News Summary:
On October 2, 2026, the University of Dallas highlighted its pathway for experienced professionals seeking graduate business study, noting this opportunity as employers increasingly adopt skills-based hiring despite policy announcements outpacing actual hiring changes. This followed the university's 2026 UDallas Cyber Summit on October 1, 2026, which celebrated the Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business's designation as a National Security Agency Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity since 2003, gathering students, alumni, faculty, and industry leaders. Earlier, on September 23, 2026, the university featured alumna Kathleen Griggs, the first woman to graduate from UD with a physics degree, who built a career solving complex problems in advanced technology, including founding Databuoy Corporation and developing gunfire localization technology, crediting her UD education. From the same date, the university also spotlighted alumna Lori Fontana, who was attracted to UD by its Rome program and small Catholic college environment, which shaped her life of service.