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Education
The Brewer Foundation founded The Future Leaders Program in 2001 and works with 21 DISD partner schools, serving hundreds of students from ages 10 to 18. Photo Courtesy Brewer Foundation
DISD, Brewer Foundation Renew
‘Future Leaders’ Partnership
by Renee Yan | Jul 7, 2017
The public-private partnership is the only one of its kind in the state bringing together staff from DISD and area private schools including St. Mark’s School of Texas, The Hockaday School, Episcopal School of Dallas, and Greenhill School.
by Mallory Houser |
Jul 7, 2017
In the aftermath of the horrific event, Ipinowula “Ipi” Adedokun created World Apparel Co. to sell fashionable clothing and donate a portion of its profits to help children in need.
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by Mallory Houser |
Jul 6, 2017
The Plano Mayor's Summer Internship Program is piloting a new paid externship program for teachers to work alongside student interns at top Plano companies.
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by Mallory Houser |
Jul 6, 2017
At the end of the four-week camp, students will perform their own recorded music live at For Oak Cliff's back-to-school festival on Aug. 12.
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Children’s Health to Provide Virtual Mental Health Counseling in Area Schools
by Mallory Houser | Jun 29, 2017
The pilot program beginning this fall will deliver telemedicine therapy visits to students in select Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD schools.
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by Amy Wolff Sorter |
Jun 29, 2017
Greenway Innovative Energy funded the $750,000 cost of the lab to help turn the conversion process into a reality.
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by Heather Noel |
Jun 27, 2017
Jakayla Dixon's Feel the Color produces clothing tags that can aid people with visual impairments in picking out clothes. CHAAO, another student-run company crafts jewelry from recycled materials.
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by Chloe Bennett |
Jun 26, 2017
UNT Health Science Center's Human Movement Performance Laboratory is using state of the art motion picture equipment and virtual reality to record and analyze the movement of people with mobility problems such as Parkinson's disease.
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Dallas a ‘Tried and True’ Place for Tech Talent, JLL Says
by Lance Murray | Jun 23, 2017
The report looked at employment data on computer programmers and software developers in metro areas across the U.S.
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by Dave Moore |
Jun 20, 2017
Representatives from co-working/entrepreneur centers gathered recently to describe their progress, strategies, and aspirations for Southern Dallas.
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by Mallory Houser |
Jun 19, 2017
The Arlington-based nonprofit is awarding Natalie Hampton with the Copper Black Award, an achievement recognizing an invention or innovation that is implemented and helps people other than the nominee.
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by Dave Montgomery |
Jun 19, 2017
Known as ELEVATE, the leadership academy, which began Monday, is being organized by RISE Clothing entrepreneurs Terrence and Tim Maiden, who plan to share some of the hard-won lessons they learned in building a successful apparel business.
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TheCoderSchool Opens 2nd North Texas Location
by Lance Murray | Jun 14, 2017
The Silicon Valley-based company plans to open eight more DFW locations in the next two years.
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by Mallory Houser |
Jun 13, 2017
The research focusing on how a protein reacts to sunlight could help farmers grow crops under any conditions or any climate.
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by Chloe Bennett |
Jun 13, 2017
What began as a school project of delivering Christmas cards and food to a transitional housing center grew into a weekly poetry workshop and a lasting bond between Wesley Prep fourth-graders and women of Austin Street Center.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 13, 2017
The team, which also includes members from the University of Texas at Dallas, will focus on bots in Twitter accounts.
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