Category: Academic Affairs

UT Dallas further develops academic leaders through Lead UTD, which Dr. Inga Musselman started when she became Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost. Musselman, program administrator Dr. Serenity Rose King and the faculty participants have a lot to say about why it’s important.

The 2024 winners of the Provost’s Award for Faculty Excellence in Research Mentoring are Dr. Shalini Prasad (graduates) and Dr. Benedict Kolber (undergraduates). It’s easy to see why they’re good at what they do — they’re passionate about it.

The 2024 Polykarp Kusch Lecture was delivered by Dr. Alain Bensoussan of the Naveen Jindal School of Management. Afterward, he had even more to say about why mathematics is so important.

Short-term Working Groups teach students skills that build their confidence and often could be applied to their post-graduate careers.

The Short-term Working Groups have ranged from the futuristic (making “space bricks”) to the prehistoric (creating a wooden 14-foot dinosaur, “Gertie”).

Dr. Salena Brody needed assistance with a big project and wondered if students would want to help. Did they ever. Their enthusiastic response paved the way for the Short-Term Working Groups.

The new Short-term Working Groups (SWGs) at UT Dallas are providing new research opportunities for students from all majors — even students who have never done research before. First of a series.

The Office of the Provost has added two new associate provosts, Dr. Sean Cotter and Dr. Meghna Sabharwal.

By Rick Vacek | December 8, 2023 Higher education often is about finding solutions in exams, projects, research or, in the case of Nandita Kumar and Avinash Chivakula, a highly successful student initiative. The sophomores in the Hobson Wildenthal Honors College at The University of Texas at Dallas turned the inaugural Global Health Case Competition […]

The Eugene McDermott Library is filled with student-friendly resources, starting with the eager-to-help staff. But the key to using it successfully is to be proactive.