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KDFW Fox 4: How to get a better response from ChatGPT or Bard

July 18, 2023

“In order to get the correct answer, you have to sort of guide it.” — Dr. Gopal Gupta, professor of computer science


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The Dallas Morning News: UT Dallas Researchers Dig Into Soil Health

July 18, 2023

“[We need] to provide meaningful, actionable data to a global community.” — Dr. Shalini Prasad, Cecil H. and Ida Green Professor in Systems Biology


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Community Impact Newspaper: Balancing Growth with Affordability in Lake Highlands, Lakewood

July 14, 2023

“If you look at the available housing in North Texas right now, or actually across the country, we have a lot less inventory available now versus pre-pandemic.” — Julie Lynch, director of the Weitzman Institute of Real Estate


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The Dallas Morning News: Baylor Scott & White Expands in Texas with Joint Ownership of 41 Urgent Care Clinics

July 6, 2023

“[Health companies] have to do this. And, if they’re not doing this, then they’re behind, and they’re gonna get woefully behind. They’ll probably get acquired by somebody else.” — Daniel Karnuta, director of the professional program in healthcare management


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Dallas Observer: This UT Dallas Student Moonlights as a Major League Cricket Star

July 6, 2023

“Once I get my undergrad degree, then I’ll basically be full-time cricket and hopefully see how far that takes me.” — Ali Sheikh, accounting junior


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The Dallas Morning News: Dallas Ban Has Airbnb, Short-Term Rental Owners Facing Tough Business Decisions

July 5, 2023

“I would think the average homeowner is not interested in living in a neighborhood where you have a hundred different sets of neighbors every year.” — Dr. Randall Guttery, director emeritus of the Herbert D. Weitzman Institute for Real Estate


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WFAA: Want To Make a Better Brisket? UT Dallas Professor Shares the Science Behind Smoking

July 4, 2023

“It comes down to understanding the science, so, you can do better at perfecting your technique.” — Dr. Jeremiah Gassensmith, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry


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KDFW Fox 4: Report Looks at the Science Behind Baby Talk

July 3, 2023

“Not only is caregiver speech associated with later language development, but it also is associated with later brain development as well.” — Dr. Meghan Swanson, assistant professor of psychology


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Dallas Innovates: See 17 UTD Student Projects Solving Real-World Challenges for Companies

June 29, 2023

Check out a sampling of past projects created through the UTDesign Capstone program.


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The Dallas Morning News: What It’s Like Inside an Autonomous Big Rig

June 29, 2023

“More advancements have to be made and incorporated into how autonomous trucking or autonomous driving is done.” — Dr. Gopal Gupta, professor of computer science


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National Geographic: A Partial Solution for Migraines and PTSD? This Approach Offers Hope.

June 28, 2023

“There’s a lot of hope on the horizon for the use of VNS for PTSD but more research needs to be done.” — Dr. Christa McIntyre, associate professor of neuroscience


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CBS Texas: Low Wind Could Hamper Wind Turbine Production in Texas

June 15, 2023

“There are only four countries in the world that produce more wind power than the state of Texas does.” — Dr. Todd Griffith, associate professor of mechanical engineering


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Community Impact Newspaper: Minority-Majority ZIP Codes Facing Lower Life Expectancies in Lake Highlands, Lakewood

June 10, 2023

“Good education leads to a good job; a good job leads to a good income; a good income leads to a good environment and also access to health care.” — Dr. Dohyeong Kim, professor of public policy, geospatial information sciences, and social data analytics and research


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The Dallas Morning News: These North Texas College Graduates Endured Life’s Challenges To Find Success

June 7, 2023

“If you endure life, you can accomplish anything.” — Joan Bernstein BA’08, MA’10, PhD’23


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The Dallas Morning News: Plano Police To Buy 50 License Plate Readers

June 5, 2023

“What are the protections to protect this potential sensitive data?” — Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, Ashbel Smith Professor of computer science


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D Magazine: My Roots: Hasan Pirkul

May 29, 2023

“I felt that I had to succeed not only for myself but also for my country.” — Dr. Hasan Pirkul, Caruth Chair and dean of the Naveen Jindal School of Management


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WFAA: The Crow Museum of Asian Art’s Massive Current Display Could Lead to Dallas Becoming Home to Largest Collection of Japanese Art Outside of Japan

May 29, 2023

“Our mission is to love and celebrate the cultures and arts in Asia all year round.” — Caroline Kim, director of development for the Crow Museum of Asian Art of The University of Texas at Dallas


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Texas Monthly: If a Texas Bee Summers in California, Is Its Honey Still Texan?

