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Commit Partnership Chairman and CEO Todd Williams [Photo: Commit Partnership]
O’Donnell Foundation Gives $50M in Grants to Boost Higher Education in North Texas
by Lance Murray | Oct 7, 2025
Along with the foundation’s investment of $60 million late last year to the Dallas County Promise, the grants collectively represent one of the largest philanthropic investments ever to grow postsecondary success in the region.
NIH Grants $1.84M to UTA Research Team Studying How the Immune System Can Go Wrong—and How to Fix It
by Lance Murray |
Oct 4, 2025
The research could lead to better treatments for disease, including cancer.
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![ABC 20/20 co-anchor Deborah Roberts (left) in conversation with moderator Sara Madsen Miller at the "Leading the Lone Star State: Texas Women in Public Service Summit." Roberts shared hard-earned wisdom with the audience: "Be self-assured. Know your story. Don't doubt who you are." [Photo: Leo Gonzalez/TWU]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Sara-Madsen-Miller-Deborah-Roberts_TWU-event-092025-360x203.jpg)
by Quincy Preston |
Oct 1, 2025
Roberts and NY Times best-selling author Jen Hatmaker headlined the Jane Nelson Institute for Women's Leadership summit in Denton on Sept. 19. The conference brought together women in public service and featured an award for retired Texas Rep. Myra Crownover.
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by UT Dallas |
Oct 1, 2025
Join experts for The Compliance Conundrum, a panel and networking event hosted by UT Dallas’ Cyber Security Research and Education Institute in partnership with Comcast Business, Rapid7, NBC 5, and Telemundo 39. Space is limited, and registration closes Oct. 3.
sponsored by The University of Texas at Dallas Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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Researchers at UT Dallas used an enzyme called TdT to create unique genetic "fingerprints" inside living cells—a breakthrough in biosecurity that could help biotech companies verify cell identity and prevent counterfeiting. The technique, published in Advanced Science, increases randomness in DNA repair to generate one-of-a-kind markers. This cropped image shows a key step—Pol X’s role in the process. [Source: Figure 1, TdT (1D) PUF/Advanced Science]
UT Dallas Researchers ‘Barcode’ Engineered Cells with Patent-Pending Tech to Protect Biotech IP
by Maddie Preston | Sep 27, 2025
The UTD team’s approach adapts a chip-security technique to biology. The breakthrough gives biotech companies a new way to prevent costly misidentification and protect intellectual property.
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by Maddie Preston |
Sep 26, 2025
In a published study, Adelaide Lovett traced how synthetic fibers shed microplastics that can end up in human organs. She also co-designed astronaut gear to guard against lunar dust—a project that earned a NASA innovation award.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 26, 2025
In Stephenville—about 70 miles southwest of Fort Worth—the new facility adds labs, research space, and clinical classrooms as part of a broader push to expand rural healthcare education across Texas.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 17, 2025
Matthew Kuo of Renner Middle School in Plano and Paola Lumbreras of Acton Middle School in Granbury will be flying to Washington in October to compete with 28 other finalists in the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge. The top prize: $25,000.
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2025 Time Kid of the Year Tejasvi Manoj. [Image: TIME]
TIME’s Kid of the Year Is a 17‑Year-Old Tech Whiz From North Texas
by David Seeley | Sep 11, 2025
Tejasvi Manoj, a senior at Frisco's Lebanon Trail High School, made the cover of TIME for building a website that protects senior citizens from online scams. But wait, there's more: The Mark Cuban AI Bootcamp alumni is also an Eagle Scout, a violinist, and an active volunteer for nonprofits around the world.
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by Maddie Preston |
Sep 10, 2025
Compressed earth blocks made from Dallas soil could offer a low-cost, eco-friendly alternative to traditional masonry. A team of Garland High School summer student researchers got hands-on experience with the solution at SMU's Lyle School of Engineering.
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North Texas Innovation Is Boundary‑Breaking. Nominations for the Awards That Prove It Close Sept. 12
by Quincy Preston |
Sep 7, 2025
D CEO and Dallas Innovates have expanded The Innovation Awards 2026 with more individual and company categories this year. Now is your chance to be part of the region’s defining recognition for innovators.
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by Quincy Preston |
Sep 3, 2025
The new federal Alzheimer's hub joins an elite network of 37 centers nationwide. Scientists from UT Southwestern, UT Arlington, and UT Dallas will decode dementia by exploring hypertension's role, analyzing voice patterns with AI, and creating virtual patient models.
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Retired UT Dallas President Dr. Richard C. Benson [Photo: UTD]
Newly Retired UTD President To Be Inducted Into Tech Titans Hall of Fame
by Lance Murray | Aug 28, 2025
Dr. Richard Benson, who served as president of UT Dallas from 2016 through Aug. 1, 2025, will be recognized at the 2025 Tech Titans Awards event on Sept 12.
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by Maddie Preston |
Aug 27, 2025
Four North Texas community colleges and the DFW Hospital Council will use a federal grant to expand training, boost equity, and meet the region’s growing demand for health care workers.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 27, 2025
The new initiative—aimed at tackling challenges around national defense, supply chain resilience, and economic competitiveness—will serve as a research and policy hub. Its Presidential Advisory Council includes leaders from the military, government, and industry.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 26, 2025
After 15 years at the helm of the charter school network, Yasmin Bhatia will retire at year’s end. Remy Washington, currently president of Uplift, will take the reins in January.
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