This data will be used for research on an array of important questions that are either poorly understood or for which there has, heretofore, been little or no research or even systematic information. In addition to student data, TSBD includes individual data for all Texas public school teachers for the same seven-year period. In the future, Dr. Kain hopes to obtain data that will enable linking individual students to their specific teachers. Alumni Reception You are invited to meet UTD's President, Franklyn Jenifer, the new Dean, Rita Mae Kelly, and network with faculty and friends. Rajesh Kalyondurg is president.
All associations sponsor talks and networking.
The School has hired a new Director of the Bruton Center, Luc Anselin, Ph. D in Regional Science from Cornell University and a world class scholar of economics, spatial analysis, and geographic information sciences. We have also have hired Emily Talen, PhD from the University of California, Santa Barbara, as an Assistant Professor of Geography, GIS, and Political Economy. Watch the next newsletter for details and Political Economy. Watch the next newsletter for more details on them and Bruton Center developments.