May 26, 2023

“I would make an argument that the word ‘exclusively’ should be replaced with ‘predominantly.’ It’s not as easy as stamping ‘Made in America’ on it.” — Scott Rippel MS’96, PhD’99, professor of instruction in biological sciences


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The Dallas Morning News: Scared of Needles? A Puff of Gas Could One Day Deliver Your Vaccine

May 17, 2023

“We need to move the field forward in our ability to make vaccination as painless … as possible.” — Dr. Jeremiah Gassensmith, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry


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KDFW Fox 4: Why Do Google Bard and ChatGPT Get Things Wrong?

May 15, 2023

“That’s a big problem, that it can hallucinate and create stuff that is actually not true.” — Dr. Gopal Gupta, professor of computer science


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The Dallas Morning News: UT Dallas Receives $40 million from Harry Bass Foundation for New Arts School

2023年5月9日

“It will strengthen the foundation of our scholarships, research and programming and change the trajectory of our school.” — Dr. Nils Roemer, dean of the Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Technology, and Humanities


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Austin American-Statesman: Who Was the Mysterious Man in the Pemberton Castle? A Dallas Class Found Out.

May 8, 2023

“The students love the assignment, even though it is one of the most challenging projects they have ever undertaken.” — Dr. Carie King, clinical professor


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CBS Texas: UT Dallas Students Create Firefighting Robot To Battle the Most Dangerous Flames

2023年5月5日

“It’s very fulfilling seeing that our product is going to hopefully change people’s lives and hopefully have a change in the world.” — Eman Rizvi, UTDesign mechanical engineering senior


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The Dallas Morning News: See Reasons Nonvoters Say They Don’t Vote

2023年5月5日

“This creates a cycle where only a few — usually the elites — participate in local elections.” — Dr. Thomas Gray, assistant professor of political science


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Community Impact Newspaper: UT Dallas Opens Outdoor Fitness Studio at Richardson Campus

May 4, 2023

“This Fitness Court Studio is a wonderful example of partnerships to help break down barriers to accessible community programming for living a healthy lifestyle.” — Tricia Losavio, director of University Recreation


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The Dallas Morning News: City of Dallas Likely Targeted in Ransomware Attack, City Official Says

2023年5月3日

“It shouldn’t really come as a surprise also because these attackers are never going to stop.” — Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham, Founders Chair in Engineering and Computer Science


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NBC News: Manager Titles Allegedly Given To Workers To Avoid Overtime Pay

April 27, 2023

“Companies are about five times more likely to post a job posting that says, ‘You are going to be called a coffee cart manager or a shampoo manager or a sandwich-making manager.’” — Dr. Umit Gurun, Stan Liebowitz Professor of accounting and of finance and managerial economics


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WFAA: Daily Uses for AI

April 26, 2023

“One of the really amazing things with these GPT models is that they are about language, and they become really amazing translation machines.” — Dale MacDonald, associate dean of research and creative technologies in the Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology


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FiveThirtyEight: Why Dianne Feinstein Might Actually Have To Resign

April 24, 2023

“I don’t think there’s any kind of magic test that will determine who is really effective and who isn’t.” — Dr. Richard Scotch, professor of sociology, public policy and political economy


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Dallas Innovates: UT Dallas, DMA Announce Partnership Celebrating Opening of New Athenaeum in Fall 2024

April 20, 2023

“I’m thrilled to welcome some of the finest works of art in our city to the new campus museum.” — Dr. Richard C. Benson, president of UT Dallas


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KAGS-TV: Preparing a Budget for Yourself and Your Future

