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Calendar: Not-to-Miss Events for Innovators in Dallas-Fort Worth
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Sep 2, 2026
North Texas has plenty to see, hear, and watch. Here are our editors' picks. Plus, you'll find more selections to "save the date."
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Sep 1, 2026
You'll find deadlines coming up for a new accelerator program; and many more opportunities.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Aug 27, 2026
Grants of $100,000 or $200,000 went to research projects not chosen for the 2026 Hill Prizes. Six Texas researchers, including three from Dallas’ UT Southwestern Medical Center, shared the $1 million.
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Dr. Irina Timofte (right), a transplant pulmonologist at UT Southwestern Medical Center, visits the UTDesign Capstone team. From left are mechanical engineering seniors Sebastian Talvy and Heber Mantle, biomedical engineering senior Manha Lateef, and mechanical engineering seniors Carlos J. Garza and Nicholas Schlak. Team member Luke Moore, a mechanical engineering senior, is not pictured. [Photo: University of Texas at Dallas]
Student Team Engineers Improved Method to Transport Thoracic Donor Organs
by UT Dallas | Aug 25, 2026
When Dr. Irina Timofte wanted to find a way to give donor lungs more time in transit, she turned to a team of six engineering students at UT Dallas. It is the third time the UT Southwestern transplant pulmonologist has worked with a UTDesign Capstone project.
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sponsored by UTDesign Capstone
by Sandra Engelland |
Aug 25, 2026
The grant will help launch Heart of a Mustang, a campuswide effort aimed at weaving character development into the undergraduate experience.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Aug 20, 2026
Troy Bertram, an Army veteran and former Google Cloud and Amazon Web Services executive, brings a passion for public service and public-sector partnerships to the Arlington-based foundation.
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Mark Cuban Foundation Launches Its First AI Education Program for Adults at Dallas College
by Sandra Engelland | Aug 12, 2026
The Dallas-based foundation is partnering with New York City worker advocacy nonprofit Lift Our Voices on the free Agentic AI Academy, a five-day pilot for community college learners.
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by Lauren Lawley Head |
Aug 4, 2026
The Spears Institute’s new global ambassador told founders that infrastructure is what lets creativity scale. The event continues through Thursday with more than 40 sessions and a closing keynote from Colossal Biosciences CEO Ben Lamm.
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Zhijian “James” Chen, Ph.D., a professor of molecular biology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, is a winner of the 2026 Japan Prize in Life Sciences. [Video still: UTSW]
UT Southwestern Named World’s Top-Ranked Health Institution for Healthcare Research in 2026
by Sandra Engelland | Jul 8, 2026
The ranking came from Nature Index, which tracks health care research articles published in top science journals, offering a snapshot of landmark discoveries from 6,545 institutions around the world.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Jun 25, 2026
In a “defining moment for Dallas College.," the planned next-gen transformation of the historic El Centro campus along downtown Dallas' Austin Street corridor "allows for a bold vision linking culture, commerce, transit, and education in one place," Dallas College said.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Jun 25, 2026
CFT said the new funding will help improve student outcomes by reducing absenteeism, connecting under resourced youth to opportunities and support, and improving access to high-quality education and workforce pathways.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Jun 18, 2026
The ground lease and research agreements give North Carolina-based Terrestrial Energy site control over approximately 77 acres at A&M-RELLIS and support site characterization, environmental evaluations, testing, and research activity connected to the company’s Integral Molten Salt Reactor.
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