In Print & On Air
General interest media coverage of UT Dallas students, faculty, staff and leadership and their achievements.
UT Dallas Does First-Ever Teens and Text Messaging Study
(November 21, 2008) "There is way more parent-child communication in what we've collected so far than I ever would have expected." - Dr. Marion Underwood, professor of psychology read more
Make New Friends, Get Involved: Socializing is Good for Your Brain
(November 21, 2008) "It's important to act engaged in your environment, be it through learning, be it through social interaction, be it through exercise. I think what we'll find out is that what's bad is sitting home alone in a quiet room watching television." - Denise Park, T. Boone Pickens Distinguished Chair in Clinical Brain Science read more
Is Dallas at Risk of the Kind of Flood That Hit in 1908?
(November 13, 2008) "Obviously if the reservoirs are low and a 1908 rainstorm hits, then no problem, it'ys a double win: no flood and we fill the reservoirs." - Robert J. Stern, geoscience professor read more
Dealing With the Threat of Global Recession
(November 13, 2008) "Some of these 'outdated' criteria included the size of the mortgage payment relative to income, credit history, savings history and income verification." - Stan Liebowitz, professor of economics, on the relaxed lending standards that preceded the mortgage crisis read more
Executive Education Programs Can Provide New Perspectives
(November 5, 2008) "Knowledge has a way of moving at a clip that eclipses very quickly that which was gained in prior formal education. Real-world experience is invaluable, but it tends simply to repeat the same processes and outlooks rather than expanding one's exposure to new ideas." - Dr. Constantine Konstans, executive director of the Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance at UT Dallas read more
Do Attractive People Face a Beauty Penalty?
(November 3, 2008) "In people's minds, there's a stereotype that attractive people are much better than unattractive people. I think it's very difficult to live up to those expectations." - Dr. Catherine Eckel, professor of economics read more
Making The Scene: UTD exhibit celebrates America
(October 31, 2008) "Anyone who knows anything about this country of ours knows that it's a fusion of different cultures, locations, ideals and lifestyles. ... There is something inherently American in all of that variety, and what better way to see American life than in pictures." - Dallas Observer, on the "Social/Scene" photographic exhibit read more
Booming States Lure Academics From Those With Financial Woes
(October 27, 2008) "If it's true we will have a surplus, we have an enormous opportunity to come out of this much better positioned nationally and internationally." - Dr. David E. Daniel, president of UT Dallas read more
On the Whole, Index Says, Dallas is Doing Better
(October 25, 2008) "Wholeness is a moral and ethical imperative. It is also an economic imperative because, over time, cities with the greatest disparities in quality of life tend to show slower economic growth." - Report by the Institute for Urban Policy Research at the University of Texas at Dallas read more
Study Uses Data from School of Management Research
(October 25, 2008) "This mass of data was then compared against schools' output of research papers, using figures compiled annually at the University of Texas at Dallas. ... Since 1989, the authors conclude, there has been a direct correlation between the amount of academic research produced by a school and the performance of its MBA program." - Report on the effects of management research at universities read more
Kmart Sells Layaway Service to Holiday Shoppers
(October 17, 2008) "People cut back on general spending and they go from Neiman to Macy's and from Macy's to Target. People are still going to spend this time [shopping]; what changes is where." - Rachael Croson, professor of behavioral economics read more
Besting Bill Gates: UT Dallas Team Solves Pancake Problem
(October 14, 2008) "This is a mathematical Mt. Everest or intellectual challenge. It was simply a matter of trying to do something better, to learn something more, to climb this mountain." - Dr. Hal Sudborough, computer science professor and the team's adviser read more
Researcher Chats Online About Nanotubes and More
(October 13, 2008) "Since nanotechnology is the convergence of so many different fields, research requires interdisciplinary capabilities. Carbon nanotubes provide areas of research, but we have a number of others." - Dr. Ray Baughman, director of the NanoTech Institute at UT Dallas read more
Plenty of Pork in the Final Bailout
(October 10, 2008) "You had to give some of the members some cover, if not some cover, then benefits, otherwise they just plain weren't going to vote for it." - Dr. David J. Springate, associate professor of finance and managerial economics, on the bill to prop up Wall Street read more
Math Skills Suffer in U.S., Study Finds
(October 10, 2008) "The United States is failing to develop the math skills of both girls and boys, especially among those who could excel at the highest levels, a new study asserts, and girls who do succeed in the field are almost all immigrants or the daughters of immigrants from countries where mathematics is more highly valued." - report on study co-authored by Titu Andreescu, professor of math education read more
