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Every Last Word
Dallas Innovates’ signature series capturing what leaders across North Texas are saying — in their own words — about innovation, impact, and what’s next.
Ken Hersh [Sources: Photo, Grant Miller Photography; DI Studio]
The Last Word: Bush Center’s Ken Hersh on Listening to ‘Early Warning Signs’
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Apr 11, 2023
Earlier his month, it was announced that Ken Hersh will receive the Bush center's prestigious 2023 H. Neil Mallon Award, presented annually to individuals who have “excelled in promoting the international aspects and strengths of North Texas.” But he's become even more known lately for a memoir he just published: "The Fastest Tortoise: Winning in Industries I Knew Nothing About—A Life Spent Figuring It Out."
by Lance Murray |
Apr 10, 2023
The DMA said a refreshed and expanded campus will enable it to better serve the diverse city of Dallas and will create additional gallery space to accommodate an expanding collection and strengthen the museum's work with its communities.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 6, 2023
Plano-based NTT DATA is out with its annual Innovation Index research, which calls out "increasing investments in employee skills and experiences to build and retain a more modern workforce." The research also looks at the importance of "creating high-quality employee experiences," an increased focus on "business resilience," and more.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Apr 5, 2023
The future belongs to the curious, and that's why the University of North Texas at Dallas has teamed up with five local school districts to inspire a new generation of young scientists and engineers through the Science Education Fellowship program.
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UT Dallas Assistant Professor Dr. Kangkook Jee [DI composite, photo UTD]
The Last Word: Dr. Kangkook Jee on How UTD Students Are Making Their Mark in National Competitions
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Apr 3, 2023
From an NSA Codebreaker Challenge to an offshore wind farm competition to one of the world's toughest-to-crack mathematics competitions, UT Dallas teams keep showing up and making the mark.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 29, 2023
MacDonald was part of a panel discussion at UT Dallas, in partnership with The Dallas Morning News, aimed at clearing up misconceptions about ChatGPT, the AI chatbot that’s gone viral.
The panel featured four UTD scientists—Xinya Du, Gopal Gupta, Dale MacDonald, and Jessica Ouyang—and was moderated by Adithi Ramakrishnan, science reporter at the DMN.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 28, 2023
Grunewald is one of four principals of Devil's Cask, along with Stella Amador, Jonathan Dietzel, and Fort Worth-based COO Chase Ament. All four are former roofers who teamed up after Grunewald had a light bulb moment while touring a Jameson Whiskey distillery in Ireland, according to the Star-Telegram's Brayden Garcia.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 27, 2023
Educational First Steps is a Dallas-based nonprofit that supports early learning environments for children from birth to age five in North Texas. It delivers professional development, training, classroom resources, and business support to educators to help existing childcare centers achieve and maintain national accreditation. And last week, it got a big assist in doing this from Dallas Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitski.
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The Last Word: Rising Number of First-Time Buyers Enter the Smart Home Market, Report Says
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Mar 22, 2023
Robotic vacuum cleaners, smart cameras, video doorbells, and smart thermostats experienced higher purchase rates in 2022, according to new insights from Dallas-based Park Associates.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 21, 2023
Stelmarksi has been the design director of Perkins&Will's Dallas office since 2011. According to Dallas Morning News architecture critic Mark Lamster, "nobody has done more to shape the city’s built environment this century."
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 20, 2023
Cortez teaches robotics to every sixth-grade student at his school, and also helps coach 40 students in five teams in middle and elementary school, along with teachers and coaches Julian Beltran, Brittney Fletcher, and Alba Ramirez.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 17, 2023
Van Arman is a Fort Worth-based artist and roboticist who's developed robots that "use deep learning neural networks, artificial intelligence, feedback loops, and computational creativity to make a surprising amount of independent aesthetic decisions." But Van Arman insists that he is the artist—not his robots.
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Mansfield Mayor Michael Evans [Video still: City of Mansfield]
The Last Word: Mansfield Mayor Michael Evans on His City’s 72-Acre Film Studio Development
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Mar 15, 2023
The city of Mansfield, Texas, plans to break ground this year on Mansfield Super Studios, a film production studio to be built on 72 acres of undeveloped land, with restaurants, a hotel, and retail part of the project's $70 million vision.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 14, 2023
Maëlle Gavet is the New York-based CEO of Techstars, which kicked off its inaugural Techstars Physical Health Fort Worth Accelerator last year. Over the weekend, she took to LinkedIn to address the "nerve-shredding" crisis at Silicon Valley Bank for entrepreneurs in the Techstars network "and far beyond."
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 13, 2023
A$100,000 grant from Amazon Robotics will support the development of new UT Dallas coursework in functional safety—a practice that ensures the safe functioning of everything from autonomous warehouse robots to delivery robots and more.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 10, 2023
Acosta and his co-founder, Alejandra Zendejas, are a sneakerhead couple who instill confidence in children across Oak Cliff and Texas by giving them free new pairs of sneakers, with the students nominated by their schools for the nonprofit gifts.
According to D's Catherine Wendlandt, Pasos for Oak Cliff has given over 2,100 pairs of sneakers to kids so far. Acosta, a teacher at Kimball High School, co-launched the nonprofit after noticing that many economically disadvantaged students wear worn hand-me-downs.
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