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The University of Texas at Dallas, often called UT Dallas or UTD, is a university in the University of Texas System. Despite its name, the UTD main campus is located in the Dallas suburb of Richardson, Texas, just north of the Dallas city limits. However, a satellite location (the Callier Center for Communication Disorders) of UT Dallas is located adjacent to the UT Southwestern campus, in central Dallas. The university is known for its rigorous engineering, natural science, computer science, and cognitive science programs, and its students\' average SAT scores are the highest of any public university in the stateCollege Close-Up: The University of Texas at Dallas. Peterson\'s. Retrieved on 2007-12-31.. Having an acceptance rate of 51%, UTD is the most selective public university in TexasProfile: The University of Texas at Dallas. CollegeBoard. Retrieved on 2007-12-31.. It ranks third among public universities in Texas in the percentage of National Merit Scholars in its freshman class. UTD also is known for its graduate programs in international management, economics and political economy, which offer both masters and doctoral programs. UTD is located in the heart of Telecom Corridor, and has its roots in the development of the Metroplex\'s high tech industry. Home to the prestigious Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, UT Dallas is a nation-wide leader in nanotechnology research, famous for its breakthroughs in constructing carbon nanotube yarns, transparent nanotube sheets, and alcohol and hydrogen-powered artificial muscles.
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Before World War II, Eugene McDermott, Cecil Green and J. Erik Jonsson, the founders of Geophysical Services, Inc., established Texas Instruments in order to focus on designing instruments for tracking enemy planes and submarines. Because the company was forced to recruit engineering talent from other states during its expansion, the founders observed in 1959 that "To grow industrially, the region must grow academically; it must provide the intellectual atmosphere, which will allow it to compete in the new industries dependent on highly trained and creative minds History. The University of Texas at Dallas. Retrieved on 2007-12-08.."
Therefore in 1961, the university actually originated as a research arm of Texas Instruments, named as the Graduate Research Center of the Southwest, which recruited some of the best scientific talent in the nation. The institute (by then renamed the Southwest Center for Advanced Studies) was later donated to the University of Texas system by its founders and on June 13, 1969, Governor Preston Smith signed the bill creating the University of Texas at Dallas. By law, UTD conferred only graduate degrees until 1975. Upper-division undergraduate students were allowed to start enrolling in UTD starting in 1974. In 1986, UTD established the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, which currently possesses the largest undergraduate enrollment in the university. Eventually, freshmen and sophomores were allowed by legislative decree in 1990. More recently, the university established the Eugene McDermott Scholars Program in September 2000, which provides generous scholarships to twenty of the nation\'s brightest students attending the campus each year.
Some of the traditions that give UT Dallas its distinctive flavor are Homecoming, Annual Oozeball Tournament, Ceremonial Mace, Legacy Lane, Welcome Week, Sounds of Class, and Family Day.
Although a relatively new campus, it has grown by leaps and bounds. Having more room than the UT System\'s flagship school, University of Texas at Austin, there is plenty room for growth"America\'s Best Colleges 2008". Future development for the land can be found in UTD\'s Master Plan as created in 2003. The area controlled by UTD totals 866 acres (3.5 km²), with half of that (460 acres or 1.9 km²) designated as the real limit to "campus" development. The remainder is held and strategically subdivided and sold over time to increase the University\'s endowment.
UTD NSERL Building
The architecture on campus typically exhibits characteristics of international style. Many of the buildings are a pale, off-white, precast concrete with bronze glass, bronze aluminum frames, and include unadorned geometric shapes. Examples of modern styling on campus are the Engineering and Computer Science building, the School of Management, the activities center, Cecil and Ida Green Center, the administration building and the new Natural Science and Engineering Research Lab building. These are unique in appearance, with marbled floors, large glass windows, unorthodox layouts, and in the case of the Natural Science and Engineering Research Lab, rather colorful. Facilitating rapid growth, there are also two temporary prefabricated units that serve as classrooms for many of the advanced math and science courses.
Many of the buildings are connected by a series of aerial walkways, so it is possible to walk from one side of campus to the other without exiting the buildings. The layout of the Jonsson building is particularly unusual, as its first and second floors are split by the Jonsson Performance Hall, the location of all University theatrical performances until the recent addition of the University Theater.
