UTSW Special Collections Library & Archives

Our mission is to collect, preserve, and provide access to the history of UT Southwestern Medical Center. Our content comes from the UTSW University Archives.

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Do you know who this 2006 Urology Resident is? Leave a comment with her name!

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It's Professional Wellness Day and those that work in the O'Donnell Brain Institute work to keep you mentally and physically healthy. The research building houses ground breaking research into keeping the brain healthy.
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Since it's Dinosaur Day we want to share the only dinosaur picture we have found in our collection. Used in the 1994 senior film these students are making sure that this dino is healthy 😂
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It's national save your hearing day. This little girl in 1997 is hearing for the very first time after a cochlear implant. She was one of the youngest in Dallas to receive this at the time.

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Nimman Satumtira was a researcher and technician who worked across departments and labs here on campus, though her work focused on Spondyloarthritis.

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Hongtao Yu, Ph.D. was a researcher and HHMI Investigator in the Department of Pharmacology from 1999 to 2019. While at UTSW he held The Serena S. Simmons Distinguished Chair in Cancer Immunopharmacology.

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The Jere H. Mitchell, M.D. Collection features the research and work of Dr. Mitchell over his career at UT Southwestern. The collection will soon be fully processed and is available to researchers.

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This nurse worked in the Simmons Cancer Center here on campus in 2007, do you recognize her?

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Just 93 years ago our campus was in the first stages of construction for our very first building. As the foundations were laid, Parkland Hospital was in it's final stages of construction beside it.

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The UT Southwestern Special Collections Library and University Archives will be closed May 25th, 2026 in recognition of Memorial Day. We will be back to normal office hours Tuesday, May 26th.

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Did you notice a new addition to our exhibits here in the library? We've added three new cases specially made to display some of our rare books, which are usually only shown on tours of the archive. We hope you like them!

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Congratulations to Dr. Hannah Chang for winning the prestigious Ho Din Award. We know you'll go on to do great things for women in medicine.
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Last night Dr. Eric Olson, the chair of Molecular Biology gave the address to the grad students. He's the founding chair of his dept & holds several titles. Not only is he an amazing scientist he's also a very talented musician. #FacultyFriday #FromTheArchives #UniversityArchives

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This week's collection is the Office of Communications, Marketing, and Public Affairs. This collection is added to the most often and consists of publications, photos, AV materials, and more.
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Can you identify this gentleman? We know the photo is from 2007 and it's labeled Suel. Leave a comment below if you know his identity.
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UTSW campus is full of interesting little areas that most don't know about. Like this cute waterfall that is off the beaten path of the campus.
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Congratulations to the medical school class of 2026. Your view on Friday was probably pretty similar to this one from the class of 2015. We wish you the best in your future!
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Commencement has come a long way since this second graduating class of 1944. Not only are there more women graduating but they could no long fit the whole class into one ballroom.
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Congratulations to Elizabeth Chen, Ph.D., who has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Chen is a Professor of Molecular Biology and Cell Biology here at UT Southwestern.

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Joel Elmquist, D.V.M., Ph.D. joined UTSW in 2006 and is Director of the Center for Hypothalamic Research and a professor. He is one of our three newly elected members of the National Academy of Sciences.

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