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Donors Enhance Accessibility, DEI Initiatives Across University
Over the past year, donations from local corporations and individual donors contributed more than $1 million to increase accessibility and enhance diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs at The University of Texas at Dallas.
Toyota Gift Creates Teaching Scholarship Program
A $750,000 grant from the Toyota USA Foundation has created a new scholarship program designed to increase the number of certified STEM teachers in the Dallas Independent School District (DISD). The UT Dallas Teaching Scholars Program will provide annual awards of $10,000 for up to three years to support 20 UT Dallas students who plan to become teachers. 
Foundation Gift Drives Ackerman Center Growth
A $1.1 million gift from the Edward and Wilhelmina Ackerman Foundation continues a family’s multigenerational support of the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies at The University of Texas at Dallas. The gift will support the center’s internationally recognized scholarship while expanding its outreach mission through online learning. 
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Enhancing Lives Through Transformative Research

Scientist Transforms Research into Life-Changing Therapeutics
In just a few short years, Jackson Brougher PhD’22 went from starting his doctoral studies to leading research at a pharmacology startup that he helped launch.
Transformational Investment from Sammons Enterprises Revolutionizes Brain Health Research
The Center for BrainHealth at UT Dallas recently received the largest single corporate gift in the center’s 22-year history from Sammons Enterprises Inc.
UT Dallas, UT Southwestern Break Ground on TI Bioengineering Building
Ground has been broken for construction of a new building that will catalyze a unique partnership between UT Southwestern Medical Center and The University of Texas at Dallas, bringing their biomedical engineering programs together to foster innovative solutions for unmet medical needs. 
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Transforming the Arts on Campus

Edith and Peter O’Donnell Jr. Athenaeum Signals New Era for UT Dallas Arts
Supported by a $32 million gift from the O’Donnell Foundation, The University of Texas at Dallas recently broke ground on the Edith and Peter O’Donnell Jr. Athenaeum, a visionary arts complex that will be a destination for both Comets and the broader community.
Gift of Photography Captures Spaces for All Time
Photographer Carolyn Brown has left the entirety of her archive to the Edith O’Donnell Institute for Art History, including thousands of images documenting important cultural spaces in the Middle East, Mexico, the Southwest and Dallas.
Support for Brettell Creates a New Era for the Arts
Gifts made in memory of the late Dr. Richard Brettell are fueling his vision for the expansion and integration of the arts at UT Dallas.
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The New Dimensions campaign aims to build upon a half-century of momentum, propelling UT Dallas’ growth and success through the next 50 years and beyond. Each gift toward our $750 million goal will directly support the needs of exceptional students, facilitate the enterprising work of our faculty and realize the possibilities that exist when world-class researchers and visionary artists share a home.

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