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African American Museum, Dallas [Photo: Fair Park Dallas]
Dallas’ African American Museum Gets $3M to Preserve and Digitize Its 50‑Year Collection
by Lance Murray | Aug 27, 2025
The funding from the Texas Historical Commission—with support from Google—will help safeguard and conserve the museum's extensive collection. "This investment is about more than just conservation,” Margie Johnson Reese, chief program officer of the museum, said. “It’s about making history accessible to a global audience."
by Lance Murray |
Aug 23, 2025
Broadcom executive Vikas Sinha and his wife, Anuradha, have invested more than $5 million in UNT’s data science program, aiming to fuel opportunity in a field “at the heart of the job market.”
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by Quincy Preston |
Aug 23, 2025
New Friends New Life is one of five nonprofits awarded new funding by The Jensen Project, a North Texas-based nonprofit think tank that has distributed over $11 million nationwide since launching its GrantTank program in 2021.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 21, 2025
Brian Ferriso, who has led Portland Art Museum, known as PAM, for nearly two decades, will take the helm at the DMA on Dec. 1 as it enters a major transformation phase.
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Nicole Sheridan [Source images: SWMF, composite DI Studio]
Nicole Sheridan, 10 Others Named as Trustees of Southwestern Medical Foundation
by David Seeley | Aug 14, 2025
Dedicated to advancing medical innovation for 86 years, the foundation said philanthropist and "Texan by choice" Nicole Sheridan is one of the 11 new members of its board of trustees. Jere Thompson, Jr. will continue in his role as board chair.
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by Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist |
Aug 14, 2025
The “Academy Award of Architecture”—the AIA Firm Award—recently went to Dallas-based LPA Design Studios. Ellen Mitchell, who directs the firm’s sustainability and applied research, sees the win as a shift toward broadening what award-winning design really means. Here’s how the firm is building modern, greener commercial spaces by starting with better questions.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 13, 2025
The grants are part of the Tauopathy Challenge Workshop, a funding program that convenes interdisciplinary experts around a single topic: addressing unmet needs in primary tauopathies related to several neurodegenerative diseases.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 6, 2025
The BMW Dallas Marathon is gearing up for its 2025 race weekend, to be held in a long, winding course around White Rock Lake December 12–14. One way it's doing that is by unveiling "a bold new logo" featuring a modern take on the Pegasus—Dallas' celebrated icon—stretching its neck out toward victory. Along with a refreshed merchandise collection, the updated visual identity "reflects the organization’s evolution as a premier running event and its deep connection to the Dallas community," organizers said.
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The Family Place Chief Advancement Officer Molly Fiden.
The Family Place Names Former Exec as New Chief Advancement Officer
by Lance Murray | Jul 31, 2025
The Family Place said that veteran philanthropy leader Molly Fiden brings unparalleled expertise and passion to her role as she re-joins the organization.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 17, 2025
Winslow’s Wine Cafe is Fort Worth's first "Chip Spot," where lost dogs and cats can be taken to be scanned and reunited with their loved ones. And Fort Worth Animal Care & Control is looking for more businesses that would like to host their own Chip Spots.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jul 17, 2025
TACA’s new cohort of four established arts groups—ranging from orchestral to outreach—is designed to create flywheel momentum across the entire creative ecosystem.
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by Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist |
Jul 17, 2025
From oil spill experiments to AI-powered avatars, GEMS Camp gives girls hands-on experiences that build skills and a path to STEM. The camp, founded by a former teacher, has reached more than 1,300 participants—and 85% have pursued science, technology, engineering, or math in college.
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The Last Word: Tech FW on How Nanoscope’s ‘Watch Us’ Moment Could Help Blind Patients See Again
by Quincy Preston | Jul 15, 2025
North Texas' Nanoscope just filed an FDA bid for its gene-agnostic therapy. If approved, it could help restore sight for people with inherited blindness, and potentially millions more with other retinal diseases.
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![The South Island giant moa towered over New Zealand's forests for millions of years before becoming extinct within a century of Polynesian settlement around 1400 CE. Colossal Biosciences plans to resurrect the 500-pound birds using ancient DNA extracted from cave deposits and artificial egg technology. [Source image: Colossal Biosciences]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Colossal-Moa-360x203.jpg)
by Quincy Preston |
Jul 9, 2025
The Dallas decacorn is scaling its de-extinction pipeline with indigenous leadership, a New Zealand subsidiary, and economic models for species preservation, including ecotourism opportunities. Filmmaker Sir Peter Jackson helped connect the collaborators, Colossal CEO Ben Lamm says.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 8, 2025
America's Team donated $500,000 in disaster relief amid the massive and tragic flooding in the Texas Hill Country. Other North Texas companies are helping out as well, through their own charitable arms or via other regional nonprofits.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 8, 2025
DRC President and CEO Dale Petroskey will step down at year’s end after nearly 12 years of service. During his tenure, he's led the DRC to National Chamber of the Year honors as North Texas' nationwide business clout skyrocketed. “Whoever succeeds me will be stepping into one of the most interesting and rewarding jobs in America,” Petroskey said.
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