Starting in September 2006, the 30-million dollar UTD Campus Landscape Enhancement Project, largely funded by the wife of founder Eugene McDermott, is meant to enhance the current feel of campus. The project will encompass all aspects of landscaping on the 500 acre campus.
The first of several enhancements to be made will involve UTD’s campus perimeter and entrance roads, as well as the central plaza, where the major north-south and east-west pedestrian routes meet. Additions to the campus perimeter and entrance roads could include planting, fencing, landscaping, lighting and signage.
World-renowned landscaping firm Peter Walker and Partners is spearheading the project. PWP is also known for creating the 1000 acre Millennium Park in Sydney, Australia for the 2000 summer Olympics. They are also in charge of the World Trade Center Memorial Park. Other projects include the Nasher Sculpture Garden at the Dallas Museum of Arts.
Since the beginning of President Daniel\'s tenure at UTD, picnic tables were erected near the Multi Purpose building, new campus signs have been constructed at both Waterview Pkwy. and Floyd Rd. intersecting with Campbell Rd, and replacement of the walkway tiles has been completed.
On-campus housing for students is provided in Waterview Park, generally referred to simply as Waterview, a complex of 1,297 apartments spread across 9 phases. Phase VIII houses all freshmen who choose to live on campus. Apartments are shared by up to four students, and have individual hygiene and cooking facilities, as well as wireless network access. Leisure facilities, including clubhouses and pools, are shared between the residents of each building.
Waterview has attracted a certain amount of controversy, being dubbed "the Dorm from Hell" in an April 2005 article in The Dallas Observer. The article criticised the apartment complex as poorly designed, poorly maintained, and a hotbed of violent crime. The Dallas Observer\'s cover showed a man smothering a woman with chloroform, a reference to a rape that occurred in the apartment complex. The accuracy of the article has been called into question, since it was written by an investigative journalism class at nearby Southern Methodist University. University authorities took the allegations seriously enough to institute an internal inquiry. In 2006 $874,000 dollars in repairs were recommended by an inspection agency that was hired in response to this article (August 21, 2006) "Waterview \'adequate,\' critical repairs needed". UTD Mercury. Retrieved on 2007-10-02. . These repairs included things as simple as replacing bad smoke alarms and many other general repairs (September 5, 2007) "Action taken on WP recommendations". UTD Mercury. Retrieved on 2007-10-02. . Most of the issues in that report have been taken care of, as UTD Mercury covered in their report one year later (September 5, 2007) "WP: one year after report". UTD Mercury. Retrieved on 2007-10-02. . Beginning in late 2007, half of the campus apartments were moved under the management of a different company and renamed as University Village.
Beginning in early 2008, construction will begin on a "living-learning" dormitory-style facility. Each suite will feature individual rooms connected to a common bath and lounge area. The facility is expected to house at least 400 students, with occupancy beginning in Fall 2009.
The UTD Mercury is the official student newspaper of the University of Texas at Dallas since 1980. The UTD Mercury is published in 7,000 copies at two week intervals on Mondays during the fall and spring semesters except holidays and exam periods, and once every three weeks during the summer. Copies of the current publication can be picked up for free around campus or by stopping in the newsroom for additional copiesAbout The UTD Mercury. Retrieved on 2007-10-06..
In 2004, partly as a response to The UTD Mercury\'s unwillingness to allow part-time contributors, another student newspaper named A Modest Proposal (AMP) was formed. In contrast to The UTD Mercury which is almost all news articles, AMP features mostly editorial content. AMP is published once a month, eight times a year. Any student, faculty, or staff of UTD can contribute to the paper. Up to five editors are selected in each semester by the contributing body of AMP, and they serve the duration of the semester. Copies of AMP are available for free at the first of each month around the campus, and can also be downloaded in PDF format from their websiteAbout A Modest Proposal. Retrieved on 2007-10-06..