April 18, 2023

“A budget is a plan, more than anything.” — Dr. Evgenia Gorina, associate professor of public and nonprofit management


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The Dallas Morning News: Omni Dallas Hotel To Light Up with Art by UT Dallas Students

April 14, 2023

“It’s a really weird and cool feeling to be able to have the opportunity to have our work go past the school borders and really like be a part of the Dallas community.” — Michael Bentley, arts, technology, and emerging communication senior


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NBC 5 (KXAS-TV): UT Dallas Students to Display Art on Omni Dallas Hotel

April 12, 2023

“I always look for opportunities to take projects that we are doing in class and get them out into the community.” — Andrew Scott, associate professor of arts and technology


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Spectrum News: UT Dallas Researchers Working To Make Injections Less Painful

April 11, 2023

“It can penetrate through [the skin] too but it’s not painful because it’s just a puff of air.” — Yalini Wijesundara, graduate student


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Texas Wants To Know: How Did Universal Pick Frisco for Its New Theme Park?

April 6, 2023

“This is going to have a huge economic impact for the area.” — Dr. James Harrington, associate professor of public and nonprofit management


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Yahoo! News: Vaccines ‘Could Be Delivered in a Puff of Air Instead of a Needle’

March 27, 2023

“We can also store vaccine formulations within it as powders at room temperature, which eliminates the need for the extremely cold temperatures many liquid vaccines require.” — Yalini Wijesundara, graduate student


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The Dallas Morning News: UTD Scientists Clear Misconceptions, Raise Concerns about Viral AI Chatbot

March 23, 2023

“This is still at a very high hype state, and until people come up with actually good reasons to use it, it may not bear the investment.” — Dale MacDonald, associate dean of research and creative technologies in the School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology


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The Dallas Morning News: A Women’s Tech Group Partners with UTD To Teach Architecture to Girls

March 15, 2023

“I think that the ability that they develop through these programs goes beyond several generations, several groups of people.” — Gaurav Shekhar, director of graduate business analytics program


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The Dallas Morning News: Following the SVB Collapse, Are Banks in Texas at Risk?

March 15, 2023

“The rising rates made the banks vulnerable, but the collapse was triggered by their portfolios.” — Dr. Gil Sadka, professor of accounting


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The Dallas Morning News: Here’s 5 Things To Know About the Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank

March 13, 2023

“We’ve been through these banking situations before and the government is going to support the banking industry.” — Frank Anderson, lecturer of finance and managerial economics

“This is problematic only if we all kind of believe it will be problematic, and we make unreasonable demands of our banks.” — Dr. Victor Valcarcel, associate professor of economics


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CBC: Is Time Running Out on Changing Clocks Twice a Year?

March 11, 2023

“It’s somewhat of a regional issue.” — Dr. Thomas Gray, assistant professor of political science


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Lifewire: Chatbots Could Be the Next Big Hacking Tool—Here’s How to Defend Yourself

March 9, 2023

“You could use AI chatbots to make your message sound more believable.” — Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, Ashbel Smith Professor of computer science


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KDFW Fox 4: ChatGPT—The Strengths and Limitations of the AI Technology

March 7, 2023

“This technology is not necessarily brand new, but it’s never been packaged up in such a nice, easily accessible way before.” — Dr. Jessica Ouyang, assistant professor of computer science


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Forbes: What Is High-Frequency Hearing Loss?

February 22, 2023

“One of the first symptoms of high-frequency hearing loss is the struggle to understand conversations due to the inability to distinguish or hear the consonant sounds.” — Dr. Andrea Gohmert, director of audiology clinical operations at the Callier Center for Communication Disorders


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The Dallas Morning News: Understanding ChatGPT, the AI Chatbot That’s Gone Viral

February 22, 2023

“It’s [predicting the next word] on a tremendously large scale, with a tremendously larger vocabulary of known texts than a human could possibly remember.” — Dr. Jessica Ouyang, assistant professor of computer science


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KRLD-AM: Ask The Expert: What Is It About Super Bowl Ads That Draws Viewers?

