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A Cloud Solution for Resumes Takes the Top Prize at UTD’s Annual Big Idea Competition

by | Nov 20, 2019
UT Dallas' largest startup pitch competition allowed six student teams to present their business ideas. See who took home the prize money.
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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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JPMorgan Chase Partners With Paul Quinn College on its Urban Work College Program

by | Nov 14, 2019
PQC's Urban Work College Program provides a launchpad for students by partnering with companies—like FedEx and JCPenney—to cut tuition costs via compensation. Now, JPMorgan is the program's largest Plano employer.
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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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The Countdown: Dallas Innovates’ 10 Most Popular Stories in October

by | Nov 6, 2019
Take a look back on the stories that grabbed our readers' attention last month.
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Paul Quinn College Students Participate in Interactive ‘Quinnite Build’ to Ease Digital Divide in Neighborhoods
by | Nov 4, 2019
Capital One mentors help college students develop real-world businesses to bring technology to underserved communities.
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Giant Inflatable Lungs Will Give an Interactive Look at Lung Cancer During Fort Worth Visit
by | Nov 1, 2019
LungXperience features 14-foot-tall, 9-foot-wide inflatable lungs that visitors can walk through while carrying smart devices triggering a series of interactive modules.
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Discovery: UTSW Teams Up on Cystic Fibrosis Breakthrough; TCU Prof’s Book Examines Birth Control’s Effects on Women
by | Nov 1, 2019
Also in this weekly roundup of research and development news, you’ll find out how $500,000 in grants is helping a UTA research team study bridges’ effects on stream ecology and safety during floods.
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Texas Instruments Gives UT Dallas a $5M Gift for Early Career Faculty Endowment

by | Oct 29, 2019
The Texas Instruments Early Career Award in Electrical and Computer Engineering is aimed at helping to attract and retain promising scholars with the potential to become leaders in new and emerging research fields. 
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Learn More About the Future 50 Feature in Dallas Innovates 2020—The Magazine
Our third annual print publication will bring you the Future 50, covering 50 local innovators and disruptors who are working on things that can have an impact on the future.
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Lyle Commits $10M for SMU Engineering School’s Strategic Vision
by | Oct 25, 2019
In what SMU calls a "bold plan," the engineering school’s future combines innovation, agility, and swift responses to shifts in technological capabilities with enduring institutional support.
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Discovery: Agrilife Expansion Focuses on Food and Water, UTA Gets a $2.3M Grant for Composites
by | Oct 24, 2019
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you’ll also find out why an important computing society recognized a UNT associate dean for her scientific contributions.
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