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UT Dallas researchers introduce a groundbreaking on-campus sensor network, measuring air composition in real-time. 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Thanks to pre-health advising and a star faculty member, UT Dallas students interested in dentistry are redefining success. </h3> </div></div> <hr class="wp-block-coblocks-dynamic-separator is-style-line" style="height:20px"/> <div class="wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile coblocks-animate" style="grid-template-columns:30% auto" data-coblocks-animation="slideInBottom"><figure class="wp-block-media-text__media"><a href="https://nsm.utdallas.edu/colton-roberts-2023/"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="700" height="700" src="https://nsm.utdallas.edu/files/2023/11/Colton.png" alt="" class="wp-image-9093 size-full" srcset="https://nsm.utdallas.edu/files/2023/11/Colton.png 700w, https://nsm.utdallas.edu/files/2023/11/Colton-300x300.png 300w, https://nsm.utdallas.edu/files/2023/11/Colton-600x600.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /></a></figure><div class="wp-block-media-text__content"> <div style="height:10px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <p class="has-secondary-color has-text-color has-fira-sans-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-weight mb-0 pb-0 mt-0 pt-0" style="font-family:Fira Sans;font-weight:700;font-size:15px"><span class="uppercase">Philanthropy</span></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading has-barlow-condensed-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-weight" style="font-family:Barlow Condensed;font-weight:600;font-size:34px">‘Colton was magical’ <a href="https://nsm.utdallas.edu/colton-roberts-2023/"> </a></h2> <div style="height:10px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <h3 class="wp-block-heading alignwide has-fira-sans-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-weight" style="font-family:Fira Sans;font-weight:normal;font-size:18px">Two new endowments in NSM will honor the memory of Colton William Roberts, a former geosciences student tragically killed by a driver under the influence before his junior year. Created by Colton’s family, the Colton William Roberts Scholarship for Geosciences and an endowed academic position in NSM aim to support students and faculty in the field that captivated Colton during his lifetime.</h3> </div></div> <hr class="wp-block-coblocks-dynamic-separator is-style-line" style="height:20px"/> <div class="wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile coblocks-animate" style="grid-template-columns:30% auto" data-coblocks-animation="slideInBottom"><figure class="wp-block-media-text__media"><a href="https://nsm.utdallas.edu/nasa-gdc-mission/"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="700" height="700" src="https://nsm.utdallas.edu/files/2023/11/NASA.png" alt="" class="wp-image-9102 size-full" srcset="https://nsm.utdallas.edu/files/2023/11/NASA.png 700w, https://nsm.utdallas.edu/files/2023/11/NASA-300x300.png 300w, https://nsm.utdallas.edu/files/2023/11/NASA-600x600.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /></a></figure><div class="wp-block-media-text__content"> <div style="height:10px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <p class="has-secondary-color has-text-color has-fira-sans-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-weight mb-0 pb-0 mt-0 pt-0" style="font-family:Fira Sans;font-weight:700;font-size:15px"><span class="uppercase">Research</span></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading has-barlow-condensed-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-weight" style="font-family:Barlow Condensed;font-weight:600;font-size:34px">40 Years in the Making <a href="https://nsm.utdallas.edu/nasa-gdc-mission/"> </a></h2> <div style="height:10px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <h3 class="wp-block-heading alignwide has-fira-sans-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-weight" style="font-family:Fira Sans;font-weight:normal;font-size:18px">In its largest project yet, the William B. Hanson Center for Space Sciences has been selected to build instruments for NASA’s Geospace Dynamics Constellation (GDC) mission, which will provide the most comprehensive direct global measurements of Earth’s ionosphere-thermosphere.</h3> </div></div> <hr class="wp-block-coblocks-dynamic-separator is-style-line" style="height:20px"/> <div class="wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile coblocks-animate" style="grid-template-columns:30% auto" data-coblocks-animation="slideInBottom"><figure class="wp-block-media-text__media"><a href="https://news.utdallas.edu/health-medicine/uti-sensor-2023/"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="700" height="700" src="https://nsm.utdallas.edu/files/2023/11/uti.png" alt="" class="wp-image-9096 size-full" srcset="https://nsm.utdallas.edu/files/2023/11/uti.png 700w, https://nsm.utdallas.edu/files/2023/11/uti-300x300.png 300w, https://nsm.utdallas.edu/files/2023/11/uti-600x600.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /></a></figure><div class="wp-block-media-text__content"> <div style="height:10px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <p class="has-secondary-color has-text-color has-fira-sans-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-weight mb-0 pb-0 mt-0 pt-0" style="font-family:Fira Sans;font-weight:700;font-size:15px"><span class="uppercase">Research</span></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading has-barlow-condensed-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-weight" style="font-family:Barlow Condensed;font-weight:600;font-size:34px">Fast-Tracking UTI Detection <a href="https://news.utdallas.edu/health-medicine/uti-sensor-2023/"> </a></h2> <div style="height:10px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <h3 class="wp-block-heading alignwide has-fira-sans-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-weight" style="font-family:Fira Sans;font-weight:normal;font-size:18px">UT Dallas researchers have created a diagnostic sensor prototype for rapid confirmation of urinary tract infections (UTIs), bypassing the typical 24 to 48-hour wait for lab results. Dr. Nicole De Nisco says the sensor may address antibiotic overuse, mitigating the risk of antibiotic resistance.</h3> </div></div> <hr class="wp-block-coblocks-dynamic-separator is-style-line" style="height:20px"/> <div class="wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile coblocks-animate" style="grid-template-columns:30% auto" data-coblocks-animation="slideInBottom"><figure class="wp-block-media-text__media"><a href="https://news.utdallas.edu/health-medicine/rudi-fasan-cprit-2023/"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="700" height="700" src="https://nsm.utdallas.edu/files/2023/11/welch.png" alt="" class="wp-image-9100 size-full" srcset="https://nsm.utdallas.edu/files/2023/11/welch.png 700w, https://nsm.utdallas.edu/files/2023/11/welch-300x300.png 300w, https://nsm.utdallas.edu/files/2023/11/welch-600x600.