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TWU alumna Cindy Weber (left) and Chancellor Carine M. Feyten in the Doswell School's new flight simulator, funded by Weber's family gift. [Photo: Texas Woman's University]
The Last Word: The Pilot Behind TWU’s ‘Air Cindy’ Flight Simulator on Mastering the Airplane
by Quincy Preston | Dec 3, 2025
Cindy Weber, who's landed in all 50 states and a half dozen countries, offers advice as TWU's pioneering woman-focused aviation program doubles enrollment.
![Among the leaders of the 2025 Venture Dallas Startup of the Year winners are BILT Inc. President and COO Ahmed Qureshi and Chairman and CEO Nate Henderson; Worlds CEO Dave Copps; and StableCore CEO Alex Treece and COO Nick Elledge. [Composite image: DI Studio]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Venture-Dallas-2025-Startup-of-the-Year-Award-360x203.jpeg)
by Quincy Preston |
Nov 20, 2025
Breakout winners—and a $2B VC year—show how far the region’s ecosystem has come. Here are the 2025 winners and honorees, plus takeaways from a private dinner with Susser Bank and Nasdaq executives at the Petroleum Club.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 13, 2025
The event culminates a yearlong recognition of United Way’s century of service in improving education, income, and health across the region. Tickets are officially sold out for Saturday, but some media partners are still doing ticket giveaways, and United Way has supplied its service providers with thousands of tickets.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 12, 2025
With technology by Proto Hologram, the movie's distributor, Lionsgate, will “magically” bring the illusionist characters played by actors Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Justice Smith, and Ariana Greenblatt into theaters for the first time.
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Deadline to nominate for AI 75 2026 is Dec. 19, 2025.
Last Call: Nominate for the Dallas Innovates 2026 AI 75 by Dec. 19
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Nov 10, 2025
For the third year, Dallas Innovates, in partnership with the Dallas Regional Chamber, will spotlight 75 people leading AI innovation in North Texas.
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![Jeb Hensarling [Photo: Grant Miller Photograhy/Venture Dallas]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/20251030VentureDallasConference-DSC_6240-360x203.jpg)
by Glenn Hunter |
Nov 6, 2025
TXSE’s launch will spur needed competition and smooth the way for companies to go public, the strategic advisor said at the 2025 Venture Dallas conference. And, over time, he says it will help make Texas America’s ‘center for capital markets’ and become a defining chapter in the state’s economic history, alongside Spindletop and the integrated circuit.
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by Glenn Hunter |
Nov 5, 2025
From North Texas founders including John Carmack and Ben Lamm to investors like John Redgrave of DTX Ventures and Draper’s Andy Tang, the summit's speakers tackled hot topics from humanoid robots and tech transfer to AI, VC trends and Y’all Street. A call was also heard for more risk-taking by DFW’s innovation ecosystem: ‘We’ve got to be bravery hunters.’
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 5, 2025
Cait Brumme says the event at Dallas' Pegasus Park on Nov. 6 will explore the technologies and economic forces defining the future for entrepreneurs and innovators.
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Graphic: Thanks-Giving Square Foundation
Thanks-Giving Square To Launch Dallas Kindness Week Nov. 9‑15
by David Seeley | Oct 23, 2025
Aimed at creating a citywide movement of compassion, connection. and community, the week will feature a keynote from the New York Times' David Brooks plus a free, full-day Dallas Kindness Festival at Annette Strauss Square in the AT&T Performing Arts Center.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 7, 2025
At the Global Mission Summit on Oct. 8–10, leaders and innovators are rethinking business—where purpose is infrastructure, profit fuels impact, and legacy means leaving more than returns behind. Behind it are investor Michael Moe and Dallas developer Mike Hoque, and their newly formed Global Mission Institute.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 2, 2025
The second annual culinary festival, curated by Tiffany Derry and Tom Foley of purpose-driven T2D Concepts, brings together nationally known chefs and mission-driven programming for a three-day celebration of food and drink.
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![ABC 20/20 co-anchor Deborah Roberts (left) in conversation with moderator Sara Madsen Miller at the "Leading the Lone Star State: Texas Women in Public Service Summit." Roberts shared hard-earned wisdom with the audience: "Be self-assured. Know your story. Don't doubt who you are." [Photo: Leo Gonzalez/TWU]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Sara-Madsen-Miller-Deborah-Roberts_TWU-event-092025-360x203.jpg)
by Quincy Preston |
Oct 1, 2025
Roberts and NY Times best-selling author Jen Hatmaker headlined the Jane Nelson Institute for Women's Leadership summit in Denton on Sept. 19. The conference brought together women in public service and featured an award for retired Texas Rep. Myra Crownover.
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A scene from last year's Get Connected Dallas tech festival. [Photo via Dallas Innovation Alliance]
Dallas Innovation Alliance Brings Tech Festival to Oak Cliff Saturday
by Quincy Preston | Sep 30, 2025
The third annual Get Connected Dallas event pairs on-the-spot job interviews and emerging tech demos—from robotics to VR—at a free community festival.
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by Quincy Preston |
Sep 26, 2025
Sex trafficking happens here—at bus stops and airports, the star says. New Friends New Life CEO Bianca Davis had the numbers: 400 teens are trafficked in Dallas each night, with traffickers profiting $99 million annually in North Texas. Here's what Liu had to say.
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by Glenn Hunter |
Sep 11, 2025
LinkedIn's chief economist and representatives of the Texas Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, and Nasdaq explained why the Dallas-Fort Worth economy keeps 'cruising ahead' at the Dallas Regional Chamber's inaugural Tomorrow Summit. Plus: Why AI skills are becoming 'table stakes' for job seekers and what it takes to make Dallas a global financial center.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 28, 2025
On November 22, the untimed 5K event at Fair Park will feature color zones, DJ stages, themed music zones, and a Finish Festival with color throws, food trucks, beer garden, wellness zone, family-friendly games, and more.
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