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Education: TI Grants $7M for STEM, AT&T Foundation Donates to UTD, TSU Opens $40M Building in Fort Worth
by Lauren Hawkins | Aug 26, 2019
From higher education projects (UT Dallas, TSU) to K-12 initiatives (Frisco ISD, Dallas ISD), here's your briefing on what's going on in education in North Texas.
by Lauren Hawkins |
Aug 23, 2019
The INCubatoredu program will be available to Midlothian freshmen and sophomores this fall and will open to all high schoolers in August 2020.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 16, 2019
You’ll also find out about research at UT Southwestern that suggests timing and dosage changes might have a positive effect in treating some cancers in this roundup of research and development activity in North Texas.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 12, 2019
KidZania will give kids a chance to experience more than 100 careers sponsored by nationally recognized locals like MOOYAH, SMU, Texas Health Resources, WFAA, and more. The 75,000-square-foot kid-sized city is designed to educate and entertain children ages 4-14, "bridging the gap between school and their future."
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‘Long Live the Bees’: Nature Nate’s Honey Co. Launches New Education Program
by Liz Goodwin | Aug 8, 2019
Nature Nate's is fighting for its flying friends by releasing free lesson plans, designed to show elementary students why bees are the superheroes of our ecosystem—and how we can help them.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 2, 2019
The program seeks to fill Southwest Airlines' future needs—which are predicted to be growing—to fill pilot slots with qualified candidates.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 2, 2019
You'll also find out about a team at UT Southwestern Medical Center that is working on new approaches to prevent and treat colorectal cancer in this roundup of research and development activity in North Texas.
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by Alex Edwards |
Aug 1, 2019
Take a look back on the stories that grabbed our readers' attention last month.
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The Mindcurrent apps works on a smartphone or a smartwatch. [Photo: Courtesy UT Dallas]
Happy? Sad? New UTD Study Uses AI to Examine What Affects Our Emotions
by Lance Murray | Jul 30, 2019
Participants in this 45-day study will track their emotions in real time using the Mindcurrent app and Apple Watch data.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 26, 2019
Also, you’ll find out about how a UTA researcher will use a $634,000 grant to study T cells’ role in cardiovascular disease in older people, as well as two UTD scientists who have received honors in this roundup of research and development activity in North Texas.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 26, 2019
The team's virtual reality simulation places novice surgeons inside a surgical theater in Zambia to learn the intricacies of performing a hysterectomy to battle cervical cancer.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 25, 2019
The local Texas Talent Connections grants were among $5.2 million awarded to 15 agencies statewide for innovative workforce skills training and job placement programs.
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The Largest Robotics Competition in the World is Returning to Dallas
by Alex Edwards | Jul 22, 2019
Dallas is a "hotbed for STEM jobs," so the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation and the Dallas Sports Commission decided to bring the VEX Robotics World Championship back for 2021-2024. Look inside to get a taste of what's to come.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 19, 2019
You'll also find out how scientists at UTD and UT Southwestern hope to improve multiple sclerosis therapies with the help of 3D brain images in this roundup of research and development activities in North Texas.
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by Natalie Le |
Jul 18, 2019
UT Dallas and the first lunar landing have more in common than you think. As they celebrate their 50th anniversaries this summer, a trip down memory lane reveals just how interconnected their histories are.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 17, 2019
The wind tunnel will be used for research funded by $1.5 million in grants from the Office of Naval Research. Speed creates heat-producing friction, and the funding will go toward studying shields to protect hypersonic vehicles.
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