Innovative Startups, Ideas Win Big Prizes at Pitch Competition University of Texas at Dallas students, alumni and researchers shared their innovative business initiatives while competing for $170,000 in cash and scholarship prizes during the 2023 Big Idea Competition finals on May 19 at the Blackstone LaunchPad facility on campus. Hosted by the Institute for Innovation […]
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Innovative Startups, Ideas Win Big Prizes at Pitch Competition

Students Shine at Spring’23 Graduation Ceremonies

Students Shine at Spring’23 Graduation Ceremonies Graduation represents the conclusion of a journey and the accomplishment of a goal. Fifty years after its inaugural commencement ceremony, The University of Texas at Dallas capped off a day full of history with a stellar celebration for its most recent graduates. UT Dallas celebrated graduation this spring with […]
CS Student Speakers Inspire at University Commencement Ceremony

CS Student Speakers Inspire at University Commencement Ceremony Below are spring’23 CS graduation commencement speeches made by Cady Baltz, BS in CS, and Sukanya Baichwal, MS in CS. Below is Cady Baltz speech. Hello everyone! I am so honored to be a part of this day as we celebrate the Class of 2023. I also […]
ACM UTD Named Top Chapter for School Service

ACM UTD Named Top Chapter for School Service Recently, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) student chapter at The University of Texas at Dallas (ACM UTD) was recognized as the top ACM chapter for school service in 2023 and was awarded the 2022-2023 ACM Student Chapter Excellence Award for “Outstanding School Service.” Out of approximately […]
The Last Word: Dr. Kangkook Jee on How UTD Students Are Making Their Mark in National Competitions

A team of UT Dallas students placed fourth in the U.S. in the 2022 National Security Agency (NSA) Codebreaker Challenge, which tasked college students with solving a fictional ransomware attack.
UT Dallas CS Hosts 2023 Spring IEEE International Contest on Software Testing

UT Dallas CS Hosts 2023 Spring IEEE International Contest on Software Testing The Computer Science Department at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), in conjunction with the Technical Committee of System and Software Assurance of the IEEE Reliability Society (RS) and the RS Dallas Chapter, organized a very successful International Contest on Software Testing […]
CS @ UT Dallas Celebrates its Graduates at Fall Ceremonies

CS @ UT Dallas Celebrates its Graduates at Fall Ceremonies Graduation represents the culmination of a journey and the attainment of a goal. UT Dallas celebrated graduation this fall with each of the University’s schools hosting their own ceremonies — 12 total, plus a doctoral hooding ceremony presided over by their respective deans. The graduation […]
UTD Named One of ‘Best of the Best’ by Campus Pride

UTD Named One of ‘Best of the Best’ by Campus Pride For the third consecutive year, The University of Texas at Dallas has been recognized as one of the nation’s “Best of the Best” colleges and universities for LGBTQ+ students. UT Dallas was one of only two universities in the Southwest and 40 in the […]
UTD CS Student Team Places 4th in the 2022 NSA Codebreaker Challenge

UTD CS Student Team Places 4th in the 2022 NSA Codebreaker Challenge This fall, the National Security Agency kicked off its 2022 NSA Codebreaker Challenge, which allows participants to sharpen their technical skills through mission-centric scenarios similar to the type of work the NSA does every day. Students are challenged to use their technical expertise, intuition, […]
HackUTD Hosts its Largest Hackathon
HackUTD Hosts its Largest Hackathon A hackathon is a hub for out-of-the-box thinking that fosters divergent creativity, ranging from extending the reach of existing solutions to discovering all-new solutions. People may see different problems or see the same problem from different angles, and when put together in teams, they collectively pool their roles and skill […]