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Left: Capt. Edith A. Standen inspects a scepter at the Wiesbaden Central Collecting Point. Right: Monuments Man Capt. James Rorimer oversees the evacuation of artwork from Neuschwanstein Castle by American military personnel near Füssen, Germany. [Photos Margaret Farmer Planton, National Archives and Records Administration]

Monuments Men Foundation Changes Name to Celebrate 27 WWII Women Art Rescuers

by | Jun 6, 2022
Today—on the 63rd anniversary of D-Day—the Dallas-based nonprofit changed its name to the Monuments Men and Women Foundation, acknowledging the 27 women members of the allied WWII art rescue team.

"This name change has been a long-standing wish of mine," said bestselling Dallas author Robert M. Edsel, the foundation's founder and chairman. "The upcoming opening of the Monuments Men and Women Gallery [at the National World War II Museum] presented just the right opportunity."
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Ascent Solutions To Launch a Global Cybersecurity Think Tank in Cypress Waters
by | Jun 6, 2022
Minneapolis-based startup Ascent Solutions recently announced it has chosen Cypress Waters in Coppell for its new 33,000-square-foot "cybersecurity epicenter." The center will house secure areas for cyber investigation, automation, and intelligence. But it will also feature a nationally scaled cyber apprenticeship program and serve as a think tank to drive thought leadership in the industry.

CEO JD Harris tells Dallas Innovates the center will be a place for "cyber professionals to gather to share important ideas, pilot critical technologies, and test many new security processes, systems, and workflows."
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DI People: City of Frisco, SMU, UNT, CBRE, Aero Design Labs, Invited, T.D. Jakes Foundation, and More Leadership Moves
by | Jun 3, 2022
In this week’s roundup of hires, promotions, and accolades in North Texas, you’ll also find news from The DEC, American Airlines, Perimeter Medical, BRIX, NEC Corp. of America, Valor, Vizient, Apty, DHA Housing Solutions for North Texas, Southwest Airlines, Nanoscope Therapeutics, TimelyMD, and Thryv Holdings.
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SMU Names Two New Deans
by | May 31, 2022

SMU has announced two new appointments to its ranks. Robin Poston and Jason P. Nance will serve as the Dean of the Moody School of Graduate and Advanced Studies and Dedman School of Law, respectively.

Jason P. Nance, an education policy and law scholar who studies inequalities in public education, will join SMU’s Dedman School of Law as the Judge James Noel Dean in August....

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A rendering of the Crow Museum of Asian Art that will be built as part of the new Edith and Peter O’Donnell Jr. Athenaeum at UT Dallas. [Image: UT Dallas]

12 Acres of Creativity: UT Dallas Breaks Ground on a $158M Cultural Arts District

by | May 12, 2022
The Edith and Peter O’Donnell Jr. Athenaeum will feature three new buildings: a second location for the Crow Museum of Asian Art; a performance hall; and a second museum focused on traditional arts of the Americas. The project's designer, global architectural firm Morphosis, designed the Perot Museum in downtown Dallas.
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Blackstone LaunchPad Blasts Off at UT Arlington
by | May 11, 2022
The program enables student entrepreneurs to earn national recognition and startup resources through a national network. Here's a look at several innovations students have developed within the program—from 3D-printed rock-climbing grips to autonomous drone software and more.
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TWU Team Secures Patent for Astronaut Visor After Winning NASA Challenge
by | May 11, 2022
The team of Texas Woman’s University kinesiology seniors won the top prize in the Texas Space Grant Consortium Design Challenge Showcase last month at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. They enhanced a device originally designed by their predecessor team last fall—which made history by being the first all-female design team to win the competition.
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Dallas High School Team Wins 2022 International NASA Rover Challenge
by | May 5, 2022
A team from Dallas' Parish Episcopal School has won first place at the 2022 international NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge. The challenge involved 91 teams from around the world, including 58 colleges and 33 high schools. The Parish team won first place overall in the high school division, along with two other awards for Project Review and Videography.
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DI People: AT&T, LaunchBio, Texas A&M, Thryv, PeopleFun, Eyelit, LTK and More Announce Leadership Moves

by | Apr 29, 2022
In this week’s roundup of 25 hires, promotions, and accolades in North Texas, you’ll also find news from Bottle Rocket, Texas Health Aetna, Trinity Metro, Mitel, State Fair of Texas, Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas Afterschool, Mitel, Talus Pay, Globe Life, PHP Agency, and Texas Security Bank.
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Startup Connecting Students to HBCUs Moves from California to McKinney
by | Apr 28, 2022
HBCU HUB, a startup focused on connecting students to recruiters at historically Black colleges and universities, is moving its headquarters to McKinney with the aid of grant funding from the McKinney Economic Development Corporation’s Innovation Fund.
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SMU Lands One of its Largest Gifts Ever to Fund Entrepreneurship
by | Apr 28, 2022
William Spears, founder and CEO of Dallas-based sustainability solutions firm Cenergistic, has given SMU the largest donation from a non-alum in its more than century-long history.

The gift will be used to set up the William S. Spears Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership within the Cox School of Business, as well as the Spears Accelerator, to help get student- and faculty-formed businesses off the ground, and other entrepreneur-supporting efforts.
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UTD Team Develops Rapid Virus Test That’s ‘150 Times More Accurate’—and They’ve Launched a Company to Commercialize It
by | Apr 21, 2022
A team of UT Dallas bioengineers has developed a rapid test for viruses that delivers results as accurate as PCR lab tests within 30 minutes. The test works by attaching gold nanoparticles to antibodies against the virus being tested, then scanning them with two lasers.

Three months after winning the grand prize at the MassChallenge North Texas pitch competition, the team's leader, Dr. Zhenpeng Qin, is working to commercialize the technology through a new company, Avsana Labs.
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[Photo: Dallas College]

Dallas College Job Training Cuts Turnover, Boosts Engagement

by | Apr 12, 2022
Dallas College, which received a $10 million U.S. Department of Labor grant to train workers in information technology, advanced manufacturing, and transportation-related skills, is on the verge of expanding its job training efforts to the national level.

Closer to home, five Southern Dallas County companies are taking part in the college's Skills Development Fund program.
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DI People: Dave & Busters, Fujitsu, Keurig Dr Pepper, Aurora Innovation, DHA, and More Make Leadership Moves
by | Apr 8, 2022
In this week's roundup of hires, promotions, and accolades in North Texas, you'll also find news from Firehouse, Enseo, Cambium Learning, D Magazine, Lear Investment Management, Spacee, Envy Gaming, 5Q, Stream Realty Partners, Nanoscope, Crossplane Capital, Improving, TimelyMD and more.
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Big D Can Be Davos for the Brain Economy
by | Apr 4, 2022
Brain health is at the forefront of an economy that's increasingly knowledge intensive. With innovation spanning precision diagnostics and treatment matching to economic policies and innovative investment models, there's a "golden opportunity" to lead the brain health revolution.

"Dallas is uniquely positioned to lead the way for the state, the country, and the world," according to these science, policy, and finance experts.
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ICYMI 2022: The Q1 Archive
by | Mar 31, 2022
TIAA is moving to The Star in Frisco, PeopleFun names a female CEO, DIFF readies for its first-ever spring preview of films, and more.
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