News Archive UT Dallas > Natural Sciences and Mathematics > News Archive Benson Lauds Era of Accomplishments in State of the UniversityUTDesign Teams, Physics Professor Receive RecognitionNew Sciences Degree Expands Skills, Flexibility for Future DoctorsFeatured Symposium: Systems Thinking in BiologyIn Memoriam: Dr. Mohamed G. AbdelsalamA Look into ‘Mirror Molecules’ May Lead to New Medicines2 UT Dallas STEM Schools Announce Jointly Appointed Associate DeanCAREER Awards Bolster Studies of Nanomaterials, Nitrate, NumbersNew Hub Aims for Clear-Cut Edge in Crystallography ResearchTeam Finds Positively Brighter Understanding of How Kidneys WorkMeet the Newest Class of Eugene McDermott ScholarsRobotics Team, Aspiring Teachers Receive Recognition, AwardsResearchers Create Solution That Makes Living Skin TransparentBenson Announces Plan To Step Down as PresidentUTD’s Next Chapter: A Letter From President BensonWhat’s New at UTD? Work on Arts, Student Buildings Reshapes CampusChart Your Course, Comets: A UTD Guide for Launch of Fall Semester3 Aspiring Undergrad Scientists Receive Goldwater ScholarshipsGeoscientists Dig into Why We May Be Alone in the Milky WayResearchers Engineer AI Path To Prevent Power OutagesNSF Fellowships To Help Graduate Students Make Seismic ImpactArtist Dives Deep into Making Science Fathomable for AllRenowned Micropaleontologist Emile Pessagno, Jr. Passes Away at 91Researchers’ Vaccine Delivery System May End Need for Booster ShotsTeaching Excellence Ceremony Celebrates Year’s Top EducatorsPhysics Professor Receives Piper Honor as One of Texas’ BestCreative Scientist, Alumna Uses Art to Promote Accessibility in STEMUndergraduates Showcase Research Projects, Prowess During EventsComets Get Ready for Launch of Spring Commencement CeremoniesInvestiture Ceremony Celebrates New Endowed Professors, ChairsWind Team Advances to Nationals; Management Program Wins HonorsDistinguished Alumni, Supporters Honored at 20th Awards GalaHow to Get an Internship: Q&A with Data Science StudentUTD Remembers Longtime Chemistry Professor Dr. Christopher ParrTotal Solar Eclipse Becomes Communal Comet ExperienceInvestiture Ceremony To Celebrate Distinguished Professors, DonorsUTD Champions Make Impact on Comets Giving DaysNew Findings Reveal Clearer Picture of Expanding UniverseSpace Scientists’ New Sensors Shine Spotlight on Sun-Earth StudiesUTD Celebrates Sciences Building, Enhanced Campus GatewayComets Ready To Go for the Gold During 8th Annual Giving DaysNew Earth Sciences Faculty Drive Department's Sustainable VisionUTD To Celebrate Solar Eclipse with Events Totally Made for CometsNeurologist, Alum to Give Healthcare Career Tips in Virtual PanelExperts To Shine Light on Significance of Upcoming Solar EclipsePhysics Society President to Speak at Sciences Building DedicationInteractive Physics Camp Fuels STEM Passion in GirlsDepartment Adopts New Name for Modern Studies of Earth SciencesFrom Lab to Leader: Alumna's Journey to Advance Pharmaceutical Science at PfizerUTD Engineers, Scientists Strengthen Teamwork with PhysiciansPresident Benson: Dr. King’s Dream Starts with Each of UsConstruction Kicks Off for New Student Union, Esports CenterEarth Scientist's Innovative Tool Aims to Transform Sand Mining SustainabilityBiologists Seek Deeper Grasp on Strep Bacterium’s BehaviorQ&A with Paul Micus: Chemistry Senior, CSA President2023: A Year of Monumental Moments at UTDQ&A with Mia Rudin: Geosciences Senior, UTD Basketball PlayerMonitoring the Air We Share: New Sensor Network Comes to CampusIs UTD Closed When Severe Storms Strike? Here Are Guidelines40 Years in the Making: UT Dallas' Next NASA