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‘You’re Paving the Way for Yourself’: First-Generation College Students Confront—and Overcome—Unique Challenges
by Capital One | Jan 31, 2024
Capital One partners with Dallas-Fort Worth universities to help first-gen students break down barriers to access and opportunity.
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.
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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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Dr. John Hart Jr. and his team Hart and his team have seen a "significant response eight weeks after therapy," according to UT Dallas. “That’s a strong window for a nonpharmacologic treatment,” the physician-scientist said.
Backed by $1.6M DHA Grant, UT Dallas Neuroscientist Works To Improve Word Retrieval in MS Patients
by Lance Murray | Jan 22, 2024
In 1985, Dr. John Hart Jr. established that the brain stores knowledge by categories. Now his team in the UTD Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory of Memory and Language has pinpointed patterns of brain activity that appear crucial for word retrieval.
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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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Education is Freedom CEO Dr. Susanna Russell [Photo:LinkedIn]
Dallas-Based Nonprofit Education Is Freedom Names New CEO
by Lance Murray | Dec 14, 2023
Dallas-based Education is Freedom (EIF), a college access advocate serving 25% of the public school students within Dallas County, has hired Dr. Susanna Russell as its new CEO.
Currently, Russell is the chief leadership officer of Garland Independent School District. Next year, Russell will replace outgoing CEO Marcia Page, who announced her desire to retire earlier this year after leading the EIF organization for more than 14 years....
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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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Andrea Shurley will be the the eighth president of the Ursuline Academy.
Ursuline Academy Names Principal Andrea Shurley as Incoming President
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Dec 1, 2023
Andrea Shurley has been appointed as the next president of Ursuline Academy of Dallas, starting in July 2024.
Shurley, currently the principal of the Catholic college preparatory school for girls, will succeed Gretchen Kane, making her the eighth academy president. Shurley’s decade-long leadership at Ursuline Academy has significantly contributed to the school’s academic advancements, student welfare, and staff development, earning praise from Jon Piot, the Board of Trustees Chair....
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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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