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The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

Surjaditya Sarkar | Mercury Staff

Law enforcement raids pro-Palestine encampment, arrests students and faculty

May 1, 2024

Less than 12 hours after pro-Palestine student activists formed the “Gaza Liberation Plaza” encampment in UTD’s Chess Plaza, local police and state troopers stormed the event, dismantling the tents...

A group of protestors wearing keffiyehs and holding a Palestinian flag.

Comets create encampment in solidarity with Gaza

May 1, 2024

Students established a solidarity encampment with Gaza at the Chess Plaza, surrounded by walls made of cardboard, plywood and tires with a sign reading “Free Palestine: all the walls will fall.” State...

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In memoriam: professor and Director of Guitar Studies remembered

April 29, 2024

Enric Madriguera, UTD’s Director of Guitar Studies and first Russell Cleveland Professor in Guitar Studies died April 14.   Madriguera was one of the most accomplished guitarists in UTD’s...

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In memoriam: founder, former director of ATEC dies

April 29, 2024

Thomas Linehan, founder of the Arts and Technology program and the former director of the Institute for Interactive Arts and Engineering at UTD, died at the age of 80 at the Oxford Glen memory care residence...

Katya Zakar | Photo Editor

Mercury mascot takes last distribution tour around campus

April 29, 2024

I’ve done it all at The Mercury, and I earned the in-house title of “Mercury Mascot” not just by being the office goblin, but because I’m one of the loudest and proudest members of both this newspaper...

Rory Moore | Mercury Staff

Goat Yoga stretches Comets’ bodies and minds

April 29, 2024

Students gathered at the Science Pavilion to cuddle with 13 goats during a free goat yoga session hosted by the Office of Graduate Education April 23.  The Office of Graduate Education hosts the...

Surjaditya Sarkar | Mercury Staff

No Comet left inside

April 29, 2024

Comets on campus found themselves in the direct path of a total solar eclipse on April 8 — This sighting brought thousands of spectators and experts to DFW for a phenomenon that will not return to the...

Photo Courtesy of University Of Queensland Australia

A Comet’s map of the stars

April 29, 2024

UTD Professor of Physics and Astrophysics Mustapha Ishak-Boushaki presented the largest 3D map of the universe and his research team’s findings from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument to the American...

Surjaditya Sarkar | Mercury Staff

Pro-Palestine Comets reject meeting conditions with President Benson after week of protests

April 29, 2024

At the climax of a nearly 10-hour long demonstration April 23, representatives from Students for Justice in Palestine and UTD’s Cabinet of the President agreed to a meeting to discuss the concerns of...

Photo Courtesy of UTD

In Memoriam: First undergraduate executive dean Regina Kyle

April 15, 2024

Regina Mary Jane Kyle, the first undergraduate executive dean and first female dean in UTD history, passed away April 2 at the age of 88 in her home in Falmouth, Massachusetts.  In 1973, Kyle...

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Einstein, an eclipse and Brazil walk into a bar

April 15, 2024

At the 2024 Solar Eclipse Panel Discussion that took place April 8, Professor of Physics and Astrophysics Mustapha Ishak-Boushaki retold the story of how a total solar eclipse in Brazil changed the world...

Surjaditya Sarkar | Mercury Staff

Pro-Palestine students to meet with President Benson after seven-hour long sit-in for divestment

April 15, 2024

At the climax of a nearly 10-hour long demonstration April 23, representatives from Students for Justice in Palestine and UTD’s Cabinet of the President agreed to a meeting to discuss the concerns of...

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