MissionA Mold for Excellence: Dental School PioneersMathematical Billiards Expert Covers All the Angles — in TheoryGraduate Students Showcase Research Projects at CompetitionUTD Names New Leaders in Academic Departments, Programs, CentersNewest Class of Eugene McDermott Scholars Joins UTDPartnership Provides New Benefit for STEM Teachers-in-TrainingMessage from President Benson: Statement on Middle East ConflictMath Professor Earns Regents’ Outstanding Teaching AwardDistinguished Scientist, Cancer Researcher Joins Chemistry FacultyUT Dallas Soars into Top 100 of Forbes’ Top U.S. College RankingsUT Dallas Celebrates Record Year of Philanthropic SupportUT Dallas To Lead $30 Million Battery Technology InitiativeNew Students Begin Full-Circle Journey at University ConvocationFrom President Benson: Welcome to the New Academic YearAthenaeum Takes Shape, New Campus Enhancements Emerge at UTDDeep Sensing on the Horizon: Scientist Explores Intelligent ChipsTraits of Star Teacher: Alum Wins National UTeach AwardResearchers’ Sweeping Discovery Shows How Kidney Cells Self-RenewBiologists’ Mapping Method Illustrates Paths to New ProteinsBiology Student Invents Vibrating Therapy Vest for Dogs, Wins Startup ChallengeDESI Data Sheds More Light on 3D Map of Cosmos, Study of UniverseUTD Researchers Develop Tool to Help Black Breast Cancer SurvivorsUT Dallas Recognized for Exemplary Teacher Preparation ProgramsThree Distinguished UTD Professors Earn Emeritus TitlesUTD Recognizes Year’s Best Research Mentors, Graduate WorkInnovative Educators Earn President’s Teaching Excellence AwardsTeam Creates Potentially Faster Test for Urinary Tract InfectionsStars Align for Graduates at University Commencement CeremonyPrograms Lift Students to Top of Medical School, Career CrowdResearcher Tastes Success in Winning Young Chemist AwardUTD Celebrates Newest Class of Endowed Chairs, ProfessorsPhysicists’ 2D Crystals Show Promise for Advanced ElectronicsProfessor To Receive Scientist Medal; Students Win Brain BowlVirtual Exchange Program Extending UTD Educators’ Global ReachUTD Ready To Get in the Spirit for 7th Annual Comets Giving DaysProfessor Receives Educator Award From Geology AssociationUTD To Honor Newest Group of Endowed Chairs, ProfessorsPhysics Professor Empowers Young STEM Leaders Through RoboticsUTD Honors Alumni, Supporters at Star-Studded Awards GalaNobel Prize Winner Aziz Sancar Gives Award Replica to UT DallasPhysics Society Receives 10th Consecutive National DistinctionAccolades: UTD Students Shine in National CompetitionsMeet NSM's 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award RecipientUTD Putnam Club Ranks Top 10% in Prestigious Math CompetitionTeam Brings Advancement in Organic Solar Cell Technology to LightFaculty Research Royalties To Drive Future Advancements at UTDPhysics Alum on Mission to Send Night Vision Technology to UkraineQuantum Geometry Found To Be Newest Twist in SuperconductivityProfessor Emeritus Dean Carl Presnall, UTD Geosciences Pioneer, DiesTwo Comets Shine Brightly on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 for Science ListDean of Natural Sciences, Mathematics Elected AAAS FellowNew Carbon Nanotube Yarn Harvests Mechanical EnergyPair of Stellar Comets Named to Inaugural Class of Quad FellowsPresident Benson: Offer Best of Ourselves To Honor King’s LegacyDistinguished Chemist Named National Academy of Inventors Fellow2022: A Year of Stellar Innovations, Impactful Moments at UTDSchools To Celebrate Grads’ Crowning Achievements at Fall CeremoniesWho Is More Prone to Recurrent UTIs? Bladder Bacteria May Be KeyUT Dallas Celebrates Innovation at New Richardson