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Future World: How Area Universities Prepare Tech Workers for Rapid Change

North Texas has more than 40 higher learning institutions. Inside is a collection of pioneer programs taught by world-class faculty members that incorporates on-the-job t...
DFW Universities Rank Among Nation's Top Online Educational Programs

North Texas universities ranked in the U.S. News & World Report's top 100 online educational programs in multiple categories.
Big Thought Launches a New Division Offering Educational Consulting

Big Thought's ability to bring learning programs to life (like when it helped produce a STEAM-based curriculum for Mercedes Benz Stadium) organically led to forming a new...
Jobs of the Future: The Hottest Areas of Tech Education

Here's a list of some of the area’s most exciting programs, with the universities across North Texas that are shaping the talent of the future.
Emerging UNT Dallas College of Law is Setting a High Bar

Six UNT Dallas College of Law students were recognized during the J.L. Turner Legal Association Foundation's annual Scholarship & Awards Gala.

Pablo Peillard is an experienced young entrepreneur who first came to UTD in 2013. [Photo: Courtesy UT Dallas]

LaunchPad Lift Accepts UTD Computer Science Senior to Elite Program

by Lance Murray | Feb 17, 2020

Pablo Peillard, who founded a decentralized ledger technology startup backed by Dallas' Hedera Hashgraph, was the second UT Dallas student to be chosen for the virtual cohort-based program.

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Discovery: UTD Creates Virtual Reality ‘Patients’ for Med Students, UTA Professor Leads Upgrade of Large Hadron Collider

by Lance Murray | Feb 14, 2020

In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you'll also find out abut a University of North Texas professor researching how very young children see their world through photography.

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Founded in 2016 by Chief Executive Officer Chris Keaveney (right) and Chief Credit & Analytics Officer Phillip Stegner, the fast-growing education lender has raised a total of $23.4 million in funding, according to Crunchbase. [Photo via Meritize]

Career Connection: New Search Engine Helps ‘Often‑Overlooked Talent’ Find Training for In-Demand Jobs

by Quincy Preston | Feb 14, 2020

Meritize Connect—launched in a statewide pilot—aims to bridge the gap between job-seekers, training providers, and employers.

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Will That Antidepressant Help? UT Southwestern Scientists Create AI Computer to Predict What Works

by Lance Murray | Feb 13, 2020

Up to two-thirds of depression patients do not respond to their first treatment. That's why UTSW researchers are working to eliminate antidepressant trial and error based on a patient’s brain activity.

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Things to Do for innovators in Dallas-Fort Worth | Dallas Innovates Weekly Calendar

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Calendar: Tech Talk, Romancing The Stone, Civil Rights Exhibition Opening

by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Feb 13, 2020

Browse our curated selection of events to plan your next week—and beyond.

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TCU MBAs Win the ‘World’s Largest Venture Capital Competition’

by David Kirkpatrick | Feb 12, 2020

The team, supported by the Cowtown Angels Fellows Program at TCU’s Neely Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, won the regional competition and will now advance to the global finals.

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UNT To Develop the First Cyber Knowledge Bank With $1.2M Grant

by David Kirkpatrick | Feb 10, 2020

The international data trust will be the "first-of-its-kind" for scholarly publishing.

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Discovery: UNT Prof Puts Virtual Chem Lab Inside Supercomputer and UTA Studies Groundwater Contamination

by Lance Murray | Feb 7, 2020

In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you'll also find out how a team at UT Dallas is repurposing an old MRI contrast agent to eliminate the need for using heavy metals.

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