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Drs. Seth Hays, Robert Rennaker and Michael Kilgard are recipients of the 2024 Cerami Award. [Photo: The University of Texas at Dallas]
3 UT Dallas Professors Win 2024 Cerami Award for Bioelectronic Medicine Research
by Lance Murray | Feb 6, 2025
The honors to UTD's Michael Kilgard, PhD, Robert Rennaker, PhD, and Seth Hays, PhD, are the first time the award will go to scientists who have made significant strides in translational bioelectronic medicine research.
by Lance Murray |
Feb 5, 2025
Dr. Kirk Calhoun was named interim president following the resignation in January of UNTHSC President Sylvia Trent-Adams.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 4, 2025
The strategy—which is used by companies to poach customers from competitors by offering targeted ads to consumers' mobile devices based on their physical location—may benefit advertisers more than their business clients, UT Dallas researchers contend.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 1, 2025
The study of data from past storms includes researchers from multiple universities as well as international partners from hurricane-prone regions including the Bahamas, Jamaica, and Costa Rica.
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“This is about ensuring we have the right people in the right positions to protect our national security," said Ram Dantu, center. The UNT cybersecurity expert, along with Cihan Tunc will help the U.S. Department of Defense to overhaul its hiring processes with the help of $3 million in funding. [Photo: UNT]
UNT Cybersecurity Team Snags $3M to Use Advanced AI to Overhaul Defense Department Hiring Processes
by Lance Murray | 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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by Lance Murray |
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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by Lance Murray |
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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by Lance Murray |
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 [Photo: University of Texas at Arlington]
Gene Regulation: UTA Researchers Use $1.8M Federal Grant to Study How RNAi Affect Human Health
by Lance Murray | 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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by Lance Murray |
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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by Lance Murray |
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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by Lance Murray |
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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SMU's Dallas Hall [Photo courtesy of SMU]
UT President Jay Hartzell To Become SMU’s New Leader
by David Seeley | 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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by Lance Murray |
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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by David Seeley |
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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by Lance Murray |
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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