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May 9, 2024 - By Carly OrewilerMay 9, 2024 Harnessing the universal language of art, an alumna and visionary microbiologist is on a mission to bridge the gap between science and society. Recently accepted into the Scripps Institution of Oceanography PhD program at the University of California San Diego this fall, Freya Hammar BS’21, MS’22 seems to do it […]

April 16, 2024 - by Carly Orewiler Data science senior Amogh Channashetti is what some would call an internship guru. With notable companies such as Hilton, Vanguard, and Milliman on his resume, he is gearing up for his fourth internship at Capital One this summer. Beyond his academic achievements as a National Merit Scholar in the Collegium V Honors […]

March 26, 2024 - By Caryn BerardiMarch 26, 2024 The Department of Sustainable Earth Systems Sciences (SESS), previously named the Department of Geosciences, is driving a new vision that aligns itself with a larger purpose: understanding and safeguarding the planet’s future. The name change is just one component of a broader mission to not only better reflect the department’s […]

March 18, 2024 - By Caryn BerardiMarch 18, 2024 In the ever-evolving world of science and healthcare, innovation is key to progress and advancing patient care. For Dr. William D. Freeman BS’96, this has been a driving force in his career as an internationally renowned neurologist and neurointensivist. His belief: Make it better than you found it. “Neurocritical and […]

March 5, 2024 - By Carly OrewilerMarch 4, 2024 University of Texas at Dallas Society of Physics Students (SPS) president Alison Spadaro is set to deliver remarks at the March 6 Sciences Building dedication ceremony, alongside several campus leaders including UT Dallas President Richard C. Benson. The 186,000-square-foot Sciences Building is one of the newest structures on the UT […]

March 1, 2024 - By Carly OrewilerMarch 1, 2024 Although Noor Malik loved science, mastering Newton’s laws of motion was low on her summer bucket list. It was 2018, only a couple months before she started high school, and she wasn’t particularly excited about spending a week of her break back in school. At a physics camp, of all […]

February 8, 2024 - By Caryn BerardiFebruary 9, 2024 To understand what it takes to bring a pharmaceutical drug from the lab to a patient, Dr. Elizabeth Rainbolt BS‘10, PhD‘14 says to think about it like the rolling credits at the end of a blockbuster movie. It requires a large-scale collaboration among thousands of employees, scientists and experts from […]

December 19, 2023 - by Eric Butterman From television appearances to conducting chemistry experiments with Boy Scouts, one Comet’s academic journey paved the way for an impressive array of leadership roles. Paul Micus is known for taking the initiative. In other words, group projects are his forte. Hailing from a close-knit family in Waco, Texas, he’s concurrently sharing his […]

December 11, 2023 - by Caryn Berardi Growing up in Boise, Idaho, Mia Rudin developed a strong connection to nature from a young age. When she moved to Commerce, Texas, during high school, she quickly found her stride on the basketball court. Now a successful student-athlete at UT Dallas, Rudin found a place where her passion for sports and […]

December 6, 2023 - by Caryn Berardi Air pollution lingers as a mostly invisible threat, silently weaving its way into our lives and negatively impacting our health. But what if we could actually see the composition of the air we breathe? A team of University of Texas at Dallas researchers, led by physics professor Dr. David Lary, recently installed […]

November 28, 2023 - by Eric Butterman For decades, Phillip Anderson MS’85, PhD’90, physics professor and director of the William B. Hanson Center for Space Sciences, has had a dream to unravel the mysteries of the ionosphere-thermosphere. Even as a UT Dallas graduate student in the ‘80s working with Dr. Hanson, Anderson knew understanding the upper layers of Earth’s […]

November 17, 2023 - by Caryn Berardi The University of Texas at Dallas is known as one of the top medical school feeders in the state and across the nation, but how does it stack up when it comes to dental school? The answer is not necessarily in the quantity – it is in the quality. Students aiming to […]

August 1, 2023 - by Caryn Berardi and Carly Orewiler A University of Texas at Dallas scientist who studies 2D materials and intelligent chips recently published a review article in Science highlighting an emerging field that he has been pioneering — geometric deep optical sensing — an innovative scheme that could revolutionize the way we capture, process and utilize […]

July 6, 2023 - by Carly Orewiler Driven by her unwavering love for animals and determined entrepreneurial spirit, a biology senior at UT Dallas is emerging as a trailblazer in veterinary medicine.  Madison Valdivia, co-founder of Olive Tree Therapeutics, invented the world’s first vibrating therapy vest for dogs with upper-respiratory illnesses. She pitched her startup company alongside top research […]

June 12, 2023 - Despite having a lower incidence of breast cancer, Black women in the United States face a troubling reality. According to a recent report by the American Cancer Society, the death rate among Black women is still 40% higher than white women. Researchers from The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) are taking significant strides to […]

April 5, 2023 - by Caryn Berardi Dr. Xiaoyan Shi is busy shaping the next generation of technology and science innovators — by day, as a professor and researcher, and in his spare time, as a robotics mentor in the local community. Shi is an assistant professor in the Department of Physics. His research lab, known as the Quantum […]

March 30, 2023 - Physics Society Receives 10th Consecutive National Distinction by Caryn Berardi The UT Dallas chapter of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) was recently recognized as a Distinguished Chapter by the SPS national organization. This is UT Dallas SPS’ 10th consecutive chapter distinction and one of its 22 national awards and recognitions over the last decade, […]

March 13, 2023 - by Carly Orewiler The UT Dallas Putnam Club secured its rank as No. 32 among 456 university teams after competing in the 83rd annual Putnam Competition. The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, administered by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), is a top-tier mathematics contest for undergraduate students in the U.S. and Canada. It began […]

February 20, 2023 - Physics Alum on Mission to Send Night Vision Technology to Ukraine by Caryn Berardi In 1992, Dr. Joseph Estrera graduated from UT Dallas with his master’s and PhD in physics. In 2023, he is in the process of sending more than one thousand of his company’s image intensifier night vision products overseas to aid the […]

February 13, 2023 - by Carly Orewiler Dean Carl Presnall — geologist, educator and one of UT Dallas’ founding geosciences professors — died Feb. 3 from Alzheimer’s disease at 87 years old. Presnall first came to North Texas in 1967 to join the Southwest Center for Advanced Studies, which in 1969 became The University of Texas at Dallas. His […]

November 30, 2020 - by Christina Pugliese Two new endowments to support the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics will honor the legacy of Colton William Roberts, a former student in the school who was tragically killed by a driver under the influence days before the beginning of his junior year. Established by members of Colton’s family, the Colton […]