Radio UTD, the university\'s student-run radio station, is a young but growing force in college radio. It offers streaming music 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and also broadcasts UTD sports games. The station has been nominated twice for College Music Journal (CMJ) awardsCMJ College Radio Award Nominees 2007 (2007-09-17). Retrieved on 2007-10-03.CMJ College Radio Award Nominees 2006 (2006-10-16). Retrieved on 2007-10-03.. RadioUTD has also been featured on XM Satellite Radio Channel 43 (XMU) on The Student Exchange Program. They are the youngest station to be chosen to "take over" the airwaves for this two hour show.
There are currently fourteen national fraternities and sororities, governed by four national fraternity councils, and operating under the direction of Greek Life Coordinator Briana Lemos at the University of Texas at Dallas. Greek students at UTD do not live in traditional Greek housing, although houses occupied by four or five brothers of a fraternity in close proximity to campus are common, and are often referred to as the "Chi Phi house", or the "ZBT house" et cetera, regardless of the fact that such houses are not officially sanctioned Greek houses. Plans for a Greek Row on UTDs campus are currently under way, and are included in UTD\'s Master Plan.
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Interfraternity Council (IFC)
Multicultural Greek Council (MGC)
National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC)
National Panhellenic Council (NPC)
New Greek Organizations
Alpha Lambda Chi was a local Greek letter women\'s social sorority that existed until November of 2007 when the Alpha Lamda Chi sorority became the Epsilon Theta chapter of the Delta Delta Delta women\'s fraternity. Tri-Delta is the newest Greek organization on UTDs campus. Prior to induction of the sisters of Alpha Lambda Chi into the national Tri-Delta sisterhood, the brothers of Omega Delta Phi were the newest Greek letter organization on UTDs campus having achieved chapter status in July of 2007.
The independent movie Primer was partially filmed at the University of Texas at Dallas in 2004 by Shane Carruth. The film went on to win the Grand Jury and the Alfred P. Sloan awards at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival.
The University of Texas at Dallas athletics program started when UTD provisionally joined the NCAA Division III and the American Southwest Conference in 1998. UTD was granted full membership in the ASC in 2002, and since then the Comets have become perennial title contenders in several sports including men\'s and women\'s soccer, baseball, men\'s tennis, softball, men\'s basketball and most recently volleyball. Additionally, athletes from several individual sports have made their mark on conference competition.
During the 2002 inaugural season, the men\'s and women\'s soccer teams competed for conference championships. The women won the 2002 ASC title and UTD ended up hosting the conference tournament as well as the first round of NCAA playoffs in UTD\'s first year as active members. The success continued in 2003-04 when men\'s and women\'s soccer, men\'s basketball, baseball and softball all advanced to the post-season.
In 2005, the UTD Athletic Program claimed three ASC Championships: men\'s soccer and men\'s basketball as well as a co-championship in women\'s soccer. The men\'s soccer and basketball teams advanced to the NCAA Division III national playoffs in their sports. Baseball and softball also made its third consecutive appearance in the ASC post-season tournament.
In 2006, the Comets women\'s volleyball team claimed an ASC East Division regular season co-championship (shared with East Texas Baptist University). On 20 December, the Comets men\'s basketball team upset the University of Texas at Arlington Mavericks 78-76 at UT Arlington\'s Texas Hall and became the first Division III team to defeat a Division I basketball team during the 2006-2007 season.Unbeaten Comets Upset D1 UT-Arlington December 30, 2006. Retrieved January 10, 2007
In 2007, the men\'s soccer team won the ASC championship, advancing to the NCAA tournament. Having 8 new team players as starters and only 3 veterans, the Comets led by top goal scorers Kevin White from Houston and Mihai Cotet from Braila, Romania led the team to its second ASC Tournament title in history. The men\'s tennis program had a very successful season, beating Division II teams and advancing as far as the ASC Conference final before falling to Hardin-Simmons.
To support UTD teams and build school spirit, UTD has the Power Dancers and cheerleaders that are lovingly called "hale boppers".
UTD has grown as a collegiate level flag football powerhouse. Its 2004 Women\'s intramural flag football champs, the Killer Bees, went on to defeat many NCAA Division I schools at the Texas regional tournament, including UT Austin (in a shut-out win) where they were crowned regional champs. They progressed to the national championships where they finished third at the National Tournament in New Orleans, beating college football powerhouses Nebraska and North Carolina State along the way.
