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President Thomas S. Hibbs, Ph.D., BA ’82 MA ’83, addressing UD’s 12-person Constantin Scholar first-generation cohort, including Blessing Okereke, in August

“What kind of story have you fallen into? I fell into a story at the University of Dallas 40 years ago.”

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“Rome had such a big impact on our lives. The Rome experience shaped us to be who we are now. I know that my life, my entire outlook on the world, even my friends, would have been different without Rome.”

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UD Expands Access to College Experience for Deserving Students

The University of Dallas is proud to announce a new partnership with the Cristo Rey Network (CRN), a national network of Catholic college-preparatory high schools. As a Cristo Rey University Partner, UD will actively share Cristo Rey’s goal of supporting outstanding postsecondary outcomes for highly motivated, well-prepared Cristo Rey alumni, and helping to advance the Cristo Rey mission of “transforming urban America one student at a time.”

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Parents Create Scholarship for Doctoral Students, Seek to Preserve Western Tradition

For University of Dallas parents Brian and Maria Dean, dedicating one’s life to the study of philosophy and the everlasting truths of the human person is not simply a worthy endeavor for the sake of one’s own right formation, nor should it be pursued just to properly train the next generation of teachers.

Alumna Establishes Endowed Scholarship to Honor Longtime UD Administrator, Historian

“No one is more deserving of a scholarship in her name than Sybil Novinski,” said President Thomas S. Hibbs, Ph.D., BA ’82 MA ’83, at the ceremony celebrating the Sybil Novinski Scholarship Fund endowed by Eileen McPherson Meinert, BA ’83, and her husband, David Meinert. “This is something that many alumni, faculty and administrators have talked about, and this is a great day because we get to honor someone who’s meant so much to so many.”

Physics, Chemistry Professors Receive Air Force Grant

In September, the U.S. Air Force awarded the University of Dallas and Cerium Labs a $500,000 STTR Phase II contract to develop a "Silicon Nitride Seal for Thermal Barrier Coating in Gas Turbines for Extended Engine Life.” Affiliate Research Assistant Professor of Physics Will Flanagan, Ph.D., and Associate Professor of Chemistry Ellen Steinmiller, Ph.D., are co-principal investigators on the project. This award builds on a smaller $50,000 Phase I award earlier this year. UD’s portion of the award is $150,000.

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12.8.20 | ENCORE LECTURE WITH TAN PARKER

Join us for an EnCore Presentation featuring Texas State Representative and UD Trustee Tan Parker, BA '93 who will be discussing the book he edited, Making Government Work. LEARN MORE

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