Economic Forum Addresses Mortgage Market Meltdown
(October 6, 2008) "I think it comes back to the overconsumption problem. It's not that the wrong people are consuming. It's the right people who are consuming, but they're consuming too much." - Dr. Rachel Croson, Professor of Economics; and Professor of Organizations, Strategy and International Management read more
Area Universities Emphasize Benefits of Tier One Research Status
(October 6, 2008) "It's important because our economic vitality absolutely depends on centers of creativity and entrepreneurship." - Dr. David E. Daniel, UT Dallas president read more
Some Lawmakers Want to Bring Back Death Penalty in Mexico
(September 29, 2008) "If you can learn anything from the American experience, in Texas it takes about eight to 10 years to execute somebody once he's convicted. ... The deterrent effect is elusive at best." - James Marquart, criminology professor read more
It's a Small World - But One with Tremendous Opportunity
(September 25, 2008) "Texas has in the past been and is now the energy state. To be the energy state in the future will mean more than it used to be in the sense of having oil in the ground and the technology to get oil from the ground. Our nanotechnology programs in energetics are designed to help Texas always be the energy state." - Dr. Ray Baughman, director of the Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute at UT Dallas read more
Guest Editorial: Liberal Policies Fueled Wall Street Woes
(September 25, 2008) "Now that the popped bubble has left us swimming in foreclosures, the supporters of loosened credit standards seem shy about taking credit for their "mortgage innovations." Instead, they blame subprime lenders for becoming 'predatory' - when they were simply taking the Boston Fed rules to their logical conclusion while broadening the mortgage market." - Stan Liebowitz, Ashbel Smith Professor of Economics read more
Editorial: Texas Needs More Flagship Universities
(September 22, 2008) "Lawmakers are reluctant to spend more on higher education. But with population growth, and with the competitiveness and economic edge that come with improved higher education, this is not putting money into a black hole like, say, prisons. This is how we build a better Texas." - editorial, calling for more Tier One universities read more
New Dallas Treatment Helping Stroke Patients Speak
(September 19, 2008) "It's not just the repetition per se. It's the repetition under visual feedback condition that in this particular experiment seems to be giving them the boost." - Dr. William Katz, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences read more
Wall Street's Woes Being Felt by Consumers
(September 19, 2008) "There's money out there, it's just that no one wants to loan it because they're scared they're not going to get it back." - Frank Anderson, School of Management finance professor read more
Chess Champion, Distinguished Scientist and a Role Model
(September 15, 2008) "I'm in this position where I can influence a large amount of people who are looking for encouragement. When I help students, I am fulfilling my goal to be a foremother for my daughter. It's a little healing in this wound in the side of my heart." - Dr. Magaly Spector, vice president of diversity and community engagement read more
Consensus Growing on Need for More Top-Tier Universities
(September 8, 2008) "The whole premise is to try to avoid anointing some institution - and the situation where those that aren't anointed are outraged. That seems to have been a showstopper in the past." - Dr. David E. Daniel, UT Dallas president read more
16-Year-Old is Eager to Get Started on Doctoral Studies
(September 4, 2008) "In physics, you can get a look at nature and you find that nature is so beautiful. You find a solution and it's simple, it's elegant." - Austin Howard, 16-year-old doctoral student read more
Dallas Architecture Forum Weighs in on Planned Kimbell expansion
(September 2, 2008) "One of the problems with doing anything to the building is that it is sort of the Holy Grail of museum architecture." - Richard Brettell, professor of art and aesthetics read more
Economic Relationships May Hold the Key to Peace
(August 27, 2008) "It's very important to get past this bad-guy mentality and realize that there is a way to get to everyone, and usually it has to do with producing a mutually beneficial situation - situations were both parties feel that they're gaining. Economics and economic relationships have a lot to do with this." - Dr. Lloyd J. Dumas, School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences read more
Group Plans to Cool Down Dallas by Planting Trees
(August 25, 2008) "Using remote sensing we can save a lot field work." - Dr. Fang Qui, School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences professor and consultant in tree assessment project read more
Podcast: "China and India - Emerging Technological Powers"
(August 22, 2008) "China and India are not that similar to one another, and they're both very different from the United States. The tendency is just to overreact to little pieces of information and not have much perspective about the two countries." - Kevin Finneran, editor, Issues in Science and Technology read more
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