February 10, 2023

“It started off in the 1980s with a couple of big spots.” — Dr. Abhi Biswas, clinical professor of marketing


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The Dallas Morning News: 3 Ways To Deepen Your Relationship, from a Dallas Scientist

February 8, 2023

“Activate some of those early butterfly feelings and neurotransmitters like dopamine and norepinephrine with something different, even if it’s small.” — Erin Venza, head of clinical services in the Center for BrainHealth


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CBS News: Companies Save Billions of Dollars by Giving Employees Fake “Manager” Titles, Study Shows

February 3, 2023

“If you’re relying on cheap labor — you’re a labor-intensive company and you can get away with it — this becomes a tool that you can use to lower your costs.” — Dr. Umit Gurun, Stan Liebowitz Professor of accounting and of finance and managerial economics


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Texas Monthly: We Asked ChatGPT to Define a Taco. Here’s What It Said.

February 2, 2023

“It’s incredible technology that is able to actually pattern match and find a decent response, but it has no understanding of what it is saying.” — Dr. Gopal Gupta, professor of computer science


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WFAA: Faced with a Sad Puppy, Texas Woman Creates a New Way to Play

January 25, 2023

“She stuck her nose over the hurdle and figured out how to get the treat without actually jumping over it.” — Bradley McLaughlin, graduate student


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The Dallas Morning News: Here’s the Science Behind Diners’ Reactions to New Surcharges at 2 Dallas Restaurants

January 13, 2023

“I think the success of any of these organizations is going to be a very simple word called communication.” — Charles Haseman, director of the Center for Retail Innovation and Strategy Excellence


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KRLD-AM: Ask the Expert: Who Will Be the Speaker of the House?

January 6, 2023

“We haven’t seen something like this in 100 years, so it has to be a little bit of a surprise, because it just hasn’t really happened in any of our lifetimes.” — Dr. Thomas Gray, assistant professor of political science


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The Dallas Morning News: What Role Does Southwest Airlines’ Board Play in Fixing the Holiday Meltdown?

January 6, 2023

“Boards have a reputation for being better at dealing with crises than avoiding them.” — Gregg Ballew, executive director of the Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance


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KDFW Fox 4: Dry January Campaign Encourages People To Change Drinking Habits

January 4, 2023

“It can increase confidence and empowers a person to feel more in control of their decisions and making mindful ones.” — Kay Solomon, collegiate recovery manager


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KRLD-AM: What Can we Do To Manage Our Mental Health during the Holidays?

December 28, 2022

“Sometimes the holidays are all about what we’re sort of being sold — ‘It should be this way. It must be this way.’ — with all of this pressure and expectation.” — Dr. Lynn Winstead, senior lecturer


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KDFW Fox 4: Are Your Smart Devices Spying On You?

December 27, 2022

“These devices are built on understanding our behavior and, in the future, delivering us more ads.” — Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, Ashbel Smith Professor of computer science


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KDFW Fox 4: Professor Explains What Makes Holiday Movies So Special

December 16, 2022

“The thing that people say now about why they like these movies so much is because they alleviate stress. People find the holidays extremely stressful, and they find these movies comforting.” — Dr. Kenneth Brewer, associate professor of instruction in literature


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KDFW Fox 4: Dallas Central Appraisal District Hack Still Causing Issues

December 5, 2022

“Every city, if they don’t have a ransomware plan now, they should have a ransomware recovery plan in place by tomorrow.” — Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, Ashbel Smith Professor of computer science


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NBC 5 (KXAS-TV): Using Virtual Reality to Relieve Phantom Limb Pain

December 1, 2022

“It is tricking your brain to make you believe whatever we want the amputee to believe, but it’s not rewiring the brain in an addictive manner.” — Dr. Balakrishnan Prabhakaran, professor of computer science


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The Dallas Morning News: Star Wars to Science: Researchers Harvest Water from Air To Address Shortages

November 21, 2022

“We’re trying to get water everywhere, at any time, anywhere. That’s our goal.” — Dr. Xianming “Simon” Dai, assistant professor of mechanical engineering


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KDFW Fox 4: Is Your Employer Spying on You? Probably.

