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Education
[Photo: National Youth Week]
Dallas Nonprofit Launching National Youth Week
by Chloe Bennett | Jun 7, 2017
"We have a National Cookie Day, we have a National Butterfly Day, we have National Doughnut Day," says Lori Hoff. Now the CEO of Outreach Ministries aims to bring nonprofits together with a weeklong event to celebrate the potential of our youth — and educate parents.
by Chloe Bennett |
Jun 7, 2017
Five Lebanon Trail High School students won $30,000 in the Lexus Eco Challenge for their work turning unwanted trash into musical instruments.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 6, 2017
Cartivator Resource Management is working on the flying car to light the torch at the 2020 games in Tokyo.
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by Chloe Bennett |
Jun 6, 2017
The treatment could help victims of cardiac arrest avoid irreversible brain damage.
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Midcities Blvd took first place in the Animal House Division. [Screenshot: Midcities Blvd on Vimeo]
Dallas 24-Hour Video Race Winners Announced
by Mallory Houser | Jun 5, 2017
Finding the truth. VHS tape or book. Elevator. "What is your name again?" Now, GO! Filmmakers had 24 hours to make a five-minute film.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 5, 2017
Adding the processor power of the network of "Minecraft" gamers could double the amount of computer power devoted to the SMU research project.
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by Chloe Bennett |
Jun 2, 2017
Dr. Benjamin Tu is the only finalist from the Dallas area in the 2017 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists.
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by Mallory Houser |
Jun 1, 2017
Elira Kuka is the second educator from DFW to be appointed as a fellow for the prestigious organization.
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[Illustration via iStock]
SMU Researchers Find
West Virginia Geothermal Spots
by Amy Wolff Sorter | May 26, 2017
The heated energy sources were discovered in the Mountain State by examining previously overlooked oil and gas data.
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by Lance Murray |
May 25, 2017
UT Southwestern medical students are challenged in the course to think about each patient the way artists pay attention to their sculptures or paintings.
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by Dave Moore |
May 24, 2017
Alcuin School's The Hive — funded in part by Bottle Rocket's Calvin Carter — and other makerspaces, are bringing the startup ethos to Dallas area schools. Alcuin is also boosting social entrepreneurship with $1 million from the J.C. Saada Family Foundation.
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by Lance Murray |
May 23, 2017
AbeXXa's technology helps identify a new series of biomarkers or targets for cancer from the many thousands of proteins found within a tumor cell.
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The competition kicked off in February, when 100 startups, companies, university students, and professors gathered to heed the call for ideas. Two app proposals prevailed as winners. [Photo: Sarah Bradbury]
Winners Named in Richardson Smart Cities Reverse Pitch
by Nicholas Sakelaris | May 19, 2017
Richardson was one of four cities around the nation that held US Ignite app challenges to create smart cities tools addressing community issues.
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by Lance Murray |
May 19, 2017
The big, boxy California transplant is being adopted by SMU and will be retooled for Texas to help teachers fuel the creative spark in students.
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by Lance Murray |
May 16, 2017
The nonprofit is a first-of-its-kind continuing education program aimed at empowering adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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by Lance Murray |
May 16, 2017
As director of the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Guengerich works to foster the next generation of business.
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