R.A.D classes resume after pandemic closure

Previously closed R.A.D classes recieve high demand and participation from UTD students, staff and others

The UTD Police Department has resumed R.A.D., a free self-defense class, for women and men this semester, reviving the program two years after its pandemic shutdown.

R.A.D. — Rape Aggression Defense for women and Resisting Against Defense for men — is an ongoing three-day program open to students, staff and the general public. This semester, the program for women will be held from Feb. 1 to Feb. 3, Feb. 14 to Feb 16, March 20 to March 22 and April 6 to April 8. The sessions will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the UTD police station for the first day and at Rec Center West on the other two days. According to R.A.D.’s training coordinator and instructor Sgt. Somer