Alumni Newsletter

February 2024

Jane Saginaw with a scarf and yellow shirt leaning against a red brick wall.

Inspired by powerful memories from her teenage years, Jane Saginaw MS’23 penned a memoir about traveling the world with her mother who was confined to a wheelchair.

Alumnus Creates Media Arts Summer Camp for Children

Jacky Chao BA’22 discovered a passion for teaching children when he and his friends founded Creator Camp, a media arts summer camp across Texas.

Comet Couple Recalls Campus Beginning

Meet Comet couple Krista Brown BS’13 and Chase Brown BS’12, former student-athletes who met at an ugly sweater campus party and discovered more than common ground.

Bioengineering Researcher Receives NIH Career Transition Award. Portrait of Ana Hernandez-Reynoso

Alumna Researcher Receives NIH Career Transition Award

Ana Hernandez-Reynoso PhD’21 is the first UT Dallas recipient of the National Institutes of Health award in more than a decade.

Chijindu Eke MBA’09 is a filmmaker from Nigeria who is based in the United States and who founded the African Film Festival in Dallas.

Alumni notes. Portrait of Julie Fratantoni.

Julie Fratantoni MS’13, PhD’18 is the head of research integration and strategic partnerships at the UT Dallas Center for BrainHealth.

Breanna Shen BS’23 is an MD/PhD student at McGovern Medical School and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UTHealth Houston.

February 17
UT Dallas Night at the Dallas Stars

February 27 - 28
Ring Days

March 23
Bunny Bash

April 3 - 4
Comets Giving Days

April 23
Ring Ceremony

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