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Big Thought Launches a New Division Offering Educational Consulting

by | Jan 30, 2020
Big Thought's ability to bring learning programs to life (like when it helped produce a STEAM-based curriculum for Mercedes Benz Stadium) organically led to forming a new branch. The Big Thought Institute will provide consultation services that equip youth in marginalized communities with the tools they need to succeed.
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TWU is Hosting a Citizen Science Symposium This Week
by | Jan 28, 2020
Texas Woman’s University and the SENCER Center of Innovation Southwest will host the symposium on Jan. 31. The day is dedicated to exploring the impact plastics have on the environment.
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UNT’s College of Merchandising, Hospitality, and Tourism is Overhauling Denton Square
by | Jan 24, 2020
With artist and retail industry veteran Kristen Kendrick Bigley brought in as the CoLaboratory's new director, the work on the University of North Texas' Denton Square space is underway.
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Discovery: NASA Selects UTA Team to Examine ‘Space Weather,’ UTD Research Focuses on Chronic Pain
by | Jan 24, 2020
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you'll also find out about a collaboration between the University of North Texas Health Science Center and Quest Diagnostics to address preventable diseases.
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Meet the 46 Winners and Finalists from Dallas Innovates’ and D CEO’s 2020 Innovation Awards

by | Jan 17, 2020
Here are the companies and leaders driving innovation in North Texas.
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Discovery: UTD Device Improves Stroke Recovery, UTSW Team Tackles Kidney Cancer
by | Jan 17, 2020
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you'll also find out about how a professor at UNT is developing a wireless, wearable fitness tracker that won't need to be charged.
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Discovery: UTD Scientists Focus on How Eyes Heal, UNT Prof Researches ‘Energy Molecules’
by | Jan 10, 2020
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you'll also find out about a major honor given to an electrical engineering professor at the University of Texas at Arlington.
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Dallas Innovates 2020: Let’s Raise Our Flag
by | Jan 6, 2020
A new generation of innovators is taking its place in Dallas-Fort Worth lore, creating the next wave of great companies, services, and ideas.

We begin the decade with a toast to our newest magazine, Dallas Innovates 2020. This year, the cover of our third annual print publication declares “The Future is Here.”
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A Baker’s Dozen: Dallas Innovates’ Most Popular Stories of 2019

by | Dec 20, 2019
Let's take a look back on the stories that have grabbed our readers' attention the most this year.
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Discovery: UTA Tracks Property Values Near Transit-Oriented Developments, Grant Backs UTD Floating Turbine Design
by | Dec 20, 2019
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you'll also find out about a conference on innovation that's coming to Dallas in January.
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Discovery: UTD Team Studies How Brains Learn Faces, UTSW Examines Regulations’ Effect on Clinical Trials
by | Dec 13, 2019
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you’ll also find out about how scientists at the University of North Texas Health Science Center are studying the benefits of older women with hypertension taking warm leg baths.
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SMU is Hosting the ‘First Fintech Boot Camp in Dallas’
by | Dec 11, 2019
Dallas' Southern Methodist University is collaborating with Trilogy Education to host a series of 24-week camps that prepare the future fintech workforce.
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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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Lyft Partners with Per Scholas Dallas to Give Free Rides for Training Sessions, Site Visits, and Employment
by | Nov 26, 2019
The Lyft Jobs Access Program will provide Per Scholas members with rides in order to close short-term transportation gaps through Dec. 31.
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