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Board chair Maryanne Piña-Frodsham

The Concilio Announces New Board Members, Chairman of the Board

by | Feb 21, 2023

The Concilio, a Dallas-based nonprofit dedicated to building stronger communities by unlocking opportunities for Latino and other diverse families, announced its 2023-2024 board of trustees and incoming board chair Maryanne Piña-Frodsham, CEO of Career Management Partners.

“The Concilio has had tremendous success in the past years expanding our programs and providing necessary resources to our community....

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CPRIT Awards Over $20M to UT Southwestern and UT Dallas to Fight Cancer
by | Feb 17, 2023
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas approved over $90 million in new cancer research and prevention grants at its quarterly meeting near the Texas Capitol on Wednesday—and $20.6 million of that money is coming to North Texas to advance everything from breast cancer and lung cancer screening to "deep learning models" to facilitate T-cell receptor therapies.
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Next-Gen AI, Mark Cuban’s Way
by | Feb 16, 2023
The Mark Cuban Foundation brings AI education to underserved high school students through free bootcamps hosted by companies in cities across the U.S.
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Bevy Smith [Photo courtesy of Bevy Smith/Big Thought]

TV Personality Bevy Smith will Host Big Thought’s BIG NIGHT Fundraiser

by | Feb 15, 2023
The annual event benefiting the Dallas-based impact education nonprofit will honor creative visionaries and community leaders for their commitment to BIG ideas and their Big Thought Impact. The BIG NIGHT will be held March 4 at The Factory in Deep Ellum.
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Emerging Trends: Three Futurists Predict The Tech That Comes Next
by | Feb 15, 2023
From AI to human longevity to xTech, North Texas experts George Brody of InfoNet of Things and Anurag Jain of Perot Jain, along with Mike Bechtel of Deloitte, predict a range of emerging technologies set to transform the world in 2023 and beyond.
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Opal Lee poses with her portrait in the Texas Senate after its unveiling, accompanied by State Rep. Ron Reynolds. [Photo: Texas Black Caucus/Twitter]

Portrait of Civil Rights Icon Opal Lee, the ‘Grandmother of Juneteenth,’ Unveiled in Texas Senate

by | Feb 9, 2023
A portrait of Fort Worth's Opal Lee—known as the "Grandmother of Juneteenth" for her advocacy of the federal Juneteenth holiday—was unveiled Wednesday in the Texas Senate Chamber in Austin, where it will be permanently displayed. “Change somebody’s mind because minds can be changed,” 95-year-old Lee told reporters after the ceremony, according to NBC DFW. “If people have been taught to hate they can be taught to love, and it is up to you to do it.”
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UNT Dallas Rising Blazers to Host Exhibition on African American STEAM Pioneers
by | Feb 8, 2023
What do the three-light traffic light, laser cataract surgery, and the first automatic transmission have in common? All were invented by African Americans. In celebration of Black History Month, the UNT Dallas Rising Blazers program will host a special viewing of the African American Pioneers in STEAM Museum Showcase Feb. 11-12 and 16-17 at the UNT Dallas Innovation Center, 4315 S. Lancaster Road, Suite 180 in Dallas.
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The Last Word: Dwell with Dignity’s Ashley Sharp on Turning an Annual Pop-Up Into a Year-Round Initiative
by | Feb 8, 2023
Last summer, Dallas nonprofit Dwell with Dignity offered its annual Thrift Studio pop-up shop, with 100% of sales benefiting its mission to change lives by bringing good design to families who can afford it the least. Today the nonprofit announced big news: It's acquired a building in the Dallas Design District that will serve as Thrift Studio's permanent home. 
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In a Texas First, UT Arlington Team Is Using Plastics To Repair Roads
by | Feb 8, 2023
"One word: plastics." That's the famous career advice from the movie The Graduate. A professor at UT Arlington must have gotten the same message, because 56 years later he's making history by using plastics to repair and stabilize roadways in the DFW area. Dr. Sahadat Hossain—a UTA civil engineering professor and director of the school's Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability—got a grant of around $950,000 from the Dallas district of the Texas Department of Transportation to achieve the first use of “plastic road” material in Texas. The project will begin with work on roads near Kaufman, southeast of Dallas.
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Rachel Currie Triska brings more 20 years of experience in the nonprofit sector to Volunteer Now. [Courtesy: Volunteer Now]

Dallas Nonprofit VolunteerNow Appoints New Chief Executive Officer

by | Feb 6, 2023
VolunteerNow is a nationwide provider of volunteer recruiting and management software. The nonprofit said that in a typical year, it mobilizes more than 310,000 volunteers who give 1.6 million hours to 3,500 local nonprofits.
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Southern Gateway Park Is ‘On Track’ to Break Ground on Amenities This Spring for Phase One Opening Next Year
by | Feb 6, 2023
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson called it a "game-changing investment in the people and families of southern Dallas.” And there’s little doubt the Southern Gateway Park will be transformative once it opens as planned next year. “We are on track to break ground on the park’s amenities later this spring and open as scheduled in 2024,” a spokesperson for the Southern Gateway Public Green Foundation told WFAA this week, adding that $3 million in new funding has been secured since January 1 for the $172 million project.
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Copper Breaks State Park is an international dark sky park located northwest of Dallas-Fort Worth in Quanah, Texas. [Image: AmitabhClickz/Shutterstock]
Snap Your Memories, Win Big Prizes: Texas State Parks Photo Contest Celebrates 100 Years
by | Feb 3, 2023

Ready to embark on an adventure? Texas Parks and Wildlife is giving you the chance to explore the Lone Star state, capture memories, and even win prizes with its latest Texas State Parks Photo Contest....

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Big Thought, Fossil Group to Host Annual Works of Heart Event on Feb. 9
by | Feb 3, 2023

Big Thought, a Dallas-based impact education nonprofit and accessories retail giant Fossil Group are hosting the community arts event Works of Heart on Feb. 9 at Fossil’s headquarters in Richardson....

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