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ICYMI 2021: The Q3 Archive

You’ve found Dallas Innovates’ archive of news briefs from July to September 2021.
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Dallas’ Esposure Teams Up with Cryptomining Startup Salad to Help Gamers Earn Rewards By Computesharing
by | Sep 29, 2021
If you think that headline is a lot to chew on, you've got the right idea. Esposure wants to help Salad nibble on computing time from gamers everywhere, by training users how to turn their idle PCs into cryptomining computers through distributed computing. Redeemable rewards are the dessert.
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Life Science Is Booming in Dallas-Fort Worth. The BioNTX iC3 Summit Is the Place to Connect
The summit is an innovation multiplier for capital, collaboration, and commercialization. Plus, you can meet 2021 NTX Rising Stars—and the new companies moving to BioLabs at Pegasus Park.

Here's an updated agenda for the annual iC3 Life Science Summit on September 30 and October 1.
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Changemakers Will Explore Transformational Leadership and Innovative Strategies at Virtual Summit
by | Sep 23, 2021
The free, half-day event focuses on the power of positive change and navigating these uncharted times. Capital One's Reimagine Communities Summit features a keynote from Valerie Jarrett, former senior advisor to President Obama, along with insights from a diverse cross-section of innovators, industry disruptors, and content experts.
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OneStar Foundation Awards Teach For America $650K to Support Texas Programs

by | Sep 21, 2021
The award is designated for Teach For America programs in Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, the Rio Grande Valley, and San Antonio for the upcoming school year. It's part of a larger $21.6 million in federal funding that Texas received from AmeriCorps. OneStar Foundation, the Governor-designated National Service Commission in Texas, administers the AmeriCorps State grant program.
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Goldman Sachs Launches 10,000 Small Businesses Fellows Internship Program in Dallas
by | Sep 17, 2021
Kicking off during National Small Business Week, the program will partner locally with Dallas College. Its goal: Create paid internships for underrepresented community college students and address the skills gap faced by small businesses during the pandemic.
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Forces for Good: SMU Kicks Off $1.5B Fundraising Campaign, Southwest Airlines Launches Contest for Nonprofits, and Frito-Lay Provides Food to Students
by | Sep 17, 2021
You'll also read about the FC Dallas Foundation opening a soccer field for My Possibilities, Hari Mari partnering with St. Jude's, North Texas Food Bank Starts Its New $500M Campaign, and more organizations making a difference in Dallas-Fort Worth right now.
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DFW Goes LEGO Crazy: From the Perot Museum to a 12-Year-Old Cedar Hill NASA Intern to a STEM-Loving Dallas Tech Star and More
by | Sep 16, 2021
Clack your way down this page to see the Perot Museum's LEGO skyscrapers; Arlington's viral, eye-popping LEGO city budget video; a 12-year-old LEGO-obsessed NASA intern prodigy; a "tech is sexy" Dallas native who starred on FOX TV's "LEGO Masters," and more!
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Amazon Is Investing $1.2B to Provide College Tuition and Skills Training for Its Employees

by | Sep 9, 2021
43 percent of Texas workers say they'd leave their jobs if another company offered free skills training opportunities. In a tight labor market, Amazon's move could attract talent nationwide—including people like Tory Bias, a Dallas-based Amazon UX apprentice we spoke with today.
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Meet the Six UT Arlington Student Startups Awarded $85K at the Maverick Entrepreneur Program and Award Fund’s MavPitch Competition
by | Sep 1, 2021
Established by an anonymous alumnus to encourage UT Arlington students to explore their business ideas, the Maverick Entrepreneur Program and Award Fund is one of the few student-focused entrepreneurship programs in the country that awards these levels of cash funding to assist emerging startups.
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State Farm’s Tech Astra Summit to Encourage Young Girls to Pursue STEM
by | Sep 1, 2021
The gender gap in computing is getting worse: In 1995 37% of computer scientists were women, dropping to 24% today. State Farm is taking action with a new STEM summit to engage girls in science, technology, engineering, and math. Registration is open until Sept. 18.
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The DEC@Redbird Offers BIG iDEA DALLAS Program for Black Founders
by | Aug 27, 2021
The DEC@Redbird, an entrepreneurial hub for Southern Dallas, wants to help local Black founders launch the next big idea in business. So it's offering BIG iDEA DALLAS, an intensive seven-week program to help propel them from an idea to "a successful, market-validated business concept."
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How UT Dallas’ ATEC Is Turning Its Students Into Animation and Game Design Rock Stars 

by | Aug 26, 2021
Animation and game design is booming—and UTD is on the forefront. Here's how its School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication has become a national leader. ATEC is producing graduates who go on to work for top companies like Blizzard Entertainment, Gearbox Software, id software, Disney, and 900lbs.
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Plano Mayor’s Summer Internship Program Inspires the Workforce of the Future
by | Aug 24, 2021
How did these Plano teens spend their summer vacation? Making an impact in their community AND learning valuable marketplace skills at three North Texas nonprofits.
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UTA Joins Just Three Other Universities In Achieving the Prestigious ‘Texas Tier One’ Designation
by | Aug 19, 2021
UTA is the first university to achieve the designation in more than three years—joining Texas Tech, the University of Houston, and the University of Texas at Dallas as a recognized research university.
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Rollin’ n Bowlin Co-Founders Sophia Karbowski and Austin Patry
Dallas-Based Health Food Brand Rollin’ n Bowlin’ Launches Grant Program for College Entrepreneurs
by | Aug 18, 2021
TCU alums Sophia Karbowski and Austin Patry opened their own healthy food truck on TCU's campus. Now, the business that became smoothie and açaí brand Rollin’ n Bowlin’ is paying it forward with a mentorship and grant program designed to boost student founders.

Meet the three picks for the first cohort for "Bowls n Goals."
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