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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.
UTD Big Idea winners Orikeda Trashi (left) and Ikeda Trashi. [Photo: UTD]
The Last Word: Twin Chemistry Students Win First Prize at UTD’s Big Idea Competition
by David Seeley | May 6, 2025
Ikeda and Orikeda Trashi took home $12,000 in the April 16 UT Dallas Big Idea student competition for Biodelivera, a platform that delivers cancer therapy directly to tumors using using "virus-like particles." In the alumni track, the top prize went to Brice Sokolowski for his sweat-evaporating Vaucluse Backpack Ventilation Gear.
by David Seeley |
May 1, 2025
American Airlines and Dallas Fort Worth International Airport unveiled plans Thursday for the airport's sixth terminal—Terminal F—that will enable both to "continue growing together." American and DFW have increased the planned investment in Terminal F to around $4 billion—aiming to create what will be DFW’s "signature terminal experience," operated entirely by American Airlines.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Apr 29, 2025
Capital One has long positioned itself as a technology company that does banking, not the other way around. But what’s lesser known—even inside tech circles—is that the company now has a growing enterprise software business selling commercial cloud tools to other organizations.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 24, 2025
Manthripragada is just one of countless leaders in business, investment, innovation, philanthropy, academia, environmental advocacy, and more who've been speaking and connecting at this weeks's EarthX2025 Congress of Congresses, which runs through Friday at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas. During the event's E-Capital Summit, Manthripragada spoke with MassChallenge CEO Caitlin Reimers Brumme,
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Inside the high-tech Sam's Club store in Grapevine. [Photo: Sam's Club]
The Last Word: Sam’s Club Exec on Grapevine Store’s Use of Computer Vision, Scan & Go Tech, and More
by David Seeley | Apr 17, 2025
Since it reopened last October, the Sam's Club store in Grapevine has been a peek into a whole new retail future. Instead of waiting in lines at cash registers, customers use Scan & Go technology to pay for items with a phone app. AI and computer vision are used to keep store shelves stocked. Automatic floor cleaners keep things spiffy. Other upgrades include a vertical tire carousel and automated forklifts. And if shoppers get hungry, a robot in the cafe will be happy to make them a pizza.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 10, 2025
The University of Texas at Dallas has been redesignated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity for cyber research for its “innovative and impactful” research contributions and its educational programs that train new generations of cybersecurity professionals.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 9, 2025
The IF/THEN initiative from Lyda Hill Philanthropies has had a major impact on spectators who've viewed its installation of 3D-printed statues of women “STEM rockstars." Now a new push is underway to make an impact online through IF/THEN's website, which has been newly redesigned by Dallas-based Tegan Digital.
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 8, 2025
“Welcome to the private debut of the Dreams Experience Academy—or as we call it, somewhat provocatively, DEA,” said Chris Gannett at the launch event at the Kessler in Oak Cliff last week.
The student-powered, purpose-driven nonprofit, co-founded by hip-hop icon The D.O.C., aims to unlock creative talent and open doors into the $3 trillion media, entertainment, and tech economy.
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"Jaws" promotional movie banner [Image: Universal Pictures]
The Last Word: Steven Spielberg on Debuting “Jaws” at a Dallas Theater in 1975
by David Seeley | Apr 2, 2025
The Medallion Theatre closed in 2001, but the Dallas moviehouse—once located in the Medallion Shopping Center at Skillman and Northwest Highway—hosted a key moment in film history. On March 26, 1975, it offered the first-ever public screening of "Jaws," the monster hit that invented the summer blockbuster. Now, with April here and summer looming, some are looking back at the screening that helped change Hollywood forever.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 1, 2025
Cardi B revealed her biggest skincare secret on Instagram Tuesday—and it has a North Texas connection. "Everyone always asks me how my skin looks so beautiful, so shiny, so amazing at the age of 32 with three kids, a job that stresses me out, and sleepless nights," the rapper said. "I've been using this new cream—it's the Cane's 'Moisturizing Sauce.' It's non-greasy, non-sticky, and it smells just like chicken."
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by David Seeley |
Mar 27, 2025
It's opening day across Major League Baseball, and the Texas Rangers began the season at 3:05 p.m. with a 5-2 loss to the Boston Red Sox at Globe Life Field. Meanwhile, on screens across North Texas, viewers got to see the first-ever regular season broadcast by the team's new in-house Rangers Sports Network.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 26, 2025
Later this spring, an inspiring work of public art is going up in downtown Dallas, honoring cancer survivors from its placement above the Cancer Survivors’ Plaza. The installation—originally conceived by artist and Aurora co-founder Joshua King in 2016—tells the deeply personal stories of four cancer survivors.
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Ross Perot Jr., Nasdaq Board Chair and CEO Adena Friedman, and Gov. Greg Abbott at the Nasdaq luncheon in Dallas Tuesday. [Photo: Office of the Governor]
The Last Word: On Nasdaq’s Plans for a New Regional HQ in Dallas
by David Seeley | Mar 19, 2025
With the Texas Stock Exchange slated to launch trading in 2026 and the New York Stock Exchange planning its own launch of NYSE Texas, the Nasdaq is setting up its own home on Y'all Street. Yesterday the Nasdaq held a luncheon in Dallas honoring Ross Perot Jr. for his contributions to the thriving Texas economy—and announced that it will be opening a new regional headquarters in Dallas.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 18, 2025
At the Dallas Regional Chamber's State of the Region event held in December, regional leaders addressed the opportunities and challenges of growth in North Texas—from mobility and high-speed rail to prioritizing green space over highways to ensuring health care for the uninsured.
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by Quincy Preston |
Mar 13, 2025
The Dallas entrepreneur’s new novel, “Tachyon Tunnel 2,” launches readers into space—built on the same big thinking that’s fueled more than 15 ventures.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 12, 2025
The Texas Research Alliance helps businesses, public agencies, and governments engage with North Texas’ robust higher education research infrastructure to advance a wide range of goals. And yes, that includes mobility—which is why the TRA developed the North Texas Center for Mobility Technologies, a collaboration among industry, the North Central Texas Council of Governments, UNT, UTA, SMU, and UTD to develop advanced mobility technologies in North Texas.
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