Video Saturday: “The Lovelys”
A lovely little short film from students at the Art Institute.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Colleges & Universities
Colleges & Universities
Texas Woman’s University Biology Professor Dr. Lynda Uphouse named 2008 Piper Professor
The award, which includes a $5,000 stipend, was created in 1958 to honor outstanding teaching in Texas colleges and universities.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Art Institute of Dallas announces 3rd annual Art to the Rescue Soirée
Proceeds from this May 17 event will benefit Animal Rescue of Texas.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
TCU offers free hearing screenings
"Can you hear me now?"
Did you know that May is national Better Hearing and Speech Month? (Say again?)
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
City of Arlington considering ban on plastic bags
The bags are the largest source of litter within the city and cost $1.4 million to clean up.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
UT Arlington alum, students’ DNA-exoneration efforts featured on 60 Minutes
The three students worked to free James Woodward, a Dallas man who was recently released after 27 years in prison.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Texas Christian University’s radio-TV-film students premiere TV pilot
Eager to familiarize themselves with all facets of television production, the students preceded the screening with a red carpet ceremony.
Sunday, May 4, 2008
DFW Association for Business Economics hands out outstanding student awards
Cristina Pereira of TCU won first place and $1,000 for her essay, Does Financial Development Lead to Higher Economic Growth?
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Texas Woman University schedules spring commencement May 10
Approximately 802 undergraduate and 669 graduate degrees will be awarded during the three ceremonies.
Friday, May 2, 2008
Ann Williams to receive prestigious honor from TWU
Mrs. Williams is the founder & Artistic Director of the world-renowned Dallas Black Dance Theatre.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
ExxonMobil, employees, retirees donate more than $36 million to colleges & universities
ExxonMobil Foundation program matches employee donations 3:1.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
The Catholic Foundation awards $676,000 in grants to Dallas-area schools
Grants will help fund education, outreach and infrastructure projects.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
SMU president vetoes campus pub concept, approves adding Friday morning classes
I would write a better tease but I'm too hungover.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Former U.S. Comptroller speaks at UTD
First rule of holes (ignored by Washington, says speaker): "when you're in a hole, stop digging."
America is "addicted to debt," warned David Walker during his address to North Texas business leaders.
Monday, April 28, 2008
D-FW experts of all kinds recruited for upcoming Expelled panel
So, a biologist, film professor and Creation Institute editor walk into a theater...
Monday, April 28, 2008
UT Dallas, Brazilian researchers discover new potential for nanotube sheets
They found that sheets of carbon nanotubes can produce "bizarre" mechanical properties that could be used for artificial muscles, gaskets or sensors.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
TWU presents annual spring fashion show May 2
"Students each year work diligently to create a visually exciting event."
Saturday, April 26, 2008
TWU Carolyn Barnes receives Distinguished Achievement Award from Council for Advancement and Support of Education District IV
The award is the highest honor given by CASE District IV to advancement professionals. Barnes received the award for her leadership and service to the profession, TWU and to CASE.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
UNT goes ‘green’ with new building to set the stage for future
The new Life Sciences Building is set to be certified "green" through the LEED Green Building Rating System. (Photo by Charlie McRae of North Texas Daily)
Friday, April 25, 2008
UNT Dance professor and students invited to national competition
War-themed dance piece is going to New York.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
UPDATED: Dallas mayor leads trade mission to China
Trip will promote trade, investment, tourism and non-stop flight
Council members have visited Tiananmen Square and signed a friendship agreement with Qingdao.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
UTD Polykarp Kusch Lecture Series features geophysicist
George McMechan will talk about 3-D imaging of Earth's energy resources
Developing procedures for using nine-component seismic data and cluster computing? I'M ALL OVER IT, DUDE!
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Memoir author Ishmael Beah to speak at TCU
Handed a rifle at the age of 13, Mr. Beah now prefers the pen.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Cake team from Art Institute of Dallas to compete in California in August
Heather Sapp and Charlie Edwards won first prize with an American-themed cake.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Maestro Anshel Brusilow to conduct final concert with UNT Symphony
Brusilow is retiring after a UNT career spanning 35 years.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Denton and Texas Woman’s University work together on May is “Exercise is Medicine” month
Mayor McNeill said that physical inactivity and obesity are two major public health problems, not only in Texas and the United States, but also across the globe.
Friday, April 18, 2008
UTD’s McDermott Library to host Doolittle Raiders
Surviving aviators of a fabled WWII mission share their 2008 reunion with conference attendees.
Friday, April 18, 2008
UTD’s “Silenced Voices” concert to honor art’s Holocaust victims
Silenced Voices: A Concert of Remembrance will feature music and poetry by artists who died in the Holocaust.
Friday, April 18, 2008
Dallas law firm Gardere Wynne Sewell announces winner of McCleary Leadership Scholarship
The $7,500 scholarship is presented every year to a second-year student at SMU's law school.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
SMU Earth Day events include plenty of stuff actually happening prior to Earth Day
Why wait until April 22 to get your green on? From recycling competitions to student leadership training, there's something on the agenda to tickle everyone's environmentally-friendly fancy.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
TCU Nietzsche symposium kicks off this Thursday (April 17)
Here's what most people know about Nietzsche: he's the guy who said, "God is dead." Want to know more? Here's your chance.
"God is dead." - Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead." - God. "Let's present a symposium!" - TCU.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
TCU and Texas Woman’s open classic theater productions for this week only
You only have a few days to see Hamlet and/or Hedda Gabler.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
National Science Foundations, UT Dallas offers $2.7 million to get kids into computer science
All of the children. Get all of the children into these computers.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
UTD Theatre set to open MONKEY: The Quest to the West
Follow the story of the supernatural trickster Monkey.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
UNT’s journalism department to become its own college
The department, which currently sits under the College of Arts and Sciences umbrella, is planning to break off on its own in fall 2009.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Art Institute of Dallas now offering evening and weekend programs
The program is designed for working adults who can't attend class during traditional business hours.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
UNT lacks diversity in faculty
Of the 539 tenured faculty members in the fall of 2007, 453 were white, 31 were Asian, 20 were black and 19 were Hispanic.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
UNT master’s programs win national recognition, No. 1 rank
The School of Library and Information Sciences and the Department of Public Administration were both recognized by U.S. News and World Report.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
UNT students join walkout in war protest
Over 40 students, community members, and supporters gathered in the Free Speech Area on the UNT campus Monday.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
UTD to host Border Patrol job fair
Criminal Justice grads: here's your chance to become a part of the vast government bureaucracy that is the Department of Homeland Security.
The U.S. Border Patrol plans on hiring 6,000 new agents in the next two years.
Monday, April 7, 2008
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