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Ho Din Award: Southwestern Medical Foundation Recognizes UTSW Medical Student With Its Highest Honor

by | May 12, 2023
Plano native Whitney Leigh Stuard is the winner of the 2023 Ho Din Award. As a co-founder of a student interest group focused on disabilities and a non-profit organization providing support to mothers, Stuard's contributions extend beyond her medical prowess. She also authored and received a TMA Foundation Grant for a STEM project that impacted more than 4,000 students.
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Fort Worth Biotech Innovator Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award for Vision Research and Philanthropy
by | Apr 28, 2023
Former Alcon executive and Bios Partners co-founder Stella Robertson was recently awarded by the ARVO Foundation, recognizing a lifetime of work in vision research and philanthropy. Her vast expertise and guidance have been instrumental in helping countless entrepreneurs and startups in emerging technology.
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League of Railway Women Names Trinity Industries CEO Railway Woman of the Year
by | Jan 11, 2023

Trinity Industries Inc. CEO and President Jean Savage has been named as the League of Railway Women 2022 Railway Woman of the Year, the company announced....

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DRC Names 3 Companies in Best Places for Working Parents Dallas Innovator Awards
by | Dec 22, 2022

The Dallas Regional Chamber has named three local companies as recipients of the inaugural Best Place for Working Parents Dallas Innovator Awards.

The companies are:

Micro/Small Business (under 200 employees): Barnes & Thornburg

Medium Business (between 201 and 999 employees): Corgan

Large Business (more than 1,000 employees): Children’s Health

The Best Place for Working Parents Dallas is a local partner of the Best Place for Working Parents national initiative that recognizes family-friendly workplaces in the Dallas Region through a proprietary business self-assessment and it seeks to raise awareness of the importance of family-friendly benefits and policies for employers and workers, the DRC said....

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Bishop T.D. Jakes Shares Insights on Embracing Gratitude and Flexibility Amid 2020’s Challenges

by | Dec 9, 2020
“One of the problems that we tend to do when we are faced with challenges and changes is to remain normal. I believe that one of the solutions to stress is to restructure,” Bishop Jakes said during the Leadership Dallas Alumni Association's Annual Leadership Luncheon.
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Zielke winner of Tech Titans' 5G Grand Challenge Virtual Teacher artificial intelligence
Tech Titans’ 5G Challenge Winner: ‘We See a Future Society of Synthetic and Real Humans Working Together’
by | Oct 14, 2020
UT Dallas' Marjorie Zielke, winner of the 5G award, says her AI/VR platform could "eventually create stand-alone, life-like holograms of virtual teachers." Judge Mark Cuban commented on the tech's potential to provide access to virtual teachers for students attending disadvantaged schools.
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Do Animals That Carry Viruses Like COVID-19 Have Antiviral Genes? This UTSW Researcher Wins NIH Pioneer Award and $3.5M to Find Out
by | Oct 7, 2020
John Schoggins is one of 10 recipients for the National Institutes of Health's Pioneer Award. The forward-looking researcher is ahead of the curve, beginning the pursuit prior to the current pandemic.
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Tech Titans’ Grand Challenge to Award $5K to Entrepreneurs for 5G-Enabled Solutions
by | Jul 14, 2020
Representatives from AT&T, Axxess, Ericsson, Nokia, among other tech companies will be the judges for the 5G Grand Challenge. Awardees will receive $5,000, mentoring, and introductions to funding resources.
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AI-Powered: Tricolor Reports $30M Investment for Affordable Car Loans

by | Feb 6, 2020
Tricolor uses an AI-powered model that takes into account nontraditional attributes for no-credit and low-income subprime auto loan customers.
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PGA’s Relocation to Frisco Wins Top Award from Texas Business Network
by | Oct 3, 2019
YTexas has named the new PGA of America headquarters in Frisco—which has been called the "Silicon Valley of Golf"—as this year's big gamechanging move.
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How Award-Winning Author Elizabeth Dyer Made a Name for Herself—the Digital Way
by | Sep 27, 2019
Dallas' Elizabeth Dyer became a winner of the "highest award of distinction for romance fiction" for a novel she published through Amazon's self-publishing system. Now, she's coming out with a new book.

What made the attorney become an author? It was a 'bucket list' item.
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Discovery: UTD Works to Make Nanomedicines Safer; UTSW’s Breakthrough in Cancer Research
by | Jul 26, 2019
Also, you’ll find out about how a UTA researcher will use a $634,000 grant to study T cells’ role in cardiovascular disease in older people, as well as two UTD scientists who have received honors in this roundup of research and development activity in North Texas.
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Dallas ISD Recognizes Hyatt Regency Dallas as Outstanding Tech Industry Partner

by | Jun 25, 2019
Hyatt Regency Dallas received an award of excellence from DISD for its performance in the P-Tech program, which helps students from Lincoln High School develop their personal skills and shows them the behind the scenes of the hospitality industry.
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Plano Startup Earns Innovation Award at MarTech Breakthrough
by | Aug 30, 2018
Cien's app uses artificial-intelligence software to measure the productivity of sales teams.
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