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UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

Photo by Ryan Magee | Mercury Staff.

Momo: Nepali dumplings

September 29, 2018

It’s one thing to eat a dish completely different from that of your culture, but it’s another to create it yourself. I was fortunate enough to not only try momo, which are Nepali dumplings, but...

Brandon Friedman (right), a 2006 UTD graduate, founded Rakkasan Tea last year. The company specializes in importing tea from war-stricken countries. Photo courtesy of Brandon Friedman.

Turning over new leaves

March 26, 2018

A UTD alumnus and army veteran is expanding his new tea company that is focused on economic development in war-afflicted countries with the addition of products in local farmer’s markets and stores. Brandon...

McDermott Scholar rattled by quake

McDermott Scholar rattled by quake

June 8, 2015

Arden Wells was sitting in a teahouse in the small village of Sete, Nepal, playing cards with fellow students when the first earthquake hit on April 25. Even though she was 80 miles northeast of the earthquake’s...

Stall or spoil?

Stall or spoil?

April 13, 2015

After several conferences and billions of dollars spent on pollution and other problems, we are in a worse environmental state than we were 25 years ago. No doubt, a lot of it is just big boys with their...

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