UTD played host to the 2005 Texas Regional Flag Football Tournament Nov. 11-13.
UTD played host to the 2007 National Flag Football Tournament. UTD teams placed in the Top 8 in the Men\'s and Co-Rec Division and again defeated the University of Texas at Austin, maintaining dominance in the UT System.
In the Fall of 1992 the university had an intercollegiate pistol team that won several placements in state tournaments and collegiate sectionals, in both individual and team events. The events competed in are as follows: air pistol, junior air pistol, women\'s air pistol, standard pistol, free pistol and women\'s sport pistol. One member of the team, Eric Colbath, was an All-American and went to Collegiate Nationals in 1993, 1994 and 1995 as an individual and Chris Jones went to Collegiate Nationals as an individual in 1995. The team disbanded at the end of Spring 1995 when the core members graduatedwebpage of Trident Pistol Team. Retrieved on 2008-01-18..
The school has never participated in NCAA football. It is a running joke with students and alumni that their football team remains "undefeated". T-shirts featuring the school logo, a football, and the words "Still Undefeated" are sold at the campus bookstore.
Operating under the auspices of the Office of Undergraduate Education, the UTD Debate Team is creating a tradition of success and excellence in college debate. The UTD debate team won the Cross Examination Debate Association\'s "Brady Lee Garrison Newcomer Sweepstakes Award" in Spring 1997. It has continued to grow into a nationally known and respected college debate team ever since then. The team hosted its first annual \'Fear and Loathing in Dallas\' tournament in January 2004. It is now the largest annual regular season college tournament in the region with over 325 participants, coaches, and judges in attendance. UTD first qualified a team for the National Debate Tournament in 2004 and has qualified each year since. Members of UTD debate team come from across the country and most receive some level of merit-based scholarship.
Nearly a decade ago, the university launched a chess program that quickly became a perennial contender for national championships. UTD\'s chess players have won or tied for the Pan American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship title, emblematic of the top college chess team in the Western Hemisphere, four out of the last five years. The university recruits worldwide for its chess team, and has been able to attract many International Master level players and presently includes two Grandmaster level players, Alejandro Ramirez and Magesh Panchanathan. The UTD chess team won the Southwest Collegiate Championship in March 2007, defeating colleges including archrival UT Brownsville, UT Austin, Southern Methodist University, and Texas Tech University. It also won the Transatlantic Cup in November 2007, defeating European powerhouse University of Belgrade in an international chess match "Dallas Defeats Belgrade", The United States Chess Federation, 2007-11-10. Retrieved on 2008-01-18. .
Also one decade ago, the university launched a creative problem solving organization which annually competes in the global finals of Destination ImagiNation. The university\'s teams have performed very well at the competeition, most recently taking three firsts, one second and one third against collegiate teams from across the country. UTD\'s Destination Imagination teams also host workshops for grade school students to help them gain and practice their creative problem solving skills. In 2006, UTD was presented with the Crusader Award, for its involvement and continuing support of collegiate DI.Skoyles, Liam (April 2007). Destination Imagination. A Modest Proposal. Retrieved on 2007-10-26. The university also annually awards a four-year scholarship covering tuition and fees to one senior from a high school in Texas who demonstrates excellent skills at creative problem solving, while maintaining high academics.
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Historic Rankings:
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2003: 1st Place THEATER smARTS and viDIo Adventure 2nd Place ConnecDId and A Change in Direction
2002: 1st Place It’s Your Move and Art of Improv
2001: 2nd place Mystery Loves Company
UTD offers seven different academic programs with various specific and interdisciplinary concentrations, granting bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees.Academic Programs. Retrieved on 2007-09-19.
The School of Arts and Humanities (A&H) teaches courses in literature, foreign languages, history, philosophy, music, dance, drama, film and the visual arts. A&H also includes the Arts and Technology and Translation Studies programs. The school offers bachelors degrees in Literary Studies, Historical Studies, Arts & Humanities, Art & Performance, and Arts & Technology. The school grants masters degrees in Arts and Technology (MA and MFA), Historical Studies (MA), and Humanities (MA and MAT) and a doctorate in the Humanities (PhD). Arts and Humanities - About Us. Retrieved on 2007-09-19.
