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“The Quest: The Way of Beauty” is a collaborative effort of UD faculty in several disciplines, including art, theology, modern languages and literature.

The relics of St. Pio of Pietrelcina will visit the University of Dallas on Sept. 20.

The University of Dallas welcomes new faculty members in various disciplines and congratulates others on their promotions.

“My father is in prison because he spoke truth to power for decades,” Sebastien told U.S. lawmakers in May.

Beloved classics professor and Due Santi fixture Peter Hatlie, PhD, is retiring from his leadership roles as vice president, dean and director of the Rome Program this year.

Richard D. Kelly, MTS ’00, said the gift reflects his desire to see future generations of students benefit from the excellent faculty who greatly impacted his own faith and formation as a lay Catholic.

The annual program immerses students in Spanish language, poetry, culture and Catholic mysticism.

More than two dozen members of the University of Dallas community have arrived in Europe in advance of World Youth Day.

For four years now, the Constantin Scholars Program has used great literature to teach writing skills and facilitate “ah-ha moments” among incoming first-generation students.

Thanks to the generosity of supporters of the University of Dallas, UD has finished the fiscal year with several target goals exceeded.

Hunt holds a PhD in religious education from Fordham University and has taught in UD’s Department of Theology since 2018.

Father Joseph Paul Albin, OP, current rector of the Church of the Incarnation and chaplain of the University of Dallas, will be leaving UD at the end of June.

Several new appointments and changes in university staff have taken place recently.

Professor of Management J. Lee Whittington, Ph.D., has taught at the college since 2000.

“After earning my degrees, the doors blew right open for my career,” Wofford says.

As of today, over 1,900 University of Dallas alumni have banded together in the Forging Our Future challenge, unlocking a $200,000 challenge gift from an anonymous alumni couple.

Alexa Hassell, BA ’23, used to take rosary walks around campus as a freshman. Last month, the Exodus Retreat gave her a chance to pray by the statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe one last time as a student.

The gift will provide scholarships to one student from each undergraduate class every year on the basis of merit, need and leadership.

Timothy Shah, Ph.D., distinguished research scholar of the Politics Department, will deliver a plenary speech on Catholic integralism.

Current freshman Clarice Miller knew in high school that she wanted to attend a Catholic university. But after some time at her first choice, Miller knew she hadn’t yet found the challenge she was looking for.

The Truman Scholarship is the foremost graduate scholarship in the country for aspiring public servants.

For the third year in a row, the University of Dallas ranked No. 6 in the U.S. News and World Report’s annual list of Best Regional Universities West. UD also remained on the Princeton Review's Best Colleges list.

After joining the university in 2019, Ron Scrogham, MA, MLS, served as the reference and serials librarian before his appointment to the interim deanship last October.

Patricio Rodriguez cherishes a sight that cannot be photographed: the afterimage of a crater pool, lingering blue and spectral in his eye over the peak of the Volcán Poás.

Eidt’s book retells the fairy tales plainly but authentically, bringing students into “the ongoing great conversation” of German as soon as possible.

Thanks to Fregoso, Weisbruch and the givers of Charity Week — from Penny War veterans to Mall jailbirds — LBWDC can help a few more babies grow up in love.

Parens is president of the Association for Core Texts and Courses. He will address the Trivium's place in the liberal arts at the ACTC's conference this month.

Biology professor Inimary Toby, Ph.D., will lead an upcoming conference on artificial intelligence and its research potential.

After undergraduate alumni banded together late last year to unlock a $100,000 grant as part of the Forging Our Future initiative, alumni leaders are setting their sights on the next goal of...

According to a third-party study, the University of Dallas is one of just seven schools in America that challenge their students to explore the full variety of the liberal arts.

A former clerk under Justice Antonin Scalia, Paul Clement served as U.S. Solicitor General from 2005 to 2008 under President George W. Bush. He has argued 112 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, often involving major issues of religious freedom.

Reserved for professors that show devotion to both their students and their scholarly projects, the two awards recognize exemplary research and teaching skill.

The University of Dallas will reinstate the standardized test requirement for undergraduate applicants for the 2024-25 academic year, becoming one of the first colleges or universities in Texas to announce a move away from the ‘test optional’ model implemented by most schools as a result of the COVID pandemic in 2020.

The University of Dallas has appointed Luciana Hampilos assistant general counsel. Hampilos, who served as the university’s Director of the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX since 2020, began her new role on Jan. 26.

The Satish and Yasmin Gupta College of Business at the University of Dallas has extended its global accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).

Ryan T. Anderson, Ph.D., who is the university’s first St. John Paul II Fellow in Social Thought and has held the position since 2019, will give a lecture on natural law on Feb. 16. Anderson’s...

The University of Dallas recently named Inelda Acosta, Ed.D., pHCLE, the University’s Director of the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX.

Former Democratic Congressman Daniel Lipinski, who represented Illinois’ Third District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2005-2021, has been named Pope Leo XIII Fellow on Social Thought at the University of Dallas.

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,...