Eleven University of Texas at Dallas faculty members acknowledged their exemplary students and the cooperative spirit of the Comet community as they were honored at the 2021 Investiture Ceremony, held online June 24. The professors — some of UT Dallas’ most influential researchers — were formally presented with endowed positions. High Honor Thanks to generous benefactors and corporate sponsors, UT Dallas has 138 chairs and professorships that recognize the scholarship and research of senior faculty members. The immediate past dean of NSM praised the graduates and undergraduates who make UT Dallas special. He praised the supportive atmosphere among UT Dallas researchers and hailed The Welch Foundation for providing some of “the most generous endowed positions available to chemists in the nation.