IQ FacilityAhmeds’ Gift Establishes New Distinguished Chair in Sciences, MathUTD Science Instrument Travels Aboard SpaceX RocketComet Voices Matter: New Initiative Seeks Student Input on NeedsMath Approach May Make Drug Discovery More Effective, EfficientScientist To Lead Expansion of Observatory with World’s Largest RadarBioengineer, Physicist Earn Recognition for Distinguished WorkBenson: UTD Making Momentous Progress in Innovation, InvestmentMeteorite Course Offered That's Out of This WorldRegents’ Teaching Award Winners Excel on Matters of Mind, CosmosUTD Welcomes Newest Class of Eugene McDermott ScholarsCosmologist Wins Regents' Outstanding Teaching AwardNew CPRIT Scholar Finds ‘Perfect’ Home at UTD To Pursue ResearchMedical Geologist Wins Petrology Group's Castaño AwardDNA Primer Initiation Sequence Captured at Molecular LevelUTD Welcomes New Experts in Public Policy, Business, SciencesNew NSF Grant To Advance Quantum Research, Education at UT DallasNew Energy Harvesters Show Potential That Fits Like a GloveSherry Awarded Medal for Work on MRI Contrast AgentsNewest Comets Welcomed to Campus at University ConvocationAccolades: Chemistry, Neuroscience Postdocs Receive FellowshipsFall 2022 Update: Keeping UTD Safe from COVID-19, MonkeypoxMessage from President Benson: Welcome to the New Academic YearNew UTD Camp Encourages Girls To Explore Expansive World of STEMTeaching Awards Recognize Math Faculty, TAs as Class ActsData Science Class's Web Apps Helped Track Spread of Covid-19Protecting Campus Health Against Spread of COVID-19, MonkeypoxResearch Scientist Returns to UTD FlockRecent PhD Grad Applies Math Models to Finance, Wealth ManagementMathematical Sciences Welcomes Faculty MembersTeaching Awards Recognize Faculty, TAs as Class ActsA Nod to the Past: Pioneering Mathematical Physicist Ivor RobinsonReminiscence of Dr. David LewisProfessor Relishes Role with Society for Applied MathematiciansTeaching Awards Recognize Faculty, TAs as Class ActsProfessor, Students, Bees Have Dallas BuzzingProfessor's Robots Take to Land, Sea, Air to Assess, Clean Up Toxic EnvironsCOVID-19 Update: UTD Resumes Guidance for Wearing Masks IndoorsInterdisciplinary Professor, EPPS Undergrads Garner RecognitionPhysicists Invent Intelligent Quantum Sensor of Light WavesPhysicists Shine Light on Solid Way To Extend Excitons’ LifeScientists Discover New Molecule That Kills Hard-to-Treat CancersUTD Honors Year’s Top Research Mentors, Advisor, Graduate WorkUTD Celebrates Innovative Educators, Teaching Excellence at EventUTD Explorers of Earth, Space, Mind Earn NSF Graduate FellowshipsUTD GSS: Telling the Story of the GeosciencesUTD Chemistry Professor, Emergency Medical Team Earn RecognitionA Night Made for Comets: UTD Celebrates Grads at Glowing CeremonyFrom Public Service to the Lab, UTD Grads Look to Bright FuturesSchools To Cap Off Spring, Honor Class of 2022 at CommencementUTD Commencement Goes Full Circle with New Ceremony for All GradsRecord 4 UTD Undergrads Earn Prestigious Goldwater Scholarships UTD To End Daily Health Check Requirement, Campus COVID-19 TestsUTeach Dallas Gets Grant To Help Multiply Number of STEM TeachersAlumnus, FSU President Cites Hard Work, Education as Keys to SuccessCommunity Unites for In-Person Comets Giving Days EventsPromise Fulfilled: UT System Program Expands Free Tuition at UTDComet Offers Wisdom to World of Prospective Graduate StudentsDistinguished UTD Alumni, Supporters Celebrated at Awards GalaMessage from President Benson: Supporting Democratic PrinciplesIshak-Boushaki Conducts Research at the Intersection of "Modern Cosmology and General Relativity"Comets, UTD