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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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Nominate Now: BioNTX Dennis K. Stone Award Recognizes Positive Impact in North Texas Biotech and Life Science Research
by | Sep 14, 2021
Deadline for nominations is Friday, September 17. The 2021 award, sponsored by BioLabs at Pegasus Park, will be presented on September 30 at the iC3 Life Science Summit. The impact that Dr. Dennis K. Stone left on the DFW biotech industry is, without doubt, immeasurable, says BioNTX. Past recipients of the award that honors his memory are Phil Ralston, Lyda Hill, Darlene Boudreaux, Paul Dorman, and Hubert Zajicek.
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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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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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DI People: Kimberly-Clark, Cyber Defense Labs, Signify Health, and More Make Moves
by | Aug 27, 2021
In this week's roundup of hires and promotions in North Texas, you'll also find news from Hilltop Securities, RealFoundations, Mohr Capital, Aimbridge Hospitality, HOYA Vision Care, GlobalStep, Instant Power, and eIVF.
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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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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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Rural College Promise Program Launches with $3.1M Grant from the Greater Texas Foundation
by | Aug 18, 2021

The annual budget of UT Austin is roughly $3 billion. But many Texas students attend small rural colleges with nowhere near those resources.

Now Dallas-based Economic Mobility Systems, the Rural Community College Alliance, and the Greater Texas Foundation (GTF) are launching a pioneering program to create more equitable college and workforce outcomes for rural Texas students....

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SMU Announces All-New Business Accelerator to Support Next-Gen Entrepreneurs
by | Aug 10, 2021
Students and recent alumni of Southern Methodist University will have the opportunity to be a part of an "intense and enriching" 6-month program—and a chance to compete for funding.
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UT Dallas and Fullstack Academy Launch Four Bootcamps for Tech Professionals
by | Aug 10, 2021
With Dallas ranked as one of the top cities in America for tech pros, UT Dallas and Fullstack have launched four skills training bootcamps focused on coding, cybersecurity, data analytics, and DevOps. The online bootcamps begin in November with tuition at $11,995 each.
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Winners Announced for the Children’s Health Innov8 4 Kids Hackathon

by | Jul 28, 2021
High schoolers who focused on the mental, emotional aspects of health care dominated the hackathon. That's especially impressive, considering that of the 14 teams competing, four were high school teams, eight were college teams, and two were professional teams. See the top three winning submissions here.
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Jacobs Named Program Partner for $3.47B DISD 2020 Bond Program
by | Jul 20, 2021

Dallas-based engineering giant Jacobs has been selected as one of the program management firms for the $3.47 billion Dallas Independent School District (DISD) 2020 Bond Program....

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From a COVID Breathalyzer Test to Chemical Weapons Detection, UNT Professor Develops Sensors that Sniff Out Diseases and Dangerous Substances
by | Jul 19, 2021
Verbeck and his team at UNT have developed sensors that detect chemical weapons, COVID on people's breath, and chemicals in smoke that help firefighters know how to respond. The chemical sensors he creates could prove to be game changers in diagnosing diseases.
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Urban Air Adventure Park Forms Unleashed Brands, Acquires Snapology, a Creative Play Company
by | Jul 14, 2021
With more than 165 locations in the U.S. and international franchises, Snapology expands Urban Air's offerings to include play-based STEM and STEAM learning. That should add even more momentum to Urban Air, ranked the #2 "Smartest-Growing Brand" in America by the Franchise Times.
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