MORE►
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.
Noni Ángel, an Alveole beekeeper caring for the beehives at BCBSTX Richardson headquarters. [Photo: BCBSTX]
The Last Word: Noni Ángel on the ‘Sustainable’ Bees at BCBSTX Headquarters
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Dec 6, 2022
Something's buzzing atop the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas headquarters in Richardson—and it's offering a sustainable touch to the surrounding community. Earlier in the fall, BCBSTX installed two bee hives on the north side of its HQ building as part of the company's sustainability efforts. The hives are home to nearly 100,000 Italian honeybees.
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Dec 5, 2022
The Mr. MAPP system uses a laptop, camera, and VR headset to create a virtual 3D model of the user’s missing or paralyzed limb. Wearing the VR headset, Peterson played a series of games where the virtual model of his missing lower leg did things like stomp the floor or burst a bubble.
MORE►
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.
MORE►
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.
MORE►
A previous tree-lighting ceremony at Klyde Warren Park.
The Last Word: Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson on Lighting the ‘Mayor’s Tree’ This Saturday
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.
MORE►
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Nov 21, 2022
Pecans aren't just for the pecan pie this Thanksgiving, according to—who else?—the American Pecan Promotion Board. Based in Fort Worth, the board was founded last year and operates under the oversight of the USDA.
MORE►
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.
MORE►
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.
MORE►
Inside McLaren Automotive's North American HQ in Coppell, north of Dallas. [Photo: Wade Griffith]
The Last Word: McLaren’s Nicolas Brown on Opening the Supercar Company’s HQ in Coppell
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.
MORE►
by David Seeley |
Nov 10, 2022
Acosta served as a Marine amphibious assault vehicle operator in posts from Somalia to Haiti to Jordan before coming home to the U.S.—and seeking his place in the civilian workforce.
“I gained a life experience that enabled me to see the world differently,” he said in a statement about his Marine service.
MORE►
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.”
MORE►
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.
MORE►
Matthew Randazzo [Photo: The Dallas Foundation]
The Last Word: Matthew Randazzo on The Dallas Foundation Crossing the $1B Mark in Giving
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.
MORE►
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Nov 3, 2022
In his lab at the BioDiscovery Institute, Henard engineers methanotrophic bacteria to convert methane gas into bioplastics, biofuels, and other products. While they're at it, the methanotrophs also consume carbon dioxide, another key ingredient causing climate change.
With a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation and the Agile BioFoundry, a national labs consortium, Henard has begun a three-year study into the beneficial bacteria, which can lead to a more sustainable way to produce fuels, plastics, and chemicals than by using petroleum.
MORE►
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."
MORE►
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
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.
MORE►