November 17, 2022

“A lot of people are referring to this as bossware or tattleware. The problem is that most employees don’t know it exists.” — Dr. Steven Haynes, assistant professor of practice in the Naveen Jindal School of Management


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WFAA: How Social Media Can Impact Your Child’s Brain and What You Can Do

November 4, 2022

“One of the beautiful things about a pediatric brain, or children, is that there is incredible neuroplasticity. If you have wired a bad habit, that you can rewire a new one.” — Dr. Julie Fratantoni MS’13, PhD’18, research scientist


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Newsweek: Do Republicans Beat Democrats in TV Debates? Here’s What Polls Suggest

November 2, 2022

“Once we get below the presidential debate level, it is not clear how many people watch/hear them [debates].” — Dr. Marianne Stewart, professor of political science

“Extrapolating from what we have learned about Presidential debates, the best assessment is that debates rarely have a decisive impact on elections and their effects can be difficult to predict.” — Dr. Thomas Gray, assistant professor of political science


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The Dallas Morning News: Over 500,000 Must Switch Obamacare Plans Because Their Insurers Are Exiting Texas

November 1, 2022

“New upstart companies come in thinking they can play in the insurance market, but it’s complicated and actuarially difficult. It’s a statistics game and you have to be really good at it.” — Daniel Karnuta, assistant professor of instruction in organizations, strategy and international management


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The Dallas Morning News: Dallas Researchers Create Molecule That Kills Hard-to-Treat Cancers

October 31, 2022

“We realize that this molecule could be very useful, and it can help other people’s lives.” — Dr. Jung-Mo Ahn, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry


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KERA News: A New Tool from UT Dallas Addresses Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Patients

October 28, 2022

“It’s very fulfilling to see this math we’re doing really help patients. We’re able to give back in some way through statistical tools.” — Dr. Swati Biswas, professor of statistics

“Understanding the type of diseases that are common in the family is very, very important.” — Dr. Azadeh Stark, assistant professor of instruction


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The Dallas Morning News: How This Cancer Researcher and Ballerina Blends Science and Art

October 26, 2022

“We would never discover the things we discover if people had blinders on when they were doing science.” — Dr. Nikki Delk, assistant vice president for research development


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CBS 11 (KTVT-TV): Eye on Politics — Hispanic Voters, Accuracy of Polling

October 21, 2022

“I won’t go so far as to say we shouldn’t trust polling, but that rather we should interpret the polls cautiously and with a bit of humility, understanding that there are limits.” — Dr. Thomas Gray, assistant professor of political science


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U.S. News & World Report: Campaigning in Sickness and in Health

October 21, 2022

“Someone who has a disability is not necessarily unhealthy. You may be blind and be in excellent health or use a wheelchair and be in excellent health.” — Dr. Richard Scotch, professor of sociology, public policy and political economy


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The Dallas Morning News: Hearing Aids Are Now Available Over the Counter — Here’s What You Need To Know

October 17, 2022

“If you do try an over-the-counter device and it doesn’t seem to work for you, consider seeking professional guidance.” — Dr. Angela Shoup BS’89, MS’92, PhD’94, the Ludwig A. Michael MD Callier Center Executive Director


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The Washington Post: You Can Now Buy Hearing Aids without a Prescription

October 16, 2022

“There will be more people that will move away from the denial aspect because financial issues have kept people away from hearing aids.” — Dr. Jackie Clark, clinical professor


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The Dallas Morning News: Nearly Half a Million Patients in D-FW Get To Keep Their Doctors — Who Pays for It?

