trammell and Margaret Crow Museum of Asian Art of The University of Texas at Dallas. The University […]

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  • Defining Moment: Center for Translation Studies Marks 40th Anniversary October 29, 2018 -

    The UT Dallas Center for Translation Studies, one of the oldest academic centers for literary translation in the U.S., recently marked its 40th anniversary. The center was created in 1978 by Dr. Rainer Schulte, professor of arts and humanities and the Katherine R. Cecil Professor in Foreign Languages, with the purpose of fostering and promoting […]

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  • Frankenstein Story’s Meaning Is More Than Monstrous, Professor Says October 25, 2018 -

    On the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, a UT Dallas professor said the book is much more than a scary Halloween story. According to Dr. Sabrina Starnaman, clinical assistant professor in the School of Arts and Humanities who teaches a class about the book, Frankenstein offers a thought-provoking look at science and […]

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