Little Known Facts: the pride of the art village’s origin story
If you walk along the gravel path through the woods between Haggar and the Art Village and the male freshman dorms, you will pass a regal bronze statue of a…
Little Known Facts: finding Little Albert
In 1918, American psychologist John B. Watson and research collaborator Rosalie Rayner conducted an ethically questionable study of classical conditioning in humans. Watson and Rayner sought to instill a rat…
Little known facts: Rome program’s origin
The University of Dallas took on an international character at its founding, through the aims and curricula articulated in the first bulletin, as well as through the background of its…
Little known facts: how Groundhog began
Sharen Baker, the Cowan-Blakely Memorial Library administrative assistant, attended the first Groundhog celebration at the University of Dallas. Baker described that fateful day: it was a cold and dark February…
Little known facts: Cistercians at UD
The Cistercian monks are a teaching order that originated in France. In the 1950s, many Hungarian Cistercians were forced to flee their homeland to escape the brutal oppression of the…
Little known facts: UD’s sailing club
Clubs and other extracurricular activities hold great importance in the lives of current University of Dallas students, and the same can be said for students who attended the university during…
Little known facts: proposed pharmacy school
A few years ago, the University of Dallas seriously considered establishing a professional school of pharmacy and offering a doctor of pharmacy degree as well as a concentration in health…
Little known facts: famous losing streak
The University of Dallas men’s basketball team had a successful set of games last weekend, winning both of their home games against Trinity University and Schreiner University. However, the basketball…
Little known facts: Meet the Cowan Bells
It’s a sound you heard daily, often to remind you that you were late for class or that it was time to take a break and get dinner. It’s the…
Little known facts: a headache of a handbook
While most people understand that times have changed dramatically in the past few decades, many students are unaware of how true that change is for the culture of the University…
UD’s little known facts: Notre Dame of the Southwest?
While the presidency of Donald Cowan profoundly shaped the academic and social culture of the University of Dallas, it also changed the character of another aspect of campus life: athletics.…
UD’s little known facts: the history of the Core
The development of the Core curriculum at the University of Dallas is the foundation for its identity as a liberal arts institution. However, the Core did not descend from heaven…
UD’s little known facts: former UD president battled communists
The role of the university president has changed throughout history. The office of the president of the University of Dallas has followed the same pattern. Initially, presidents served as ideological…