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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

Marketing sophomore Lindsay Caudill, analyst for the “Overwatch” teams, was one of seven women who tried out for UTD esports. Photo by Anna Phengsakmueang | Mercury Staff.

Female video gamers join male-dominated industry

October 1, 2018

Lindsay Caudill, a marketing sophomore, has been an avid gamer since the age of six. Now, she serves as an analyst for both the A and B “Overwatch” esports teams. “I've always been doing games,...

Graphic by Christi Lazutkin | Mercury Staff.

Breaking glass ceilings at UTD

April 23, 2018

A climate survey of UTD faculty sheds light on parental leave and gender parity regarding women in the workplace. In 2016, a survey sent out to all of the university’s faculty and staff addressed diversity...

Graphic by Ethan Christopher | Mercury Staff.

Faculty gender pay gap increases

April 9, 2018

UTD’s fall 2016 profile showed that female faculty members are outnumbered by men nearly two to one. While that gap is closing over time, the university’s gender wage gap is increasing and currently...

April Pruitt graduated from UTD in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies focusing on business management and arts and technology. She now serves as an arcade game repair consultant for the National Videogame Museum. Since her foray into the gaming industry in 2015, Pruitt has worked to break down stereotypes of female characters in video games. Photo by Andrew Gallegos | Photo Editor.

Alum to represent women in video games

September 6, 2016

An ATEC alumna, who is an arcade coordinator at the National Videogame Museum in Frisco, has influenced the growth of the museum from the perspective of a woman in a field that has yet to be equally composed...

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