October 7, 2022

“Their premiums are going up, and they’re saying: ‘How much can we pass on to employees without it being too painful?’” — Daniel Karnuta, assistant professor of instruction in organizations, strategy and international management


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Community Impact Newspaper: UT Dallas Pushes Stronger Focus on Arts, Culture with New $300M District

October 4, 2022

“We are widely known as a university that is strong in STEM and the management disciplines, but we are eager to be equally impactful in the arts.” — Dr. Richard C. Benson, president of UT Dallas


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KERA News: Good Sleep and Good Friends Are Good for Your Brain — UT Dallas’ New Project Will Prove It

September 28, 2022

“Just like your muscles are stronger and you feel more fit, or your cholesterol’s down, what if we could have similar metrics for the brain getting stronger?” — Dr. Sandra Bond Chapman PhD’06, Dee Wyly Distinguished University Chair in BrainHealth


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Dallas Observer: How COVID Changed the Restaurant Business For Good

September 14, 2022

“Those who are imaginative, innovative, willing to scrape the bottom of the barrel and make those pennies go further … are going to be successful.” — Charles Haseman, director of the Center for Retail Innovation and Strategy Excellence


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The Dallas Morning News: $750M UTD Campaign Aims To Attract Talent by Bolstering Research and the Arts

September 5, 2022

“There’s a lot of people at UTD who are not majoring in music or painting. They’re engineers and scientists … yet they love to play music. They love the arts.” — Dr. Richard C. Benson, president of UT Dallas


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The Dallas Morning News: UTD’s Student Food Pantry Partners with North Texas Food Bank To Help Fight Student Hunger

August 31, 2022

“The first part [of our mission] is to make sure students have food so that they can learn.” — Hillary Beauchamp Campbell, director of undergraduate programs


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The Dallas Morning News: After Zoom Meetings, Social Distancing and Work from Home, Now There’s ‘Quiet Quitting’

August 31, 2022

“When COVID pushed everyone home, it gave some people time to reflect on what they really value.” — Dr. Steven Haynes, assistant professor of practice in finance and managerial economics


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Good Morning Texas: Inflation and Recession Forecast

August 30, 2022

“Right now, it is a lot more likely that we are in a slowdown phase, but not necessarily in a full-blown recession yet.” — Dr. Irina Panovska, associate professor of economics


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EverydayHealth: FDA Clears Way for Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Sales

August 17, 2022

“Even people with minimal hearing loss may exhibit increased stress due to difficulty communicating.” — Angela Shoup BS’89, MS’92, PhD’94, the Ludwig A. Michael MD Callier Center Executive Director


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The Dallas Morning News: UT Dallas Researchers Explore Treatment To Improve PTSD Recovery

August 15, 2022

“People who have PTSD, unfortunately, show an impairment in their ability to extinguish conditioned fears, and that might be why they develop PTSD in the first place.” — Dr. Christa McIntyre, associate professor of neuroscience


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Spectrum News: Hunt for Re­placement Car Becomes More Bur­densome with Rising Interest Rates

August 12, 2022

“It was in the mid-1990s that we last saw this type of aggressive rate increase.” — Julie Lynch, associate director of the Weitzman Institute of Real Estate


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KRLD-AM: What’s Behind the Tech Boom in Sherman?

August 11, 2022

“Right now we think the northern border of the Metroplex is McKinney, and we see a massive amount of growth going up from McKinney, all the way to Sherman.” — Dr. James Harrington, associate professor of public and nonprofit management


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The Dallas Morning News: UT Dallas Helps Kids with Hearing Disabilities Grow Skills Through Summer Camp

August 8, 2022

“It mimics recess; it mimics the classroom setting, but it’s hopefully a little bit more fun and a little bit more engaging, so that they’re motivated to practice listening with that background noise.” — Amber Stehlik, speech-language pathologist and faculty associate at the Callier Center for Communication Disorders


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The Dallas Morning News: Dallas Senior Living Community Explores VR with Dementia Patients

August 5, 2022

“I think people are looking to haptics and VR because it has the power to make patients feel that it’s real.” — Dr. Jin Ryong Kim, assistant professor of computer science


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The Dallas Morning News: UT Dallas’ Dating App Research Aims To Help All the Lonely Hearts by Boosting Matches

August 4, 2022

“I think that our work could help people to find better matches sooner … and hopefully help them to find long-term relationships.” — Dr. Ignacio Rios, assistant professor of operations management


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DFWChild: Prepping for Your Kids’ First Concert

August 2, 2022

“I would advocate that [children and] adults absolutely consider wearing earmuffs or earplugs in loud environments.” — Dr. Colleen Le Prell, Emilie and Phil Schepps Distinguished Professor in Hearing Science


