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Dallas County's Mesquite Government Center will house a Tax Office, Constable Office, and Justice of the Peace and Juvenile Services offices, along with a community space and early voting operations area. Boston-based Suffolk—the company that built The Galbraith on Bryan Street, The Terminal at Katy Trail, and the Terminal C renovations at DFW Airport—is the contractor. See who's designing the center—and how it will impact Mesquite.
Dallas County Breaks Ground on $32M Mesquite Government Center
by David Seeley | May 22, 2023
Dallas County's Mesquite Government Center will house a Tax Office, Constable Office, and Justice of the Peace and Juvenile Services offices, along with a community space and early voting operations area. Boston-based Suffolk—the company that built The Galbraith on Bryan Street, The Terminal at Katy Trail, and the Terminal C renovations at DFW Airport—is the contractor. See who's designing the center—and how it will impact Mesquite.
by Lance Murray |
May 19, 2023
According to the latest WalletHub list, Fort Worth ranks as the No. 1 city to start a business in the state of Texas, leading a strong showing of five Dallas-Fort Worth cities among the top 100 best places to start a business in the nation....
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by David Seeley |
May 19, 2023
Google Cloud has unveiled its AI-powered Multiomics Suite, which aims to accelerate the discovery and interpretation of genomic data, helping companies design precision treatments. As part of the rollout, Google Cloud noted that Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences has adopted the Multiomics Suite, and that Colossal spinout Form Bio has been selected to help other organizations adopt it. See what the new suite can do—and how it could help life get scienced.
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by Lance Murray |
May 19, 2023
The site in South Dallas' Innercity Community Development Corp. will provide access to computers, WiFi, one-on-one support, and digital training programs. The Connected Dallas program is supported by philanthropic investments by AT&T, Santander Consumer USA Foundation, and The Dallas Foundation.
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The African elephant. [Image: Colossal Biosciences]
Colossal Biosciences, Vertebrate Genomes Project Publish First High-Quality Reference Genome of African Elephant
by Lance Murray | May 19, 2023
Last year, the partnership announced a near complete sequence of the Asian elephant genome. Colossal and VGP said the sequencing work is part of a long-term effort to ensure the survival of elephant species in the face of climate change, deforestation, and disease.
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by Lance Murray |
May 18, 2023
Plano-based Toyota Connected North America employees and family members drove in Eco or EV mode for a week to see how much earth-saving difference it can make. Turns out, it made a lot—the equivalent of 748 trees sequestering carbon for 10 years, with a savings of 5,091 gallons of gasoline.
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by David Seeley |
May 18, 2023
Parents who have to rise at 5:45 a.m. to drive their 15-year-old to cross-town band practice just breathed a sigh of relief. Under a new Uber policy, teens will be able to use the rideshare service all by themselves in more than a dozen metro areas—including Dallas, Houston, New York City, and Atlanta.
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by David Seeley |
May 18, 2023
The Dennis Quaid-hosted "Viewpoint," which airs on public television stations nationwide, recently produced a video report featuring the Addison-based nonprofit Partnership With Native Americans. The video explains some of the core challenges and opportunities facing tribes today—both on reservations and in urban areas—and supports the need for Native representation in nonprofit funding decisions.
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The 2023 UTD Big Idea Competition was rescheduled for May 19. Finalists, top row, from left: JackyChao, Sameer Ranjan, Karlin Oei Joseph Friedman, and Chandramallika Basak; Bottom row, from left: Stefano Leonardi, Tamara Marshall, Xavier Madison, Tom-Vazhekatt, and Madison Valdivia. [Photos: UTD]
Meet the 10 Finalists of the UTD Big Idea Competition, Pitching Live on May 19
by Lance Murray | May 17, 2023
From an automated fish feeder to AI-driven construction to a therapeutic vest and more, the finalists will pitch their innovative concepts on May 19 at Blackstone Launchpad. The original date was rescheduled due to weather.
They'll be competing for $170,000 in cash and scholarship prizes.
They'll be competing for $170,000 in cash and scholarship prizes.
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by Lance Murray |
May 16, 2023
Dallas-based Island, a startup unicorn valued at $1.3 billion in 2022 and a pioneer in the enterprise browser market, said its new offering is the ideal solution for organizations with extremely sensitive data and applications, to ensure safe operation even on devices beyond the organization’s control and traditional protections.
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by David Seeley |
May 16, 2023
Some things you just gotta keep cool: your temper on the Tollway at 8:45 a.m., your drink after work, and—maybe we should've put this first—data centers. All those endless rows of servers generate heat, which is why cooling accounts for nearly half of a data center's electricity usage. Now a team led by UT Arlington's Dereje Agonafer is developing hybrid cooling technology that could save "a massive amount of money in energy costs" for both current and future servers.
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by David Seeley |
May 16, 2023
Bros have it bad. Only about 1 out of 5 men said they had received emotional support from a friend in the last week, according to a 2021 survey from the Survey Center on American Life. To help alleviate what some have called a "friendship recession," Mizzen+Main—the Dallas-based maker of performance-fabric apparel designed with modern silhouettes—launched a new brand campaign today called "Bring Back Male Friendships."
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Postal Service Tightens Security to Protect Workers and Crack Down on Postal Crimes
by Lance Murray | May 15, 2023
The move is a result of increases in threats and attacks on letter carriers and in mail fraud incidents, which have escalated along with a national rise in crime. The agencies recently updated Congress on the problems, and say the new measures will help safeguard mail and packages in Dallas-Fort Worth and across the nation.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 15, 2023
Texas Instruments broke ground on the new 300-millimeter semiconductor wafer fabrication plants in May 2022, noting that the project could ultimately support as many as 3,000 direct jobs. The new "fabs" will manufacture tens of millions of analog and embedded processing chips daily that will go into electronics everywhere.
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by David Seeley |
May 15, 2023
It wasn't the first time Lee walked the stage at the university. Way back in 1963, she earned a master's degree in education at what was then known as North Texas State University.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 12, 2023
Frisco-based Lone River Beverage Co. tries to lasso the spirit of Far West Texas into every can of its best-selling ranch water. With America in the midst of a "Yellowstone" craze, Lone River just put itself squarely into the Modern West pop-culture zeitgeist by launching limited-edition "Yellowstone" ranch packs—with a little help from Lainey Wilson, an actress on the show.
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