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Feds Include Arlington, UTA in Self-Driving Vehicle Study

by | Jan 23, 2017
The U.S. Department of Transportation designated Texas among 10 U.S. proving grounds to encourage the testing of self-driving car, bus, and truck technology.
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Dallas Hits No. 1 on Forbes List of ‘Best Buy Cities’
by | Jan 18, 2017
Data shows strong home prices, as well as solid job and population growth.
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UTA Student Wins Award in Bullet Train Design Competition
by | Dec 5, 2016
Julia Green's proposal for the Dallas rail station was selected first in the Station Architectural Design category from 45 entries.
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Gene Linked to Alcohol Consumption Curbs Desire to Drink
by | Dec 5, 2016
Light and heavy drinkers who were participating in an estimated four dozen studies worldwide were compared through genetic analysis and questionnaires.
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Unbranded Pop-up Shop Making a Return for Holiday Shopping

by | Nov 22, 2016
Unbranded collects no pay from the businesses' sales and offers the space rent free to its chosen vendors.
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SMU Meadows School of the Arts’ Initiative Gets $300K Boost
by | Nov 21, 2016
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant will support programs and special projects for Ignite/Arts Dallas, which works to meld art and community engagement.
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GM to go Green with Wind Energy in DFW
by | Nov 21, 2016
General Motors is reducing it's carbon footprint by harnessing wind energy for use in DFW locations.
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Entrepreneur of the Year
New Western Expands Comps System to South Texas
by | Nov 14, 2016
Comps lets customers pull and customize live CMA data on recently sold and leased properties in their areas.
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Texas Instruments’ #DIYwithTI Events Produce ‘Chief Geeks’

by | Apr 19, 2016
The company's employees in Dallas, China, India and Germany showed how innovation creates useful devices.
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Investing in Dallas’ Future Leaders by Igniting Brain Potential
by | Mar 31, 2016
Research from the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas reveals that the detrimental effects of poverty on cognition can be mitigated and potentially overcome after short-term, targeted intervention.
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Dallas’ Rapidly Changing Ecosystem
by | Mar 14, 2016

I blew the dust out of my game cartridge and shoved it back into the classic Nintendo system for another round of Techmo Bowl battles. Bang!...

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Why is the Dallas Skyline Purple?

by | Feb 25, 2016
Before we get to the purple skyline, we want to tell you what's been happening at Dallas Innovates since our website launched in December.
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Dallas’ Greatest Resource is its People
by | Feb 24, 2016
From Reunion Tower in Dallas, to AT&T stadium in Arlington, and on to the historic Fort Worth Stockyards, the people of DFW are generating a palpable energy.
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Dallas Wins With Corporate Relocations
by | Feb 15, 2016
Dallas has scored a touchdown by enticing huge companies to relocate to the area. Toyota, ACTIVE Network, and CVE Technology are just a few that are each bringing thousands of new jobs associated with their relocations.
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How Dallas May Give Form to Innovation in Education
by | Feb 10, 2016
Written in 1985, the essays in "Imagining Dallas" evoked images of the city’s formation and evolution, its good ol’ myths as well as possible futures for the ever-aspirational Dallas, Texas. Leaders from a variety of disciplines, including Wick Allison, James Pratt, Robert Sardello, and Dr. Gail Thomas, contributed to the thoughtful book but it is the great educator Dr. Louise Cowan’s chapter that informed my perception of Dallas with a new civic sense of education and responsibility.
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