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Esports Meets Education: UIL Considers Proposal to Sanction Competitive Gaming in Texas High Schools
by Lauren Hawkins | Jul 12, 2019
Everything is bigger in Texas—including esports. We asked DFW esports experts to weigh in on how a possible UIL sanction might change the future of the industry in North Texas and beyond.
by Lance Murray |
Jul 12, 2019
You’ll also find out about professors at UT Dallas and UT Tyler that have collaborated on a method to rewire genetic response pathways in this roundup of research and development activity in North Texas.
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![From left: Roger Taylor, manager of probation services for the Dallas County Juvenile Services Department; Byron Sanders, Big Thought President and CEO; U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, (D)-Dallas; and Ty Bledsoe, assistant vice president for external affairs at AT&T; Erin Offord, senior director of programs at Big Thought. [Photo: Rachel Walters]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/15-2Walters_BigThought-34BigThought_ATT-CreativeSolution-970-360x203.jpg)
by Lance Murray |
Jul 3, 2019
Creative Solutions works with young people who come to the nonprofit through the Dallas County juvenile system with the aim of bettering their lives and the community. The nonprofit has posted a new position—Opportunity Advisor—someone who will be a part of the young people’s future so they can “live their best, truest, most authentic life.”
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by Alex Edwards |
Jul 2, 2019
We're halfway through 2019. Let's take a look back on the stories that have grabbed our readers' attention the most.
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DCCCD Students Will Be ‘Earning While Learning’ via $12M Federal Grant for Healthcare Apprenticeships
by Lance Murray | Jul 2, 2019
The district will partner with the American Hospital Association, local healthcare systems, and national healthcare providers on the program, which will allow students to be paid while training in 50 high-demand medical careers.
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by Alex Edwards |
Jul 1, 2019
Take a look back on the stories that grabbed our readers' attention last month.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 28, 2019
In this roundup of research and development in North Texas, you'll also read about a prestigious summer research program sending a UT Dallas senior 'across the pond.'
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by Liz Goodwin |
Jun 28, 2019
Dallas - Oak Cliff's Texans Can Academy hosted the IT Immersion experience last week, giving students the chance to learn about the multitude of careers in the sports world that exist off the field.
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UNTHSC Scientist Shoots for the Stars with Device to Study Eye Damage in Astronauts
by Lance Murray | Jun 21, 2019
A $321,000 grant is helping Dr. Tasmeen Sharma use her patent-pending device to study a condition affecting astronauts returning from outer space. Her startup could help the rest of us, too.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 21, 2019
You'll also find out about two UT Dallas undergraduates who have received prestigious Goldwater Scholarships in this roundup of research and development activity in North Texas.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 17, 2019
The biotech company uses CRISPR technology licensed from UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, and was co-founded by UTSW researcher and faculty member Eric Olson.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 14, 2019
You’ll also find out about a McKinney-based scientist who’s been invited to join the Scientific Advisory Council by the Evidence-Based Toxicology Collaborative in this roundup of research and development activity in North Texas.
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The Countdown: Dallas Innovates’ 10 Most Popular Stories in May
by Alex Edwards | Jun 10, 2019
Take a look back on the stories that grabbed our readers' attention last month.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 7, 2019
Also, you’ll discover a UT Dallas postdoctoral researcher who was named to the Grass Fellowship Program, and CASPR Group’s new partnership and product in this roundup of research and development activity in North Texas.
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by Natalie Le |
Jun 5, 2019
At the 24th annual Kids' University summer camp, the mission is simple: inspire participants to stay in school, pursue college, and consider a multitude of future career paths and possibilities.
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by Lance Murray |
May 31, 2019
You’ll also find out about how a UT Dallas professor is trying to speed up transistors for chipmakers, and about how Caris Life Sciences’ new collaboration is developing a cancer diagnostic test in this roundup of research and development activity in North Texas.
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