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ExamSoft, a Provider of Anti-Cheating Tech, Experiences Growth In an Age Of Online Education

by | Jun 18, 2020
The Dallas-based education tech company went from having eight customers to 500 using one of its education monitoring products in the span of a few months.
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SMU Partners with 2U and Over 30 Universities to Launch $3M Scholarship Fund
by | Jun 17, 2020
The fund was created to expand access for people from historically underrepresented communities to attend tech training boot camps.
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New Texas Women’s Foundation Report Shows Women Hold a Huge Stake in Texas’ Workforce
by | Jun 16, 2020
The population of Texas women has grown by 19 percent in the last decade. But women still face disparity when it comes to income, health insurance, college loan debt, and housing stability. The TXWF has recommendations.
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DI People: TREC, Farmer Brothers, McKesson, TDIndustries Make Moves
by | Jun 12, 2020
In this week's roundup of hires and promotions in North Texas, you'll also find news from Freese and Nichols, CSW Industrials, OYO Hotels & Homes, Cyber Defense Labs, and more.
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DI People: Hillwood, Front Burner Restaurants, Veritex Bank Make Executive Moves

by | May 21, 2020
In this weekly roundup of executive moves in North Texas, you'll also find news from SMU, Renovo Financial, Flagship Facility Services, Zalat Pizza, and more.
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Attention, Jobseekers and Small Business Owners: Google is Now Offering Digital Skills Training for Free Online
by | May 20, 2020
Grow with Google has trained more than 4 million, but its OnAir programming is available online for the first time. Dallas area partners include Goodwill Industries of Fort Worth, Dallas Metropolitan Small Business Development Centers, and The League of United Latin American Citizens in Dallas. 
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Dallas’ Paul Quinn, JPMorgan Chase Join More Than 20 Black Leaders in a Virtual Celebration for Grads
by | May 13, 2020
The national commencement ceremony will feature former President Barack Obama, Kevin Hart, and other leaders in arts, music, sports, government, and business. The brainchild of Dr. Michael Sorrell, President of Paul Quinn College, the virtual event celebrates students graduating from Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
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Virtual Education: Dallas-based National Math and Science Initiative Launches Free STEM Video Lessons
by | 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.
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With a $3M Grant, UTD Research Team Begins Work on a Deep-Sea Wind Turbine

by | 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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UTD PhD Students Had the Largest Number of Dissertations This Semester—And Presented Them Online
by | 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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Closing the Gender Gap in STEM: High-Tech High Heels Texas Chapter Adds New Directors
by | Apr 30, 2020
Dallas-based High-Tech High Heels was founded by a group of women at Texas Instruments 20 years ago. They've invested more than $1M in programs that increase access to college-level STEM degree programs for girls.
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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 | 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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From left, University of Texas at Dallas and SMU. [Photos: UTD, Andrew Smith; SMU, courtesy]

Solution Fund: UT Dallas and SMU Partner With RevTech on Higher Ed (SAFE) Schools Challenge

by | 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.
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RevTech Awards $40,000 in Impact Grants to 8 Dallas-Area Startups and Nonprofits
by | 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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A Custom Medical Device Company in Deep Ellum is Prototyping Better PPE to Fight COVID-19
by | Apr 21, 2020
"This mask technology is very, very old," MedCAD's CEO says. "This is an opportunity to innovate."
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When COVID-19 Struck, College District Shifted 60k Students to Online Learning in a Week
by | 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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