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /></a></figure><div class="wp-block-media-text__content"> <div style="height:10px" aria-hidden="true" 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(Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas) Scholar.</h3> </div></div> <hr class="wp-block-coblocks-dynamic-separator is-style-line" style="height:20px"/> <div class="wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile coblocks-animate" style="grid-template-columns:30% auto" data-coblocks-animation="slideInBottom"><figure class="wp-block-media-text__media"><a href="https://news.utdallas.edu/alumni/uteach-outstanding-award-2023/"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="700" height="700" src="https://nsm.utdallas.edu/files/2023/11/star-teacher.png" alt="" class="wp-image-9098 size-full" srcset="https://nsm.utdallas.edu/files/2023/11/star-teacher.png 700w, https://nsm.utdallas.edu/files/2023/11/star-teacher-300x300.png 300w, https://nsm.utdallas.edu/files/2023/11/star-teacher-600x600.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /></a></figure><div class="wp-block-media-text__content"> <div style="height:10px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <p class="has-secondary-color has-text-color has-fira-sans-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-weight mb-0 pb-0 mt-0 pt-0" style="font-family:Fira Sans;font-weight:700;font-size:15px"><span class="uppercase">alumni spotlight</span></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading has-barlow-condensed-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-weight" style="font-family:Barlow Condensed;font-weight:600;font-size:34px">Traits of a Star Teacher <a href="https://news.utdallas.edu/alumni/uteach-outstanding-award-2023/"> </a></h2> <div style="height:10px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <h3 class="wp-block-heading alignwide has-fira-sans-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-weight" style="font-family:Fira Sans;font-weight:normal;font-size:18px">After completing her fourth year as a biology teacher, Preston Dozier BS’18, MAT’22 was honored as her school’s Teacher of the Year, named one of eight STARS teachers by Richardson ISD for 2022-23, and concluded the year by winning the national Outstanding Alumni Award from the UTeach STEM Educators Association.</h3> </div></div> <hr class="wp-block-coblocks-dynamic-separator is-style-line" style="height:20px"/> <div class="wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile coblocks-animate" style="grid-template-columns:30% auto" data-coblocks-animation="slideInBottom"><figure class="wp-block-media-text__media"><a href="https://nsm.utdallas.edu/biology-student-invents-vibrating-therapy-vest/"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="700" height="700" src="https://nsm.utdallas.edu/files/2023/11/Olive-Tree.png" alt="" class="wp-image-9099 size-full" srcset="https://nsm.utdallas.edu/files/2023/11/Olive-Tree.png 700w, https://nsm.utdallas.edu/files/2023/11/Olive-Tree-300x300.png 300w, https://nsm.utdallas.edu/files/2023/11/Olive-Tree-600x600.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /></a></figure><div class="wp-block-media-text__content"> <div style="height:10px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <p class="has-secondary-color has-text-color has-fira-sans-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-weight mb-0 pb-0 mt-0 pt-0" style="font-family:Fira Sans;font-weight:700;font-size:15px"><span class="uppercase">ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT</span></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading has-barlow-condensed-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-weight" style="font-family:Barlow Condensed;font-weight:600;font-size:34px">Innovation in Healing <a href="https://nsm.utdallas.edu/biology-student-invents-vibrating-therapy-vest/"> </a></h2> <div style="height:10px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <h3 class="wp-block-heading alignwide has-fira-sans-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-weight" style="font-family:Fira Sans;font-weight:normal;font-size:18px">Driven by her unwavering love for animals and determined entrepreneurial spirit, a biology alum is emerging as a trailblazer in veterinary medicine. 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In other words, group projects are his forte. Hailing from a close-knit family in Waco, Texas, he’s concurrently sharing his college experience with his two brothers and sister. This sense of shared growth and learning pushed him to become heavily involved on campus.</h3> </div></div> <hr class="wp-block-coblocks-dynamic-separator is-style-line" style="height:20px"/> <div class="wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile coblocks-animate" style="grid-template-columns:30% auto" data-coblocks-animation="slideInBottom"><figure class="wp-block-media-text__media"><a href="https://nsm.utdallas.edu/mia-rudin-qa/"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="700" height="700" src="https://nsm.utdallas.edu/files/2023/11/Mia.png" alt="" class="wp-image-9103 size-full" srcset="https://nsm.utdallas.edu/files/2023/11/Mia.png 700w, https://nsm.utdallas.edu/files/2023/11/Mia-300x300.png 300w, https://nsm.utdallas.edu/files/2023/11/Mia-600x600.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /></a></figure><div class="wp-block-media-text__content"> <div style="height:10px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <p class="has-secondary-color has-text-color has-fira-sans-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-weight mb-0 pb-0 mt-0 pt-0" style="font-family:Fira Sans;font-weight:700;font-size:15px"><span class="uppercase">Q&A</span></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading has-barlow-condensed-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-weight" style="font-family:Barlow Condensed;font-weight:600;font-size:34px">Mia Rudin:<br>Geosciences senior & UTD basketball player <a href="https://nsm.utdallas.edu/mia-rudin-qa/"> </a></h2> <div style="height:10px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <h3 class="wp-block-heading alignwide has-fira-sans-font-family has-custom-font has-custom-weight" style="font-family:Fira Sans;font-weight:normal;font-size:18px">Growing up in Boise, Idaho, Mia developed a strong connection to nature from a young age. When she moved to Commerce, Texas, during high school, she quickly found her stride on the basketball court. 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