To learn more about how UT Dallas is attracting the best and brightest students, explore New Dimensions: The Campaign for UT Dallas. In a December statement congratulating the recipients, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan saluted the inaugural Quad Fellows as diverse, interdisciplinary, inspiring and exceptional students who are the next generation of great STEM minds. “These young people will bring the Quad closer together, and, with them leading the way, we are confident our future is in good hands,” he said. He has participated in multiple research projects that bridge the gap between spoken language technology and speech/language development or disorders. Stern’s rigorous standards in classes and research projects helped me build study habits that I still rely on as a doctoral student at UCLA,” Knighton said.