Community Celebrate Colorful Return of HomecomingUTD Project Aims To Improve Equation for Math Class PlacementScientists Shine New Light on Protein Creation ‘On/Off Switch’Winter Storm Forces Cancellation of Classes, ActivitiesUTD Adds New Claim to Fame as Center of Actuarial ExcellencePresident Benson: In-Person Campus Activities Set To Resume Feb. 7Explorers of Space, Deep Earth Named AAAS Fellows for Stellar WorkRock and Rhetoric Stars: Geoscientist, Professor Receive HonorsGeoClub President Has Gem of an Experience at Perot MuseumPresident Benson: Honoring, Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.Spring 2022 Update: Classes To Start Online Jan. 18Professor Honored for Work; Comets Showcase Cybersecurity SkillsChemist Turns Biomolecules into Agents for Cancer Therapy, Cell-Delivery SystemsNew Fall Commencement Format Shines Brighter Light on UTD SchoolsUTD Class of 2021: Stellar Comets Share Journeys to GraduationGeoscientist Earns CAREER Grant To Study Earth’s InteriorPresident Benson: Thankful for Comets Staying United This FallScientists Develop Promising Vaccine Method Against Recurrent UTIUTD Plants New Seeds for Helping To Feed Community with Eco HubJindal School Associate Dean Earns Award; Chemistry Professor HonoredPhysicists Discover Novel Quantum Effect in Bilayer GrapheneBenson Praises Comets, Touts Progress at State of University AddressComets To Celebrate McDermott, Jonsson, Green on Founders DayScientists’ Engineered Protein Slows Lung Cancer GrowthMeet the Newest Group of Tenured, Tenure-Track Faculty at UT DallasAlumnus Pushes Tech to its Limits in Search for EnergyFall 2021 Update: Full Classroom Density Will Resume Oct. 4Alumna, Aiming to Predict Earthquakes, Wins AGU Graduate Research AwardStefan Receives 2021 Doherty AwardChemistry Professor Awarded $1.2 Million to Probe Organic Synthesis MethodsSummer Science Program Makes Splash with Texas TeachersUT Dallas, Undergrad Programs Earn Higher Marks in U.S. News RankingsUT Dallas Remembers Transformational Leader Dr. Hobson WildenthalUTD Aims To Advance Gender Equity in STEM Faculty with NSF GrantNobel Laureate To Recall Work with Renowned UT Dallas Physicist at LectureHigh-Quality Crystals Reveal New Physics of Topological InsulatorsUT Dallas Offers COVID-19 Vaccine Incentives to StudentsNew Enhancements Give UT Dallas Campus a Fresh Look for FallUTD Unveils New COVID-19 Testing, Classroom Measures for Fall#VaxUTD: Pop-up COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics Coming to CampusGrads Return for Comet Rite of Passage at In-Person CommencementNobel Laureate Penrose to Reminisce Work with Rindler on Spinors, SpacetimeUTD Perseverance, Pride To Take Center Stage at In-Person CommencementDelk Lab Pinpoints Inflammation's Role in Cancer GrowthWhere Are They Now? Peter Niedbalski, PhD'17UTD Encourages Comets To Get COVID-19 Vaccine, Wear Masks Indoors5 Chemistry Researchers Receive Grants from The Welch FoundationUTeach Dallas Associate Director Earns National HonorUTD Honors Endowed Chairs, Professors at Virtual Investiture CeremonySchool Mourns Loss of Geosciences Professor Carlos AikenChemistry Doctoral Candidate's Paper is Editor's ChoiceCOVID-19 Update: Daily Health Check Changes for Staff, FacultyUniversity To Honor 11 Faculty Members at Virtual Investiture CeremonyUniversity Honors Top Mentors, Advisor, Dissertations and ThesesGeophysics Professor Named Department HeadPractice Makes Perfect: Ochem Professors Create App, Website to Prepare Students for ExamsUT Dallas Ranked Among Best Value Colleges in U.S.Teaching Excellence Awards Celebrate Innovative EducatorsUT Dallas Selects New