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Jasmine Kaur
Jasmine Kaur

D.C. Was an Education for Archer Fellows

Ten students completed internships in our nation’s capital last fall. Here’s what they learned from the program that has benefited nearly 2,000 UT System students, including more than 330 from UT Dallas, since 2001.

Breanna Shen

Phi Kappa Phi Chapter Has Another Honoree

Breanna Shen BS’23 won a Marcus L. Urann Fellowship, marking the 12th year in a row that a nominee of the Phi Kappa Phi chapter at UT Dallas received one of the honor society’s awards.

Priya Jacob
Priya Jacob

Priya Jacob: Breaking Down Systemic Barriers to Care

Priya Jacob, in residency training in the Dell Medical School at UT Austin, is using what she learned at UT Dallas as she works to improve the quality and affordability of patient care. She was an Archer Fellow during her time on campus.

Avinash Chivakula and Nandita Kumar 

Student-Run Competition Gets Off to Healthy Start

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 into much more than just another solution-oriented exercise. It taught lessons that its organizers, participants and judges won’t soon forget.

Parsa and Pouya Modareszadeh
Parsa and Pouya Modareszadeh

Parsa and Pouya Modareszadeh: Double Impact

Parsa and Pouya Modareszadeh, twin brothers with twin interests in biology, always planned to go to medical school.

But those plans will have to wait. The duo at The University of Texas at Dallas are entrepreneurs in a new biotech company started with their mentor, Dr. Li Zhang.

As first-year students in 2019, they were flattered when Zhang, professor of biological sciences in the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and holder of a Cecil H. and Ida Green Distinguished Chair in Systems Biology Science, approached them about starting a biotech company.

Cari Reinert
Cari Reinert is the first UT Dallas student to be chosen for the Brooke Owens Fellowship, which recognizes exceptional undergraduate women and gender-minorities with space and aviation internships. She aims to combine her future work in the space industry with global conservation and environmental justice efforts.

Scholar Aims To Take Pursuits Higher with Brooke Owens Fellowship

International political economy senior Cari Reinert, a Eugene McDermott Scholar, has become the first University of Texas at Dallas student to be selected as a Brooke Owens Fellow.

The fellowship awards exceptional undergraduate women and gender-minorities with space and aviation internships, senior mentorships and a lifelong professional network. This year, 47 fellows were chosen from more than 1,000 applicants based on their “incredible talent, desire to pursue a career in aerospace, standout creative abilities, record of leadership and … commitment to their communities.”

Hobson Wildenthal Honors College Welcomes New Dean

Dr. Donal Skinner
Dr. Donal Skinner

Dr. Donal Skinner, who led the honors programs at Ohio University and the University of Wyoming, has joined The University of Texas at Dallas as dean of the Hobson Wildenthal Honors College, effective Jan. 17

Skinner, an accomplished educator, researcher and academic administrator with more than 25 years of experience, had been the dean of the Honors Tutorial College at Ohio University since 2019 and served as the inaugural dean of the Honors College at the University of Wyoming from 2017 to 2019.