The University of Texas at Dallas held its first Research Day on Oct. 14 to celebrate the cutting-edge research endeavors taking place across campus. The event included faculty networking sessions, workshops by event sponsors Amazon Web Services Inc. and Hanover Research, a new-faculty research symposium and a graduate student poster showcase. Dr. Joseph Pancrazio, vice president for research and innovation at UT Dallas, said the successful event helped highlight UTD’s deep foundations in scholarly inquiry. “Research Day at UT Dallas gave our community an opportunity to share our enthusiasm and energy around curiosity-driven research,” he said. In addition to Amazon Web Services and Hanover Research, event sponsors were Worlds, AEM Creations LLC and the UT Dallas Office of Graduate Education.