Tag: Roemer; Nils

The UT Dallas Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, in collaboration with the Harry W. Bass School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology, hosted an enlightening discussion with Alyson Richman and Shaunna J. Edwards, authors “The Thread Collectors: A Novel” on Sunday, September 10, 2023. On Sunday, Dr. Nils Roemer, dean of the Bass School, and […]

The Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology at UT Dallas recently announced a major gift from alumnus Richard Kurjan MS’82 to name the school’s Center for Translation Studies after its founder, Dr. Rainer Schulte. According to Kurjan, the gift acknowledges the world-renowned expert in literature translation who he credits with deeply […]

The Harry W. Bass Jr. Foundation has made a $40 million gift to The University of Texas at Dallas to support the School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology (AHT). The landmark gift — which will name the school the Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology — will build upon the school’s […]

University of Texas at Dallas donors contributed more than $2.5 million to 143 campus groups during Comets Giving Days on April 19-20. A record-breaking 2,959 gifts were made during the seventh annual two-day fundraising event. The Karbala Center for Humanity made one of the largest single gifts, contributing $136,000 to the School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology (AHT). The […]

The University of Texas at Dallas will recognize 14 outstanding faculty members at its 2023 Investiture Ceremony, to be held April 14 at 2 p.m. in the Edith O’Donnell Arts and Technology Building Lecture Hall. The event honors faculty members who have recently been named to endowed professorship and chair appointments. The ceremony also recognizes […]

An animated short film about the Holocaust, produced by University of Texas at Dallas faculty and students, is gaining international attention. “A Lasting Image” is a stop-motion animation project that captures one person’s experience during the Holocaust. The film has been accepted into several festivals – including one in Ukraine — and recently won an […]

The science of psychiatry and psychology is not always black and white, says Dr. Jonathan Tsou. The new professor of philosophy in the School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology should know; he has made it his mission to help people think carefully about mental disorders. “I address questions such as whether some kinds of classification for mental disorders […]

While some kids were boarding buses to head off to camps in faraway places, more than 150 kids from homeless and domestic violence shelters had a true getaway experience from Monday, June 27, to Friday, July 1, at Rainbow Days‘ 26th Annual Kids’ University. Unlike other camps, this one provided the youngsters with everything from […]

A $1.1 million gift from the Edward and Wilhelmina Ackerman Foundation continues the family’s multigenerational support of the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies at The University of Texas at Dallas. The gift will enhance the center’s internationally recognized scholarship while expanding its outreach mission through online learning. “Today, the lessons of the Holocaust are more […]

The University of Texas at Dallas will enhance the arts on campus with the merger of two schools this fall. The School of Arts and Humanities (A&H) and the School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication (ATEC) will combine to form one larger school focused broadly on the arts and humanities and will be known […]