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‘Para Pickup’ Tops Toyota Mobility Challenge; Students Win Plano Internships

by | May 30, 2017
The winning team's app provides wheelchair users with a safe, affordable, and flexible way to get around.
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TCU Trio’s Startup Gives Kids
VR Escape in Hospital
by | May 30, 2017
Prolonged hospital stays can be tough on children, but Relievr gives them a virtual reality escape during that time.
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Breast cancer
Partners Raise $548K for Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research
by | May 30, 2017
Inflammatory Breast Cancer often is difficult to diagnose because it does not usually present with a lump.
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T.D. Jakes
T.D. Jakes, UNT Dallas Team for MegaFest Student Pitch Contest
by | May 26, 2017
Students will make Shark Tank-style pitches before a panel of judges and could win some of the competition's $50,000 in total prize money.
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home

Allen Developer Designs Maintenance-Free Home

by | May 26, 2017
From solar panels that generate electricity for the entire house to minimal wood that requires painting, The New Modern Home wants to take upkeep worries out of home buying.
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Bonnie Pitman
Course Teaches Med Students Compassion Through Art
by | May 25, 2017
UT Southwestern medical students are challenged in the course to think about each patient the way artists pay attention to their sculptures or paintings.
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New Markets to Ease
South Dallas Food Desert
by | May 25, 2017
Bonton Farms gets grant for market and cafe; Good Local Markets to open Paul Quinn College location
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Deadline Nears for WeWork Creator Awards

by | May 24, 2017
There’s $1.5 million set aside for groups and individuals in the southern U.S. alone.
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Starbucks
Starbucks Headed to Red Bird, Boosting Redevelopment
by | May 24, 2017
The store is part of a national initiative to open stores in at least 15 underserved communities in the U.S., and is scheduled to open in 2018.
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Caris Life Sciences
UTA Faculty Startup AbeXXa Makes Prestigious List
by | May 23, 2017
AbeXXa's technology helps identify a new series of biomarkers or targets for cancer from the many thousands of proteins found within a tumor cell.
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Prosper Writer Wins Prestigious Nebula Award
by | May 23, 2017
Aerospace industry veteran William Ledbetter bested five competitors to take home the science fiction literature prize in the "Best Novelette" category.
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Warstic

Warstic: Putting the Hunter Spirit into Baseball

by | May 22, 2017
The Dallas bat maker designs "weapons that win wars" on the baseball diamond. A recent short film makes that point.
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Forest Theater to get New Life as Performing Arts Space
by | May 22, 2017
CitySquare said it will become part of a larger community center for surrounding neighborhoods off Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
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health care
Startups Making Health Care More Accessible Via Apps
by | May 19, 2017
A couple of apps launched recently in North Texas are helping connect people to life-saving medical care.
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cinestate
Dallas-based Cinestate Releases First ‘Ear Book’ With More Projects Coming Soon
by | May 19, 2017
The three-hour audio story, The Narrow Caves, is just the beginning as the multimedia company wants to "reinvent Dallas as a city where movies get made."
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