VP for Diversity, Equity and InclusionCongratulations to Spring 2021 Geoscience Scholarship winners!New Dimensions for Next Era: UT Dallas Launches $750 Million Fundraising CampaignComets To Unite for Campus Causes on Giving DaysUT Dallas Updates Guidance for Face Coverings on CampusVirtual Spring Commencement To Shine Light on Newest Class of GradsMessage from President Benson: Comets United at Home and AbroadClass of 2021: Meet 3 Stars Among Thousands of Graduating CometsState Commends UTeach Dallas for Producing STEM TeachersKesden Elected to Texas Section APS Chair LineWatch Green Fellows Present Research Online May 6UT Dallas Unveils New COVID-19 Guidelines for Vaccinated CometsAlumni Receive Research Boost with NSF Graduate FellowshipsChemists Show Their Work at Meeting in Miniature May 1President, Provost Remind Comets on Fall Return to CampusUT Dallas To Add a Bit of IQ to New Richardson Innovation QuarterLipid Research May Help Solve COVID-19 Vaccine Challenges Students Explore Summer OpportunitiesNSM Now LinkedInFormer Development Chief Delivers Professorship GiftResearcher's Cancer-fighting Drug Up for FDA ApprovalCOVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility Expands for CometsGeosciences ScholarshipsCold Storage Units Help COVID-19 Vaccines Meet Hot DemandCampus Update: COVID-19 Safety Protocols To Remain in Place Throughout SemesterUT Dallas Launches New Technology Initiative for Freshmen Starting in Fall 2021A Message from President Benson: A Year Like No OtherStudy Shows Simple Blood Test Could Detect Liver Injury EarlierResearchers’ Robots Designed To Avoid Environmental Dangers, Deliver Data QuicklyPolar Vortex and the Texas BlackoutsWomen in STEM Making StridesMrs. Rutford Announces Geosciences Graduate Student ScholarshipUT Dallas Remembers Stellar Space Scientist Dr. John HoffmanA Message from President Benson: Condemning Racist Violence, HarassmentBiochemist Seeks More Elemental Insights into How Tiny Metals Move in CellsCampus Update: New Guidance for Academics Announced; Operations To Resume MondayA Message from President Benson: Weather UpdateEditor’s Note: UTD Today Email DelayedNikki Delk Named Among 1,000 Inspiring Black ScientistsUniversity Remembers Dr. Louis “Bob” Hunt, Jonsson School Founding ProfessorHomecoming To Unite Comets Near, Far with Festivities Full of HeartGeoscientist Named New Dean of Natural Sciences and MathematicsAccolades: Political Scientist, Chemistry Professor Earn HonorsMeet Our New DeanCancer Researcher Fulfills PromiseResearchers Create Powerful Unipolar Carbon Nanotube MusclesSpring Interaction: Students Find Lab Work to Keep Them BusyGeoscience Studio Videos, Animations Bring People Back to EarthGrant Funds Cryogenic Probe Station, Fuels Research on the NanoscaleGift Helps Outfit Labs in Sciences Building, ROC WestUTD Chapter of SPS Deemed 'Outstanding' - AgainWork on Campus Enhancement Project's Next Phase Shifts into High GearA Message from President Benson: We Are Guardians of DemocracyUniversity, Graduates Set To Cap Off Year at Fall CommencementA Ceremony for All Seasons: Virtual Commencement To Honor Entire Class of 2020A Message from President Benson: Stay Healthy During Winter BreakScientist To Delve Deep into Quantum Physics with NSF CAREER Award‘Colton was magical’: Parents Honor Son's MemoryFour Faculty Members Named AAAS Fellows for Work in Science, TechnologyComet Safety: A Thanksgiving Message to the UTD CommunityAccolades: Professors Recognized for Ethics, Outstanding ContributionsNew Sciences Building's Green Features Are Pure GoldUT Dallas Celebrates Founders Day Virtually with Contest, Giveaways