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Autonomous Food Delivery Robots Hitting the Streets at UT Dallas

by | Dec 6, 2019
The app’s user experience includes an interactive map that tracks the robot, and once it arrives, the user gets an alert and can unlock the robot via the app.
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Discovery: Dallas Stats Show Low Rates of Depression, UTA Researcher Honored
by | Dec 6, 2019
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you’ll also read about how Caris Life Sciences is offering a new tool to evaluate hereditary cancer risks.
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The Countdown: Dallas Innovates’ 10 Most Popular Stories in November
by | Dec 3, 2019
Take a look back on the stories that grabbed our readers' attention last month.
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Impact Report: Dallas City of Learning Impacted 68K Students With its Educational Programs This Summer
by | Dec 2, 2019
With its more than 700 community partners, the program—presented by the City of Dallas, DISD, and Big Thought—connects students to the city’s most valuable out-of-school time resources. This year, that accumulated to a total of 2,993,300 hours.
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#GivingTuesdayDFW: United Way and UTD Expand Business for Good Program to Enhance Social Media

by | Nov 26, 2019
For its second year, the Business for Good program is adding digital campaign development for local nonprofits in advance of #GivingTuesdayDFW on Dec. 3.
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Hack Culture: Asterisk Redefines Tech Recruitment Through Hands-On Coding Experiences
by | Nov 25, 2019
Hackathons are about coding collaboration in the extreme. But Asterisk's hackathons deliver on all levels for both companies and their talent—from problem-solving to scouting tech talent.
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DCCCD Teams Up With Edquity to Launch Emergency Aid Mobile App for Students
by | Nov 22, 2019
The tech is already proving effective with over $70,000 distributed to DCCCD students affected by recent tornados through the app.
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Discovery: Three UTA Chemists Among World’s Top 100 Scientists, UNT Prof Helps with Fossil Identification Breakthrough
by | Nov 22, 2019
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you’ll also learn how seed grants are helping scientists and scholars conduct research at the University of Texas at Dallas.
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Dallas Innovates: The [Tech] Talent Issue

Talent is the No. 1 thing on the minds of North Texas leaders. Our special edition magazine dives into how companies, culture, and community are making Dallas-Fort Worth a force for the future.
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UTD and TCU Rank Among Top 50 Best Undergrad Programs for Entrepreneurs
by | Nov 15, 2019
The Princeton Review's 14th annual survey named UTD 13th and TCU 15th. Each North Texas university houses an institute for entrepreneurship studies within the business school.
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bigBANG! 2019 Encouraged Conversations Surrounding an Inclusive Economy
by | Nov 15, 2019
The two-day conference hosted a marketplace of socially-conscious enterprises from across North Texas including Marie Mae, Deep Vellum Publishing, Roma Boots, and EarthX. Check out our recap of what went down.
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Discovery: UNT Raises $2.3M for Research Portal; UTD Adds Faculty to Build on Emerging Areas
by | Nov 15, 2019
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you’ll also find news on UTSW and the American Heart Association examining cardiac concerns, as well as Cook Children’s in Fort Worth receiving a grant to bolster research.
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IBM’s EdTech Cities Challenge Grants DISD Students $500K

by | Nov 14, 2019
Students from local P-TECH campuses worked with IBM and AT&T experts last week on ideas that use 5G or AI to solve a community problem. The two winning teams got $250,000 worth of support—and get to watch their idea come to life.
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SMU Creates 8th Degree-Granting School with $100M Gift from Moody Foundation
by | Nov 12, 2019
SMU called the gift, the largest in its history, a transformational and historic moment that will boost its reputation as a research university.
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Meet the Finalists: The Innovation Awards 2020, Presented by Dallas Innovates and D CEO
Check out the companies and leaders making Dallas-Fort Worth a hub for innovation.
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Discovery: UTSW’s Hi-Res Microscope Produces Better Images; UNT Prof Finds Polluted Air Can Cause Weight Gain
by | Nov 8, 2019
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you'll also find out about a UTA researcher's extensive study that shows no link between violent video games and acts of violence.
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