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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-970-940x436.jpg)
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]
AT&T’s $100K Grant Bolsters Big Thought’s Creative Solutions Program
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.”
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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by Liz Goodwin |
Jul 2, 2019
Hands-on learning projects are teaching youngsters to conserve water, and it's changing Dallas for the better.
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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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[Photo: Courtesy Fort Worth Economic Development Department]
Discovery: UTA Team Leads Fort Worth Medical Innovation District Planning, UNT Economist Tapped as Fellow
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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by Liz Goodwin |
Jun 25, 2019
Hyatt Regency Dallas received an award of excellence from DISD for its performance in the P-Tech program, which helps students from Lincoln High School develop their personal skills and shows them the behind the scenes of the hospitality industry.
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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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UT Southwestern-Linked Startup Exonics Therapeutics Exits in Deal Valued at $1B
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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by Natalie Le |
Jun 13, 2019
The campaign aims to highlight "bright students, innovative programs, renowned faculty, committed staff, engaged alumni, and research that matters."
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by Alex Edwards |
Jun 10, 2019
Take a look back on the stories that grabbed our readers' attention last month.
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UTD and Rainbow Kids Partner in Summer Camp to Inspire Local Homeless Youth
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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by Lance Murray |
May 23, 2019
Also, you’ll learn how researchers at UT Dallas and UT Southwestern are better understanding what causes recurrent urinary tract infections in this roundup of research and development activity in North Texas.
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by Lance Murray |
May 22, 2019
City leaders hope to have the Near Southside neighborhood in the heart of Fort Worth designated a medical innovation district by the fall. The designation would have the potential of adding thousands of medical and technology related jobs.
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