The Richardson City Council recognized two outstanding University of Texas at Dallas teams at Monday’s City Council work session. 

The UT Dallas Comet Chess Team received a proclamation for winning the inaugural National Collegiate Women’s Chess Championship. The Comets finished 4.5 points ahead of second place and claimed three of the top four individual finishes.  

The UT Dallas MBA Team from the Naveen Jindal School of Management was also presented a proclamation for winning first place at the 2025 MBA Case Competition World Cup Finals. The team competed against 237 universities from around the globe – including Yale, Carnegie Mellon, HEC Paris, UNC-Chapel Hill and the University of Cambridge – advancing to the final five before securing the championship title.  

Monday’s presentations: 

Chess Team (Video

MBA Team (Video