John Corrales, class of 2011, is a news assistant for the Politics desk at The New York Times.
He has written breaking news stories, features, and blog posts for The Times. In January of 2016, he was sent to Des Moines, Iowa, and Manchester, N.H. to help cover the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary. In the Fall of 2015, he helped write a story about Donald J. Trump that was printed on the front page.
"As a UD English major, I learned to interpret literature sincerely. Becoming a confident reader who could prise meaning from texts accurately and quickly has directly influenced my work in journalism. Reporters read life, so to speak. They interpret and write about events, actions, and issues that haven't yet been recorded. Reporting, like studying literature, requires analyzing events responsibly and contextualizing them prudently."
The University of Dallas has announced a new assistant vice president for marketing and communications. Clare Venegas, who has over 20 years of executive management and strategic communications experience in the private, public and nonprofit sectors, begins her new role on Aug. 3.
+ Read MoreNearly all businesses are affected gravely in many circumstances by today's unsettled economic environment. The anxiety is compounded by uncertainty: How long will the crisis last, and what will business look like on the other side of recovery? Through this adversity, faculty experts in the University of Dallas' Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business are paving a global discussion.
+ Read MoreAssociate Professor of English Greg Roper, Ph.D., BA '84, and Associate Professor of English Andrew Moran, BA '91 PhD '04, have co-edited a book to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Rome Program and the 25th anniversary of the Eugene Constantin Campus (aka, of course, Due Santi): "Due Santi and the University of Dallas: Un Piccolo Paradiso."
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