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D CEO, Dallas Innovates Honor Top Innovators at 2024 Awards
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Jan 25, 2024
At the annual Innovation Awards event, Dallas Innovates and D CEO revealed the winners in 17 categories and recognized all 74 North Texas finalists.
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jan 25, 2024
In just 10 weeks, Dallas-Fort Worth will have a front-row seat for the April 8 total solar eclipse, when the moon will cover the sun and offer, for many, a once-in-a-lifetime celestial sight. But Jo But Trazila says 10 weeks from now is not when you should be thinking about getting safe viewing glasses.
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 24, 2024
The project focuses on community-based intervention, and tasks HSC's SaferCare Texas clinical executives and School of Public Health staff with developing training education alongside HSC’s new College of Nursing and Fort Worth community-based organizations.
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 24, 2024
Bob Mong joined The University of North Texas at Dallas in 2015 following a distinguished journalism career, during which he ascended to editor-in-chief of The Dallas Morning News.
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IF/THEN statues on display in Pacific Science Center's "Science for Everyone" exhibit. [Photo: PSC]
The Last Word: Jordana Dahmen on Sparking STEM Passions With Barbies and the IF/THEN Initiative
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Jan 22, 2024
In 2021, Dallas saw the launch of an extraordinary exhibition under the banner of the IF/THEN initiative, aimed at promoting women in science, technology, engineering, and math. The centerpiece: a collection of 120 life-sized, 3D-printed statues representing a diverse group of women STEM professionals.
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 19, 2024
Longtime nonprofit executive and community relations veteran Monica Christopher has been named the inaugural president of Texas Woman’s University’s Dallas campus and will begin on Feb....
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by David Seeley |
Jan 17, 2024
Locally, the initiative will pair Baylor Scott & White Health with Uplift Education to launch a healthcare-focused high school in West Dallas later this year. "America needs more healthcare workers, and we need a stronger, larger middle-class—and this is a way to help accomplish both goals," billionaire Mike Bloomberg said.
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 15, 2024
Molecular biologist Vincent Tagliabracci, who was named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator in 2021, will be honored by the Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology for his groundbreaking work on so-called zombie enzymes.
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SMU Lyle School of Engineering's J.-C. Chiao [Photo: Kim Leeson/SMU]
The Last Word: SMU’s J.-C. Chiao on Being Named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
by David Seeley | Dec 13, 2023
J.-C. Chiao has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, SMU announced Tuesday, noting that election as an NAI fellow is "the highest professional distinction awarded to academic inventors."
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 12, 2023
The UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth is hosting the Women’s Cardiovascular and Brain Health Symposium February 1 and 2. The event will be "a transformative event for our research and health communities," says HSC's Dr. Mark Cunningham, bringing together scientists and community members to discuss the latest research on women’s cardiovascular and brain health topics.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 8, 2023
Dallas' Paul Quinn College is "rebooting" its technology systems for the future with Ellucian Colleague SaaS. The comprehensive, "holistic" modernization aims to support the HBCU's innovative mission to take aim at intergenerational poverty and "smash it."
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 6, 2023
UT Arlington principal investigator Dr. Suvra Pal said that previous studies modeling the probability of a cancer cure—also called the cure rate—"used a generalized linear model." The new statistical modeling method published by Pal and his student is said to be 30% more effective in predicting who will be cured of cancer and who will need further treatment.
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Dallas’ Parker University Is Building a ‘Digital Twin Metaversity’
by Lance Murray | Nov 29, 2023
The healthcare-focused private university is partnering with Austin's VictoryXR to re-create Parker’s campus grounds, building exteriors, and interior student spaces in a hyper-realistic 3D environment. Students will be able to take courses in virtual classrooms in the metaversity using virtual reality headsets or via desktop access.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 22, 2023
The Dallas Historical Society’s Award for Excellence in education has been awarded to Texas Woman’s University Chancellor Carine Feyten for her outstanding contributions to the field....
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 20, 2023
The research could lead to new ways to study the human brain without influence from other bodily functions. Also, it could inform the design of machines for cardiopulmonary bypass that better replicate natural blood flow to the brain.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 17, 2023
The Austin-based Kendra Scott Foundation, in partnership with First Book, is launching its inaugural Little Yellow Library this month in four Texas schools including Tom C....
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