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The Dallas Morning News: UTD Houses Half a Million Honey Bees — Here’s How Students and Faculty Are Benefiting

August 1, 2022

“They couldn’t do it without us, and we couldn’t do it without them. It’s truly integrated.” — Scott Rippel MS’96, PhD’99, professor of instruction in biological sciences


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CBS 11 (KTVT-TV): North Texans Share How They’d Spend the $1.28 Billion Mega Millions Jackpot

July 29, 2022

“You have roughly the same chance at winning the jackpot with a single play as taking an ordinary deck of cards, shuffling it and pulling the ace, king, queen and jack and 10 of hearts off the top in that order.” — Dr. Nathan Williams, assistant professor of mathematical sciences


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The Dallas Morning News: UT Dallas Will Merge Two Schools, Creating the School of Arts, Humanities and Technology

July 28, 2022

“…the move ‘will make a statement to the entire country about our commitment to arts, humanities, and technology.’” — Dr. Nils Roemer, incoming dean of the School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology


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NBC 5 (KXAS-TV): How to Start Buying Less and Reusing More

July 20, 2022

“We need to understand how things work, we need to know how to be good stewards of them, we need to maintain them and take care of them.” — Gary Cocke, director of energy conservation and sustainability


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The Dallas Morning News: Sculptures To Be Hidden in 5 Dallas Neighborhoods as Part of Aurora’s Art Quest Program

July 8, 2022

“The best works are when you have that balance of high-tech and high-touch experiences.” — Andrew Scott, associate professor of arts, technology, and emerging communication


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Community Impact Newspaper: Growing Number of DFW Homes Sold in 2021 Went to Institutions

July 7, 2022

“If you go to an area where a majority of the houses are owned by a landlord, you end up paying higher prices, but at the same time these institutional investors help the neighborhood through some amenities.” — Dr. Umit Gurun, Ashbel Smith Professor of accounting


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The Dallas Morning News: Environmental Cleanup Robots Being Trained at UT Dallas To Tackle Hurricanes, Oil Spills

July 6, 2022

“About 25, 30 years ago … I was looking around earnestly to find a way to deal with this, because it’s a particularly pernicious problem.” — Dr. David Lary, professor of physics


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D Magazine: ‘Inevitable Change Is Afoot’: A Conversation with UT Dallas Healthcare Management Professor Britt Berrett

June 22, 2022

“The real change will be determined when the market drives it.” — Britt Berrett PhD’09, director of the Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management


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KRLD-AM: Ask the Expert: Will You Get Your Youngest Children Vaccinated Against COVID?

June 21, 2022

“I suspect by the time school is starting, we’re going to be in a position where your local family physician would be able to have that shot, just like they have the flu shot available, or your MMR shot, whatever else you need to go back to school.” — Dr. Tim Bray, director of the Institute for Urban Policy Research


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WFAA: Researchers Find Compound That Could Be Major Breast Cancer Breakthrough

June 14, 2022

“As a scientist, we can easily get trapped by our thoughts. We have to see the big picture sometimes. Hopefully, we’re making an impact on society.” — Dr. Jung-Mo Ahn, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry


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KDFW Fox 4: UT Dallas Professor Studying Ukrainian Determination

June 14, 2022

“What we were really seeing were a lot of positive statements about wanting to uphold their democracy and the independence of their government.” — Dr. Jessica Hanson-DeFusco, assistant professor of global health policy


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KDFW Fox 4: Working from Home Is Still a Thing and Here’s Why

June 8, 2022

“We’re still seeing a lot of opportunities for certain sectors to continue working from home, and that may become the new norm.” — Dr. Steven Haynes, assistant professor of practice in finance and managerial economics


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Dallas Business Journal: UT Dallas Study: Institutional Investors ‘Mixed Bag’ for Single-Family Neighborhoods, Renters

May 31, 2022

“Institutional landlords have more incentives to work on neighborhood amenities when they have more homes in the neighborhood.” — Dr. Umit Gurun, Ashbel Smith Professor of accounting