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UNT Cybersecurity Team Snags $3M to Use Advanced AI to Overhaul Defense Department Hiring Processes

by | Jan 27, 2025

Aiming to safeguard national security using advanced AI, cybersecurity experts at the University of North Texas have received $3 million from the Department of Defense to help the department overhaul its hiring processes.

The UNT researchers, led by computer science and engineering faculty Ram Dantu and Cihan Tunc, received $2.1 million in funding from the Cyber Service Academy under the DOD’s chief information officer....

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Tarrant County College Receives $280K Grant for Four Healthcare Programs
by | Jan 26, 2025
The grant was awarded by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and will provide essential skills and improve patient care in and around Tarrant County, especially to those living in underserved areas.
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UTD’s New AI and Analytics Lab Gets $100K Boost
by | Jan 22, 2025
The grant will purchase 10 powerful workstations that UTD students will use for complex analytics on large datasets in artificial intelligence applications.
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Recent UTD Doctoral Grad Earns Howard Hughes Medical Institute for a Hanna H. Gray Fellowship.
by | Jan 20, 2025

A recent PhD recipient at the University of Texas at Dallas has been selected by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute for a Hanna H. Gray Fellowship....

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Alicia Rogers, UTA assistant professor of biology

Gene Regulation: UTA Researchers Use $1.8M Federal Grant to Study How RNAi Affect Human Health

by | Jan 18, 2025
The project, led by Assistant Professor of Biology Alicia Rogers, could lead to improved genetic knowledge that may aid in the development of synthetic therapies to prevent or treat diseases, including cancer.
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Tarrant County College’ HVAC Program Nets Nigh Ranking by SkillCat App
by | Jan 18, 2025

Tarrant County College’s HVAC program recently was ranked No. 13 among the Top 20 programs in Texas by SkillCat, an application for trade certifications, the college said.

“We’re honored that our HVAC program was recognized as one of the best in Texas!” Instructor T.J. Felgar said in a statement. “This achievement reflects the dedication of our instructors, the hard work of our students, and the support of our community and industry partners.”...

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Tarleton State Introducing Bachelor, Master of Science Degrees in AI, Machine Learning
by | Jan 18, 2025
Initial courses will be available for first- and second-year students starting January and will open to junior- and senior-level students beginning in the fall.
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UTA Physicist Gets $1.3M Grant To Advance Innovation in U.S. Magnet Manufacturing
by | Jan 16, 2025
The project, led by UTA physicist J. Ping Liu, seeks to make the mining of critical rare earth elements more cost-efficient and environmentally sustainable by using cheaper, more abundant materials—helping to boost U.S. production of high-performance magnets.
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UT President Jay Hartzell To Become SMU’s New Leader

by | Jan 7, 2025
SMU has been in the headlines recently, from its selection to the 2024 College Football Playoff to its $1.5 billion SMU Ignited gifts campaign to its leadership role in bringing the federal Texoma Semiconductor Hub to Dallas. Now it's made waves once more—by snagging a new president from its burnt-orange rival in Austin.
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SMU Researchers’ ‘Lab-on-a-Chip’ Test Earns $100K Grant
by | Dec 30, 2024
The Lab-on-a-Chip test can detect immune responses to infectious pathogens in two to three minutes, using just a drop of blood or saliva on a "microfluidic" chip. Funding for the researchers' grant came from Dallas-based Lyda Hill Philanthropies.
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Collin College Taps Sweden-Based Skanska for $68M Plano Campus Renovation
by | Dec 19, 2024
The renovations will include converting existing office and classroom spaces into lab areas, a theater expansion, larger kitchen and dining room spaces, a "general refresh and reconfiguration," and more.
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CYPHER Learning Adds 3 Senior Executives to Its Leadership Team
by | Dec 13, 2024
The three new senior leaders bring decades of expertise in revenue growth, legal strategy, and technological innovation to support CYPHER's growth trajectory and strengthen its position as a market leader, the company said.
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Dallas College Launches Bitcoin Mining Program Featuring Take-Home Mining Machines

by | Dec 5, 2024
Along with hands-on instruction, Bitcoin Mining program participants will receive powerful industry equipment and materials—including their own mining machine to take home.
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Collegiate Cricket League Launches Out of Dallas, National Tournament Planned
by | Dec 4, 2024
The CCL's inaugural season will feature student cricket clubs from top universities across the U.S. and Canada—including UT Dallas and UT Arlington—culminating in the first-ever CCL National Tournament with a $50,000 prize and the CCL Trophy.
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UTD Researchers Develop At‑Home Sensors To Detect Food & Water Contaminants
by | Dec 3, 2024
The recent nationwide alert about E. coli-laced organic carrots is just the latest example that our food safety isn't guaranteed. Now a research team at UT Dallas is exploring a way that people can do a final check for contaminants—right in their own homes.
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‘Promise Plus’: UT System to Offer Free Tuition to Qualifying Texas Students
by | Nov 21, 2024
Aimed at families with adjusted gross income of $100K or less, the plan includes an immediate infusion of $35 million directly to the nine UT System campuses—including UT Dallas, UT Arlington, and UNT. This makes the UT System the first in Texas—and one of the few in the U.S.—to offer such a sweeping financial aid benefit.
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