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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.
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The Last Word: Dallas Habitat for Humanity’s David Crawford on Helping Staff Buy Homes
by David Seeley | Dec 2, 2022
After receiving a $9 million gift from from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott in March, Dallas Area Habitat for Humanity looked to set some priorities. And one direction it looked was at the needs of its own employees.
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Dec 1, 2022
Neatly timed to be on display during the holiday season, the exhibit runs through December 22 and features 206 books from DeGolyer's massive, 6,000-cookbook collection. The books were acquired during the research library’s decades of collecting items related to Western Americana, transportation, women’s history, and business history.
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by David Seeley |
Nov 30, 2022
A donated liver, kidney, and pancreas took an historic trip on November 15, when they were transported by drone between Lubbock, Oklahoma City, and San Antonio. The drone was actually a single-engine Cessna with an FAA-mandated pilot on standby inside. But it was operated remotely out of Dallas using robotic technology, according to San Antonio Report.
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by David Seeley |
Nov 29, 2022
“The Mayor’s Tree” is 48 feet tall, weighs nearly 5,000 pounds, and will sparkle with 37,520 multi-colored LED lights and 3,836 ornaments. Following the tree-lighting ceremony this Saturday, it will stand on the south end of Hart Boulevard—the park’s main pedestrian thoroughfare— through January 9.
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Annmarie De La Vega, EVP of De La Vega Development [Photo: Twitter]
The Last Word: Annemarie De La Vega on Gender Equity in CRE
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Nov 18, 2022
De La Vega was one of the voices at BisNow's annual Women Leading Real Estate event last week The Westin Dallas Downtown.
With a goal of promoting diversity and spotlighting female leaders in commercial real estate, the event featured a panel discussion led by CLA principal Dee Estep on leadership strategies and how to inspire more women to join the industry.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Nov 16, 2022
In the November 8 election, Dallas voters approved a plan to build a new $1.2 billion Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center that will include a deck park over I-30, connecting the complex with The Cedars neighborhood south of downtown. Voters also approved $300 million for renovations and repairs to the Cotton Bowl and several iconic buildings across Fair Park.
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Nov 15, 2022
Magill spoke last week at the annual summit of the Regional Center of Expertise of North Texas—a network of multidisciplinary stakeholders, including higher education institutions, businesses, non-governmental organizations, community associations, and local, regional, state and federal government agencies.
His panel addressed Sustainable Development Goal #11: Sustainable Cities and Communities.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Nov 14, 2022
Back in August, we showed you a sneak peek inside McLaren's new 31,000-square-foot Americas HQ in Coppell, just northwest of Dallas.
Over the weekend, the HQ had its official opening, and dozens of McLaren owners from throughout the region showed up to show off their own wheels—and lust after the rides on display in the HQ. One car that attracted more than one desirous glance was a $3 million Speedtail.
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UT Arlington civil engineering professor Maria Konsta-Gdoutos. [Photo: UTA]
The Last Word: UTA’s Maria Konsta-Gdoutos on Getting a $1.5M NSF Grant to Turn Concrete Into a Clean Source of Energy
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Nov 9, 2022
Konsta-Gdoutos is exploring a way to turn one of the world's biggest polluters—concrete, which accounts for at least 8% of global energy-related CO2 emissions—into a source of clean, renewable energy.
“We will pioneer TE-CO2NCRETE, a thermoelectric carbon-neutral concrete, that will exhibit a high carbon dioxide uptake potential and storage capacity,” Konsta-Gdoutos said in a statement. “Engineering the nanostructure of concrete also will allow the material to capture thermal energy from the surroundings and convert it into usable electrical energy, leading to the development of a novel technology for renewable electricity and higher efficiency power source.”
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Nov 8, 2022
This Friday, November 11, Orlando and Medal of Honor Recipient CSM Gary Littrell (U.S. Army, retired) will serve as co-grand marshals of the Veterans Day Parade in Dallas, to be held starting at 11 a.m. at City Hall Plaza.
It'll be a homecoming of sorts for Orlando. In 1973, his song "Tie a Yellow Ribbon" became a global hit, reaching No. 1 in the U.S. and U.K. charts. Families of returning Vietnam War POWs adopted the song as their own, tying yellow ribbons on trees across America. Later in 1973, Orlando performed the song at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas at an event welcoming home returning POWs. with Bob Hope as host.
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by David Seeley |
Nov 7, 2022
On Friday night, The Dallas Fuel defeated the two-time world champions San Francisco Shock to become the 2022 Overwatch League Champions, winning the best-of-seven series 4-3. The finale played out live onstage in front of thousands of fans at the Anaheim Convention Center in California, and was streamed on YouTube for a live audience of an estimated 325,000-plus concurrent viewers.
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by David Seeley |
Nov 4, 2022
For nearly a century, The Dallas Foundation—Texas’ first community foundation—has impacted causes that have helped communities thrive across North Texas. On Thursday, the foundation announced it has awarded more than $1 billion to Dallas-area nonprofit organizations that work to improve the lives of North Texans. That eye-popping total reflects almost a century of philanthropic partnerships and grantmaking.
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The Last Word: Scott Hudson on TXU Energy’s ‘100% Free’ Home EV Charging Offering
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Nov 2, 2022
Through its flagship TXU Energy brand, Vistra is offering what it calls a "first-of-its-kind plan that uses electric vehicle data to allow free home charging—every day—and provides power backed by 100% renewable sources for all home energy needs."
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Nov 1, 2022
The Prix Galien USA Committee honored excellence and innovation in life sciences during the Prix Galien USA Forum and 16th annual Prix Galien Awards Gala last week at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
One big winner was BioLabs, which has a 37,000-SF coworking and shared wet lab space at the Biotech+ Hub at Pegasus Park in Dallas, along with other locations across the U.S. and in France and Germany.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Oct 31, 2022
Dr. Ahn is working on something very small that may have a profound, lifesaving impact on something hugely dangerous. In collaboration with UTSW Medical Center professor Dr. Ganesh Raj and UTHSC San Antonio's Ratna Vadlamudi, Ahn has created a molecule that can kill an array of cancers, including an aggressive form of breast cancer.
The goal of the molecules is to prevent molecular “handshakes” between proteins that can cause out-of-control cell growth that spreads cancer further.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Oct 28, 2022
DFW-based Francis says he helps tech founders launch their digital products "with clarity and confidence while increasing success raising capital and reducing risk in execution."
He's been putting some interesting advice up on LinkedIn. Last week he shared this: "I have two kids, and a phrase you will NEVER hear me say to them is, 'Second place is first loser.'"
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