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Dr. Theodora Ross

UT Southwestern Doctor Fights Cancer With Genetics

by | Feb 9, 2016
At any given moment, thirteen million people in the United States have cancer. For each of those thirteen million, there are family members who are wondering: Is this cancer part of a pattern? Does cancer run in my family? Am I at risk?
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Dallas Breakthroughs in Space Medicine and Cardiovascular Health
by | Feb 8, 2016
The collaboration between UT Southwestern Medical Center and NASA began in 1966 with the landmark Bed Rest and Training Study. The study confined five 20 year old men to bed rest for three weeks, followed by eight weeks of physical training.
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North Texas Now Has Three Carnegie Research 1 Institutions
by | Feb 4, 2016
Recent rankings show strong improvement in UNT, UTA, and UTD in research productivity.
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Dr. Bobby Lyle and Dr. Duncan MacFarlane, SMU's first Bobby B. Lyle Centennial Chair in Engineering Entrepreneurship. Photo by Hillsman S. Jackson/SMU.
SMU Announces New Chair in Engineering Entrepreneurship
by | Feb 3, 2016
The announcement is a spark that will light many young entrepreneurs’ dreams for inventing, creating, and starting businesses.
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Vicente Lopez, Mayel Valadez, Keni Ramirez

Uplift Education Uses Data To Go Beyond the Tests

by | Jan 25, 2016
Taking cues from the healthcare industry, the leadership at the charter school developed a way to meaningfully use student, teacher, and parent data.
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Finding the Innovation Zone
by | Jan 22, 2016
North Texas is home to some of the most important and influential businesses on the globe, the envy of even the most high-tech communities.
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SMU Luminary Awards Celebrate Educational Innovations
by | Jan 21, 2016
The Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development at Southern Methodist University holds its 2016 Simmons Luminary Awards.
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Fixing Our Bilingual Teacher Shortage Crisis
by | Jan 21, 2016
The answer lies in our children.
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The Power of Convening Spurs Innovation

by | Jan 15, 2016
Communities and organizations that understand the power of convening are among the most innovative.
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Bringing the World to Classrooms in DFW (and Beyond)
by | Jan 13, 2016
An idea for how to close the STEM pipeline gap.
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School District Transformation, From the Ground Up
by | Jan 6, 2016
School administration within Dallas ISD is learning to let go.
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TxACE at UT Dallas is Creating a Pathway for New Breath Analysis Technology
by | Jan 5, 2016
Researchers at the Texas Analog Center of Excellence (TxACE) are working to make blood tests a thing of the past, as they seek to replace painful pin pricks with easy and affordable breath analysis through a technology referred to as the programmable electronic nose.
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Cypress Waters: Educating for the Future

by | Jan 1, 2016

This package was originally published in Dallas-Fort Worth Real Estate Review.

Students at Coppell ISD’s newest school, Richard J. Lee Elementary, are guaranteed to get an education experience unlike any other in North Texas. That’s because the Gold LEED-certified, $21 million campus is the first net-zero-energy elementary school in the country....

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Local Churches Build Community Through Coffee
by | Dec 31, 2015
Union Coffeehouse has combined coffee and church for your convenience. Union’s mission can be boiled down to three concepts: coffee, community, cause.
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The Role of Universities in the Innovation Ecosystem
by | Dec 30, 2015
Universities have played a significant role in the development of industries, creation of jobs, commercialization of technology, and training of leaders.
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Entrepreneurship: Yes, There’s a Class for That
by | Dec 29, 2015
Every serious entrepreneur should think carefully about putting their ideas through the academic rigor of a university-level curriculum before hitting the pavement with their business idea.
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