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Left to right: Yunsun Nam, Ph.D.; Bilal Akin, Ph.D.; and Fan Zhang, Ph.D. [Photos courtesy of TAMEST]
Three Dallas-Area ‘Rising Star’ Researchers Set to Receive Top Texas Science and Tech Honors
by Maddie Preston | Dec 15, 2025
TAMEST — the Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science & Technology — named five statewide recipients for its 2026 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Awards, including three from Dallas-Fort Worth institutions. The honorees will be recognized in February, with nominations for 2027 opening in January.
by Maddie Preston |
Dec 13, 2025
AI² supports large-scale research and interdisciplinary work across the university as TCU pushes toward R1 status.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Dec 12, 2025
North Texas has plenty to see, hear, and watch. Here are our editors' picks. Plus, you'll find more selections to "save the date."
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Dec 12, 2025
You'll find deadlines coming up for a new accelerator program; and many more opportunities.
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Edith and Peter O’Donnell receiving a joint honorary doctorate from SMU in 2008. [Photo: SMU]
O’Donnell Foundation Commits Up to $60M+ for SMU Energy Program, Academy Honors Fund
by Sandra Engelland | Dec 10, 2025
The investment will establish a new Energy Science, Innovation, and Enterprise program and boost SMU’s reach in recruiting top students and faculty, the university said. One key goal: connecting talent directly with the companies and industries shaping the future.
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by Maddie Preston |
Dec 8, 2025
The pilot will test Last Energy’s 5-megawatt PWR-5 design at Texas A&M–RELLIS while the company advances a plan for 30 commercial microreactors in Haskell County northwest of Dallas-Fort Worth to serve data center growth.
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by Maddie Preston |
Dec 6, 2025
The PropType interface overlays a virtual keyboard onto everyday objects, giving AR users a faster, more natural way to type.
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by Maddie Preston |
Dec 5, 2025
The investment strengthens UTA’s pipeline for high-demand engineering talent and supports research on AI-enabled safety systems for nuclear plants.
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UNT Dallas' new STEM building [Image: UNT Dallas]
UNT Dallas Unveils $100M STEM Hub to Expand Pathways into Healthcare and Science
by Sandra Engelland | Dec 3, 2025
The new building, which officials called "the most consequential addition to the UNT Dallas campus in university history," will open to students next month when the spring semester begins.
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by Quincy Preston |
Dec 3, 2025
Cindy Weber, who's landed in all 50 states and a half dozen countries, offers advice as TWU's pioneering woman-focused aviation program doubles enrollment.
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by Maddie Preston |
Nov 24, 2025
The brain-inspired design could lower the energy and compute costs behind AI training requirements, an increasingly urgent challenge for enterprises.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 24, 2025
Civil engineering assistant professor Adnan Rajib, whose lab created what UT Arlington calls the first global estimate of floodplain loss in 2023 and later built real-time maps of July’s deadly Hill Country floods, leads new research proposing fixes for inconsistent floodplain tracking.
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Martinez Elementary in Little Elm, which opened in August 2024, was the first of Denton ISD's three prototype campuses to be built. [Photo: Pfluger Architects]
Denton ISD Trades Hallways for ‘Active Hub’ Design at New Prototype Elementary Schools
by Quincy Preston | Nov 6, 2025
After voters approved Denton ISD’s 2023 capital improvement plan, enrollment growth made it necessary to open three elementary schools quickly—including one within a year of bond passage, Pfluger Architects said. The district opened Martinez Elementary in August 2024 and completed two more in time for the 2025–26 school year.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 27, 2025
The company said that interns will acquire real customers, generate revenue and master the tools reshaping the future of work: AI and automation. Applications for the inaugural cohort open in January and spaces are limited.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 23, 2025
Bowles will advise the Lab’s leadership team and students on fund strategy, investment process, and entrepreneurial execution, and will bring "a practical investor’s perspective" to the lab’s mission of supporting ventures that create measurable social impact.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 16, 2025
Ranging from Bold Idea to the Dallas Zoo to Girlstart to the Frontiers of Flight Museum, the organizations say the new Ecosystem aims to advance equitable STEM+ opportunities for all learners—building what GEMS Camp founder Saki Milton calls "a range of pathways that empower the next generation of innovators and problem-solvers in North Texas."
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