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The Last Word: Fort Worth-Based Bison Coolers on What It Feels Like to Star in a Super Bowl Ad—Thanks to Google

by | Feb 13, 2025
“Some moments are priceless.”

Fort Worth-based Bison Coolers …. reflecting on the company’s Google Super Bowl ad appearance, via LinkedIn.

Despite the Cowboys missing out on Super Bowl LIX, a Fort Worth family business scored big during the championship game. Bison Coolers, founded by former Southwest Airlines employee Jeremy Denson in 2011, was featured in Google’s “50 States, 50 Stories” campaign highlighting how small businesses use AI technology and the tech giant’s Gemini for Workspace....

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The Cedars Union Gets $500K Grant, Names Former Dallas Zoo and DMA Exec as Executive Director
by | Feb 13, 2025
The Cedars Union, a hub for emerging and mid-career artists in North Texas, is setting its sights on the next level of growth with the appointment of Emma Vernon as executive director. The North Texas nonprofit artist incubator’s upcoming cohort, launching this month, will be its largest ever, chosen from the most competitive applicant pool since its founding in 2015.
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EarthX Announces Earthx2025: A Global Conference in Dallas on Sustainability, Green Finance, and Conservation
by | Feb 13, 2025
EarthX Founder Trammell S. Crow said this year's five-day conference will be the organization's largest ever, "bringing together leaders, advocates, and innovators from around the world to work together on tangible solutions for our planet."
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Rendering of the National Juneteenth Museum. [Image: Bjarke Ingels Group]

New Looks Unveiled as Fort Worth Approves Land for National Juneteenth Museum

by | Feb 12, 2025
New architectural renderings by the Copenhagen-based Bjarke Ingels Group "reflects the resilience and richness of African American culture and aims to foster education, growth, and connection within the community," the museum said.
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This UT Dallas Tech Breakthrough Could Help Veterans Overcome PTSD
by | Feb 12, 2025
Researchers at the Texas Biomedical Device Center—or TxBDC—discovered a way to retrain the brain’s fear response using a tiny device—offering real hope to those suffering from trauma and military service-related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
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The Last Word: On Lyda Hill Philanthropies Partnering To Produce Women-in-STEM Movies and TV Shows
by | Feb 11, 2025
Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science—an ideal day for a Dallas nonprofit to align with a Hollywood movie star to celebrate women in STEM in film and television. According to the Dallas Morning News, Dallas-based Lyda Hill Philanthropies is partnering with Reese Witherspoon’s media company Hello Sunshine to produce and distribute movies and TV shows that champion women's achievements in STEM (science, technology, engineering & mathematics). 
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Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Names Kanarys Co‑Founder and CEO as a Managing Director in Dallas
by | Feb 10, 2025
Mandy Price, who will be based in the foundation’s Dallas office, will play a lead role in sourcing new investments for the foundation’s portfolio organizations and will work as an operating partner and board member for those organizations. DRK is one of the largest global venture philanthropy firms dedicated to supporting early-stage, high impact social enterprises.
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UTA's Ricardo Sánchez-Murillo and his team — in collaboration with international partners from hurricane-prone regions — analyzed water “fingerprints” for new insights into tropical storms. [Photo: UTA]

UTA Researchers Lead Tropical Storm Study To Help Communities Reduce Future Risk

by | Feb 1, 2025
The study of data from past storms includes researchers from multiple universities as well as international partners from hurricane-prone regions including the Bahamas, Jamaica, and Costa Rica.
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From Fentanyl to DIY Food Safety: Dr. Shalini Prasad’s Groundbreaking Trifecta of Detection Devices
by | Jan 29, 2025
Combining cutting-edge research and real-world applications, the UT Dallas professor transforms public health with innovations in detection technology, including “a check engine light” for the human body. In collaboration with EnLiSense, the company she cofounded, Dr. Prasad combines chemistry with software and hardware to bring the technology to life as market-ready devices.
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The Last Word: Restaurateur Kenny Bowers on His Art Show Benefitting St. Jude Children’s Hospital
by | Jan 29, 2025
Bowers—whose restaurant group operates popular local restaurants including Kenny's Wood Fired Grill, Kenny’s Burger Joint, Kenny’s Italian Kitchen, and Kenny's Authentic East Coast Pizza—took off his chef's hat during the pandemic and began creating art. On Saturday, February 1, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., he'll be hosting a benefit art show with 100% of the proceeds going to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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The Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum. {Photo: DHHRM]

The Last Word: On the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum Honoring Holocaust Remembrance Day

by | Jan 23, 2025
This coming Monday, Jan. 27, marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, also recognized as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. In the run-up to this global event, the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum is opening up its doors for free to students this Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 25 and 26.
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Two North Texans Among Six Appointed to Trinity River Authority Board by Governor Abbott
by | Jan 10, 2025

Governor Greg Abbott has named six individuals to the Trinity River Authority Board of Directors, including two North Texans, Megan Deen of Fort Worth and Cathy Altman of Midlothian, according to a news release from the governor’s office....

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