For one thing, when students try to study all of these subjects together, they don’t have much time to study them in depth. Students and professors find themselves racing through the Odyssey in...

On Friday, April 1, students attended the annual Spring Formal in Downtown Dallas at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science. We were thrilled to see so many students dressed to the...

Freshmen are working on their Literary Tradition annotated essays about the Divine Comedy or Paradise Lost, and starting perhaps to dream about Rome. Sophomores are consolidating their Core...

Many are re-committing to doing well in their classes, trying to look for better time management. Others might be thinking of trying a new activity, a new club. Socially it’s also time to...

I want to tell two stories from my time teaching at other institutions, two tales that, in their negative valences, highlight what is for me one of the most powerful positive aspects of the Core...

Last time, I wrote about Dr. Alvis’ two questions of a liberal education. I have tried this idea on some of my colleagues, and some of them responded that they do something similar in their...

Your student has, undoubtedly, accomplished a great deal this semester. Many of them left their family and friends behind for the very first time, many moving to a brand-new state. For the very...

It’s crunch time. There’s no other way to say it. Students came back from turkey and stuffing to find something entirely different on their UD plates: the final push, the last texts to read,...

We were once discussing the Core Curriculum in a faculty meeting when Dr. John Alvis, always a clear-headed thinker who pierced to the heart of every question, stood up and said, “There are only...

I can remember it like it was yesterday. I was home from my first year of graduate school, and my younger brother David, four years behind me, was home from his first year of college. Thanksgiving...

Want to watch some great UD TV with your family over the Thanksgiving Break? Drs. Shannon Valenzuela, BA ’00, and Michael West, BA ’06, along with UD’s Senior Digital Media...

Freshmen in Literary Tradition I are leaving behind the shifty, crafty Odysseus for the more solid, pious, dutiful Aeneas as he leaves burning Troy and heads off to found Rome. It’s a...

Since the Core Curriculum is such a crucial part of a UD education, in this section of each newsletter we will present a thought about what the Core Curriculum is about, or perhaps briefly...

The advisors from the Office of Personal Career Development are available to UD students of all levels to help them explore potential careers as well as navigate finding and applying for...

Father Joseph Paul Albin, O.P., is back for his second year in Campus Ministry, and has taken over the role as Chaplain after the campus bid a sad goodbye to Father Thomas More Barba, O.P., who...

One of the University of Dallas' many traditions is Charity Week. Led by the Junior class, Charity Week occurs during the fall semester and involves several student-run events, booths and activities that gather the entire campus together to raise money for charity.

Getting involved is a great way to engage with the university and support your student’s journey at UD. Welcome others to the UD community with the Office of Admissions by clicking here to learn...

I’m a father of two boys. Maybe it’s not this way with young women, but it can be tough to get them to open up and share their new lives now that they are away from home. They can seem stuck...

With all of this work, you’re going to hear about it! And it can be tempting to want to step in and help, to clear the way for your student. But I want to encourage you to resist. In a wonderful...

Freshmen have moved on from the anger, brutality, and grief of Achilles during the final year of the Trojan War in the Iliad to the epic of wily, crafty Odysseus trying to get back home to his...