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Ceremonial checks are displayed onstage during the Draper Pitch Competition—formerly UT Dallas’ Big Idea Competition—on April 14. [Photo via UT Dallas]
UT Dallas Draper Pitch Competition Awards Record $330K to Student, Alumni Startups
by Sandra Engelland | Apr 28, 2026
Nine student and alumni teams made the finals in three tracks: undergraduate, graduate student, and alumni. Winning ideas ranged from AI sales coaching to radiation mapping and noninvasive brain drug delivery as the university’s entrepreneurship push continues to scale.
by Sandra Engelland |
Apr 22, 2026
The new office is designed to simplify how organizations work with SMU—whether through research partnerships, workforce development, or student engagement.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 22, 2026
The foundation said it will invest "a minimum of $1 million" to help close the manufacturing skills gap in Dallas, which it called "an aerospace hub where the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts some of the strongest demand for advanced manufacturing labor."
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Apr 22, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of March 24 with a total of 171 patents granted.
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SMU's Dallas Hall [Photo courtesy of SMU]
AECOM and SMU Partner to Invest in Future of AI Infrastructure Talent
by David Seeley | Apr 2, 2026
Aiming to advance AI-driven research, workforce readiness, and long‑term talent development in infrastructure engineering, AECOM and SMU said they are "reinforcing the role of universities and industry as engines of workforce development and economic growth."
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 30, 2026
Dallas Innovates and our partners at the Dallas Regional Chamber spotlight the names you need to know in Dallas-Fort Worth's AI economy.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 10, 2026
Adzich has been working with groups like students from the Hockaday School who conduct book drives and raise $150 to provide a "bookshelf" for laundromat libraries around Dallas. Adzich has used that output to set up and maintain four Dallas-area laundromat libraries.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Mar 10, 2026
On display through September 7, 2026, the exhibition provides a STEM educational experience for visitors of all ages in an engaging and interactive space that showcases "the connective threads" of the science, technology, engineering, and math that contribute to the popularity and excitement of soccer.
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Levi Belnap, executive director of the Center for Applied Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Mays Business School. Photo by Chloe Kryzak/Texas A&M]
Texas A&M Launches New Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center at the ‘Geographic Center’ of the Texas Triangle
by Quincy Preston | Feb 19, 2026
The new center readies students for venture creation and business acquisition in an AI-driven economy. Texas A&M’s Mays Business School has tapped startup founder and former Merlyn for Education CEO Levi Belnap as executive director, building on last year's appointment of “the nation’s first dean of AI."
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by David Seeley |
Feb 19, 2026
Made possible in part by $100 million in state funding, the new facility is modeled on a collaborative “teach, train, and treat” philosophy." It features AI-integrated simulation, including mixed-reality rooms and VR headsets, along with virtual environments developed in collaboration with TWU computer science faculty.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Feb 18, 2026
The Texas Ticker is the flagship program within the Dallas College Y’all Street Market Experience, which connects students, industry partners, and the community to real-world market activity through applied learning, professional tools, workshops, and seminars—all focused on the financial sector.
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by Maddie Preston |
Feb 10, 2026
The grant supports development of reusable, impact-resistant materials designed to withstand frequent landings and collision events in next-generation aircraft—everything from air taxis to the flying cars of the future.
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[Sources: suksunt sansawast/Kolonko/arthobbit/istockphoto; DI Studio]
North Texas’ EnLiSense Develops Wearable Sensor That Uses Sweat to Track Sleep Hormones
by Maddie Preston | Feb 3, 2026
A UT Dallas study supports Allen-based EnLiSense’s approach to circadian health monitoring, via a wearable that directly measures biochemical markers tied to wakefulness and sleep.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 3, 2026
MoMoney is "a playful, high-energy world built around one simple idea: money is too important to be intimidating and too interesting to be boring," says Houss El Marabti, the museum's co-founder.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Jan 21, 2026
Zhijian “James” Chen is receiving the prize for his discoveries about the immune system, including cGAS, which "acts as the body’s burglar alarm to trigger defense from invading pathogens," UTSW said. Numerous winners of the Japan Prize have gone on to win the Nobel Prize for their achievements.
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by David Seeley |
Jan 15, 2026
Megha Tolia's new role is designed to expand the institute’s international reach and amplify its mission to empower the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders. She'll continue in her role as a co-founding director of the Spears Institute alongside her husband, Nirav Tolia, founder and CEO of Nextdoor.
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