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Christian Horner uses a Barbie doll to teach a physics lesson. [Image: Courtesy NMSI]
Virtual Education: Dallas-based National Math and Science Initiative Launches Free STEM Video Lessons
by Lauren Hawkins | May 11, 2020
The math, science, and English lessons come from teachers nationwide who all have a successful record of preparing students for college. That includes John Urschel, a former lineman for the Baltimore Ravens who is currently a doctoral candidate at the Massachusetts Institute for Technology.
by Alex Edwards |
May 8, 2020
Take a look back on the stories that grabbed our readers' attention amidst the COVID-19 outbreak last month. We've got learning in the living room, mask makers, how Vari is 'work spacing' the workspace, Jacobs' response to the pandemic, and more.
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by Alex Edwards |
May 7, 2020
The Department of Energy grant went to a UTD mechanical engineering professor and his team. If successful, the project could make a new technology that produces electricity cost effectively and reliably offshore.
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by Alex Edwards |
May 4, 2020
Many universities in the U.S. postponed dissertation defenses in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. But UT Dallas says that was never an option.
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![R.A. Session II, president, CEO, and founder of Taysha Gene Therapies [Background image: Olena Yepifanova via iStock]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/TayshaGene-Session-970-1-940x436.jpg)
R.A. Session II, president, CEO, and founder of Taysha Gene Therapies [Background image: Olena Yepifanova via iStock]
Dallas Gene Therapy Startup Launches with $30M Series A and a UT Southwestern Partnership
by Quincy Preston | Apr 29, 2020
Taysha Gene Therapies, which has been operating in stealth with UT Southwestern, is off to a fast start with a pipeline of 15 gene therapy programs. Together with UTSW, the combined platform could be "an engine for new cures."
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by Alex Edwards |
Apr 27, 2020
The Dallas City of Learning Digital Explorations platform presents hundreds of free programs for parents to access while students are learning from home.
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 23, 2020
The COVID-19 mission, should you choose to accept it: To create a low-risk campus environment that could exist after state and local executive orders related to the pandemic have expired.
Apply by April 30.
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 22, 2020
RevTech expects the grants to deliver more than $1.5 million of community impact. Recipients include Cafe Momentum, COOKED-19, Cooklist, among others with a mission to lift up the city of Dallas.
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When COVID-19 Struck, College District Shifted 60k Students to Online Learning in a Week
by Dave Moore | Apr 13, 2020
In less than a week, Dallas County Community College District moved entirely online. Here's how they did it.
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 5, 2020
Four teams awarded the grants will create the AHA's tenth 'Strategically Focused Research Network.' The collaboration will center on heath technologies and innovation.
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by Kathryn Chavez |
Apr 1, 2020
From Amazon's EarSketch (learn to code music with Grammy award-winning artists) to the Girls Scouts' Digital Do-Gooder Patch Program to IF/THEN's virtual swimming pool, North Texas organizations have made educational resources accessible online.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 31, 2020
Take a look back on the stories that grabbed our readers' attention amidst the COVID-19 outbreak last month. We've got mask makers, UTSW's discovery of a protein that could stop the coronavirus, autonomous rideshare in Arlington, and more.
We also have eye candy for those who may be nostalgic for when offices weren't remote: 15 innovative spaces in our Office Envy feature.
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UT Dallas researchers donated protective equipment to workers at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas. [Photo: UT Dallas
Front Lines: UTD Researchers Donate Personal Protective Gear for Parkland’s COVID-19 Response
by Lance Murray | Mar 24, 2020
The research staff delivered 72,000 gloves and more to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas for distribution to hospital workers involved in patient care.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 23, 2020
The effort starts with a $1 million donation to the Khan Foundation, which will give teachers, parents, and students online educational materials.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 20, 2020
Check out our weekly roundup on research and development activities by North Texas organizations to stay up-to-date on the important work.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 16, 2020
A professor at the University of North Texas Health Science Center is collaborating with an international team to test whether stem cells can combat COVID-19 pneumonia.
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