The School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) focuses on the study of human development, including perception, cognitive, linguistic, emotional, social, and psychological processes. BBS includes the Callier Center for Communication Disorders which has clinical and neuroscience facilities for research in the communication sciences and disorders and the Center for BrainHealth which uses research and clinical treatment programs to understand the human brain, its healthy function, and its ability to protect and heal itself. BBS offers bachelors degrees in Psychology, Child and Learning Development, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, and Speech Language Pathology and Audiology. The school awards graduate degrees in Applied Cognition and Neurosciences (MS and PhD), Audiloogy (PhD), Communication Disorders (MS and PhD), Human Development and Early Childhood Disorders (MS), and Psychological Sciences (MS and PhD).Welcome to BBS. Retrieved on 2007-09-19.
The School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences (EPPS) offers courses and programs in criminology, economics, geography and geospatial sciences, political science, public affairs, public policy and political economy, and sociology. The school received approval for their masters and doctoral Criminology Program October 26, 2006. This made UTD the first university in Texas to implement a PhD Criminology program. Students were expected to begin classes in January 2007. The school grants degrees in Applied Sociology (MS), Criminology (BA, MA, PhD), Economics (BA, BS, MS, PhD), Geography (BA), Geospatial Information Sciences (MS, PhD), International Political Economy (BA, BS, MS), Public Affairs (BS, MPA, PhD), Public Policy (MPP), Public Policy and Political Economy (PhD), Political Science (BA, PhD), and Sociology (BA). Academic Programs. Retrieved on 2007-09-19.
The university\'s computer science program is ranked 3rd in state and 29th nationally. Its graduate program in software engineering is also ranked 2nd in the state and 24th in the world.[1] The Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science houses the Computer Science and Electrical Engineering departments as well as UTD\'s Computer Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Software Engineering, and Telecommunications Engineering programs. The school offers degrees in Computer Engineering (BS, MS, PhD), Computer Science (BS, MS, PhD), Electrical Engineering (BS, MS, PhD), Engineering Management (MBA, MS), Materials Science & Engineering (MS, PhD), Software Engineering (BS, PhD), and Telecommunications Engineering (BS, MS, PhD). Degrees Offered. Retrieved on 2007-09-19.
The Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science provides students with an internship/co-op program called the "Industrial Practice Programs", or IPP. Employers registered with IPP send internship/co-op requests to the program. IPP then compiles a list of students whose skill sets match those required by the employer and sends the list to the employer for review.
The School of General Studies provides interdisciplinary programs encouraging students to understand and integrate the liberal arts and sciences. The school also offers a teacher certification program. General Studies grants degrees in American Studies (BA), Gender Studies (BA), and Interdisciplinary Studies (BA, BS, MA). Prospective Studies. Retrieved on 2007-09-19.
The School of Management is the business and management school at UTD, offering courses in business administration, accounting, finance, marketing, organizational management, and international business. The school offers several MBA programs, including a 16-month Cohort MBA, professional MBA, and Executive Education MBA.MBA Degrees. Retrieved on 2007-09-19. The school grants degrees in Accounting and Information Management (BS, MS), Business Administration (BA, MBA), Finance (MS), Healthcare Management (MS), Information Techology Management (MS), International Management Studies (MA, PhD), Management and Administrative Sciences (MS), and Management Sciences (PhD).
The School of Management is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. According to Financial Times, the school ranks 21st in the world in research productivity[2]. Also, Financial Times ranks UTD\'s Executive MBA (EMBA) Program first in the state and tied for 10th place nationally with Georgetown University, and the 35th in the world.[3]
The School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics offers courses in biology, chemistry, geology and geoscience, mathematics, molecular biology, and physics. The school grants degrees in Applied Physics (MS), Biochemistry (BS), Biology (BA, BS), Molecular and Cell Biology (MS, PhD), Biotechnology (MS), Chemistry (BA, BS, MS, PhD), Geosciences (BA, BS, MS, PhD), Mathematical Sciences (BS, MS, PhD), Mathematics Education (MAT), Molecular Biology (BS), Physics (BA, BS, MS, PhD), Science Education (MAT).
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Texas A&M University–Commerce • Texas Woman\'s University • University of North Texas |
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