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David Hoffmann, the University of Dallas’ men's soccer coach since 2003, became the winningest coach for all sports in UD history with his 161st win last year, surpassing the record held by Rich Gaffney, former athletic director and baseball coach.

The Institute for Homiletics at the University of Dallas was recently awarded a $1 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help renew liturgical preaching and better reach Catholic youth and young adults. The Institute is a collaborative endeavor of The Catholic Foundation (Dallas) and the University of Dallas.

Alumni couple Bainard and Christine Cowan named the scholarship in honor of Bainard’s parents, UD legends Donald and Louise Cowan, and for Louise’s parents, Will and Ouita Shillingburg, whom Bainard described as staunch supporters of education.

The University of Dallas (UD) announced the appointment of reference librarian and adjunct French instructor Ron Scrogham as interim dean of libraries and research of the Cowan-Blakely Memorial Library, and the appointment of longtime Politics Professor Richard Dougherty, Ph.D. ’93 M.A. ’89, to serve as interim dean of the Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts.

The University of Dallas will host the 7th annual Catholic Bar Association (CBA) Conference, “Catholic Lawyers: Upholding the Rule of Law,” Oct. 13-15, 2022. "Our members are looking forward to being on the campus of one of our nation’s premier Catholic institutions of higher learning,” said Peter H. Wickersham, CBA president.

The University of Dallas recently earned high marks of excellence from leading publications – including moving up to the #2 spot for “Best Value” among U.S. News & World Report’s "Best Colleges" in the West, as well as The Princeton Review’s Best 388 Colleges and “America’s Top Colleges” by Forbes.

The University of Dallas welcomes more than a dozen new faculty members this 2022-23 academic year. Their knowledge and insights will further enrich student learning in many disciplines, including art, biology, chemistry, computer science, economics, English, mathematics, philosophy, physics, and Spanish.

The University of Dallas welcomed the 421 members of Class of 2026 to campus last week, the second largest incoming class in its 66-year history. About 49% come from outside of Texas, representing 38 states and 270 cities, and international students from as far away as Vietnam.

The University of Dallas Board of Trustees recently appointed Most Rev. Daniel Flores, S.T.D, BA ’83 MDiv ’87, Bishop of the Diocese of Brownsville, Texas, Mary Rice Hasson, Tom Craddick and Charles LiMandri as its newest members. The board also honored two long-serving trustees as they concluded their service, ​​Cardinal Kevin Farrell and Mary Manning, at their June meeting.

Widowed at age 30, Joy (Davis) Kirsch, BA ’85, didn’t really know how to move forward. She was already a financial planner and had worked with many widows,...

In July, Peter Hedlesky, BS ’21, reaffirmed his acceptance to the Department of Defense (DOD) SMART Fellowship program. Hedlesky is spending this summer...

Marty Sheridan, BA ’77, shared a unique bond with her youngest nephew, Tim Sheridan. Like Marty, Tim had red hair, so when Marty was with Tim and his family,...

The theme of President Jonathan J. Sanford’s inaugural year as the University of Dallas’ 10th president – Arete: Renewing Culture through Educational Excellence – befits a...

We sat down with Associate Professor of Theology Christopher Malloy, Ph.D., to discuss his new book, False Mercy: Recent Heresies Distorting Catholic Truth. What do you mean by...

Lyn Pavel had eclectic careers in both the tourism industry and law enforcement before turning his attention to academia as a community college professor of management. Although...

Gwendolyn Loop, BA ’21, recently received the Polking Family Fellowship for the newest Notre Dame Law School class. With this fellowship, the de Nicola Center...

The University of Dallas has a proud tradition of turning out alumni who go on to make their mark on the world in notable ways. It is even more exciting when current...

Since its founding, the University of Dallas has rooted its identity in the liberal arts Core Curriculum. Although often recognized for majors such as...

The University of Dallas announced today record breaking fundraising success for the 2021-22 fiscal year, which ended May 31. Total cash gifts received totaled more...

As it begins a new fiscal year, the University of Dallas is pleased to announce organizational changes designed to strengthen relationships with the broad range of university stakeholders, and the addition of a new leadership position for the 52-year-old Rome Program.

We teachers dream of reaching our students, of sharing our passion for what we have learned with eager, intelligent, receptive students. Alas! how rarely most of us seem to...

The University of Dallas is pleased to announce that of the five UD students who submitted applications for the State Department-sponsored Benjamin Gilman International...

The University of Dallas announces the appointment of Matthias Vorwerk, Ph.D., as provost, effective July 1. Vorwerk most recently served as associate dean of the...

In Louisville, Kentucky, the ground shook as she left the starting line – Anna Wilgenbusch, theology major from the Class of 2022, with 300 other female students...

When Trustee Jean (Daudelin) and Marty White, both BA ’86, considered how the resources of their classmates and themselves might best be put to use at the...