![Two people cut a suspended ribbon using a giant pair of scissors as four others look on. Two people cut a suspended ribbon using a giant pair of scissors as four others look on.](img/2021_week_44.jpg)
Pictured from left: Dr. Inga Musselman, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs; Mr. Clyde Jackson, chairman and ceo of Wynne/Jackson, Inc; Dr. Richard C. Benson, president of the University; Ms. Imaan Razak Macchiwalla, vice president for Student Government; The Honorable Paul Voelker, mayor of the City of Richardson; Mr. Josh Smith, senior vice president of Balfour Beatty Campus Solutions; Dr. Calvin D. Jamison, vice president for Facilities & Economic Development.
Last Thursday’s high winds didn’t stop the dedication of Northside at UT Dallas (AKA “Comet Town”), which included an appearance by Temoc and the UTD Cheerleaders and Power Dancers, tents offering free samples from Northside food venues and a ribbon cutting.
Northside is a 1.37M gross-square-foot mixed-use complex just across the street from the north end of campus, offering 2,540 beds in 1,221 living units of various configurations, several places to eat, and common spaces dedicated to studying, exercising and recreation.