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Chandra Kiran Achanta and Abinav Varma Kalidindi

UNIBEES App Planning Rapid Expansion in 2018, Venturing Beyond a Freebie Finder

by | Nov 27, 2017
This spring, the UNIBEES app will launch at TCU, UNT, and SMU. By next fall, it's planning to be in more than 100 universities nationwide.
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On Tap: ‘Truth’ at the DMA, Instagram Workshop & IBM Tech Talk on Blockchain
Browse our curated selection of events to plan your next week — and beyond.
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Next Generation of Care: Universities Find New Ways to Shape Future Caregivers
by | Nov 22, 2017
Fort Worth's new medical school will place emphasis on patients and business while a new program from Texas A&M will combine engineering and health care.
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Stacy’s Snacks’ Rise Project Aims to Increase Female Entrepreneurs
by | Nov 21, 2017
Stacy's Snacks, a division of Plano-based Frito-Lay North America, has created a scholarship program to boost female entrepreneurship in the culinary industry.
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UTA Emotional Robotics Lab
Looks at Human-Robot Bonds

by | Nov 21, 2017
The new lab is studying whether or not a robot can a robot fill in the emotional gap needed to be a companion or caretaker to humans.
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Steve Guengerich speaks at the UTD Big Idea Competition 2017.
Medical VR Startup Takes First at UTD Big Idea Competition
by | Nov 17, 2017
Neuro Rehab VR creates virtual and augmented reality therapy games to help patients with traumatic brain injuries, neurodegenerative diseases, or those who have suffered a stroke.
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Guy Kawasaki spoke on the art of innovation at UTD's Big Idea Competition. Here are his top tips.
Guy Kawasaki’s 10 Tips on ‘The Art of Innovation’
by | Nov 17, 2017
Guy Kawasaki on "The Art of Innovation" at UTD's Big Idea Competition 2017
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ExploreLearning Boosts STEM Education Power With IS3D Buy
by | Nov 16, 2017
Charlottesville, VA-based ExploreLearning is a business unit of Cambium Learning Group, which is headquartered in Dallas.
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SMU Prof, Local Agencies to Fight South Dallas’ Food Desert With New Seedling Farm

by | Nov 14, 2017
The farm unites SMU professor Owen Lynch along with community organizations such as Bonton Farms, Big Tex Urban Farms, and Texas A&M AgriLife.
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Clockwise, from upper left: Texas Monthly’s The Edge of Texas, Guy Kawasaki at the Big Idea Competition hosted by UT Dallas, artist and author Chris Adams at Creative Mornings, and AIA Dallas’ Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition and Art Show for Entrepreneurs at Genius Den.
On Tap: Creative Mornings, Shark Tank Watch Party & Edge of Texas
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Fort Worth Vision Screening Program Tests Preschoolers Via Camera-Like Device
by | Nov 8, 2017
The North Texas Eye Research Institute has screened 1,400 Fort Worth preschoolers so far as part of a pilot program using a refractometer.
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TREC Announces Finalists for Dallas Catalyst Project
by | Nov 8, 2017
TREC members will vote for one of these three projects next week, Nov. 14, to be the recipient of the new three-year, $1 million grant initiative.
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21 DFW Companies Make Texas A&M’s Aggie 100 List

by | Nov 1, 2017
The Aggie 100 recognizes the 100 fastest-growing Aggie-owned or Aggie-led businesses around the world.
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9 North Texas Students Among Siemens Regional Finalists
by | Oct 30, 2017
The Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology is one of the premier research competitions for high school students in the nation.
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Power, Purpose & Profit: bigBANG! Focuses on Putting Money to Work for Good
by | Oct 30, 2017
Speakers took on the concept of impact investing and what that looks like in the realm of real estate, foundations, and faith-based work.
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Dallas Library Gets Top Innovation Award for GED Testing Center
by | Oct 27, 2017
The program at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library helps adults in Dallas earn their GED.
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