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  • Using a digital twin of Parkland Memorial Hospital for its blocky hospital, UTD's MCAT prep course playbook was designed by IvyBee, a Plano-based startup founded and led ...

  • Nine student and alumni teams made the finals in three tracks: undergraduate, graduate student, and alumni. Winning ideas ranged from AI sales coaching to radiation mappi...

  • Texas Instruments invented the world's first handheld electronic calculator prototype in 1967. This week, it launched a new graphing calculator "built to meet the demands...

  • Aiming to advance AI-driven research, workforce readiness, and long‑term talent development in infrastructure engineering, AECOM and SMU said they are "reinforcing the ...

  • The project, led by UTA physicist J. Ping Liu, seeks to make the mining of critical rare earth elements more cost-efficient and environmentally sustainable by using cheap...

Calendar: Not-to-Miss Events for Innovators in Dallas-Fort Worth

North Texas has plenty to see, hear, and watch. Here are our editors' picks. Plus, you'll find more selections to "save the date."
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UTD Pre-Med Students Are Treating Virtual Patients in a Minecraft World
by | Apr 30, 2026
Using a digital twin of Parkland Memorial Hospital for its blocky hospital, UTD's MCAT prep course playbook was designed by IvyBee, a Plano-based startup founded and led by Dr. Walter Voit, founder of UTD's Center for Engineering Innovation.
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Dallas-Based TI Launches Its Most Advanced TI‑84 Evo Graphing Calculator Ever
by | Apr 29, 2026
Texas Instruments invented the world's first handheld electronic calculator prototype in 1967. This week, it launched a new graphing calculator "built to meet the demands of today's math classroom" and to grow with students from middle school algebra all the way through college and future STEM careers.
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The Last Word: CEO Behind Blackstone-Backed Dental Venture Has a Message for Founders
by | Apr 28, 2026
The DECA Dental founder returned to his alma mater to keynote UT Dallas' record-breaking Draper Pitch Competition. He told student founders what it really takes.
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Opportunities for North Texas Innovators

You'll find deadlines coming up for a new accelerator program; and many more opportunities.

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The Dallas Office at SMU To Launch in August With Klyde Warren Park Leader as CEO
by | Apr 22, 2026
The new office is designed to simplify how organizations work with SMU—whether through research partnerships, workforce development, or student engagement.
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GE Aerospace Foundation Selects Dallas as One of 5 Global Cities for New $30M Workforce Training Program
by | Apr 22, 2026
The foundation said it will invest "a minimum of $1 million" to help close the manufacturing skills gap in Dallas, which it called "an aerospace hub where the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts some of the strongest demand for advanced manufacturing labor." 
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Patented: Verizon’s Signal Spoof Detection at Base Stations and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by | Apr 22, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of March 24 with a total of 171 patents granted.
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