Data science

UNT to Launch $20M Sinha College of AI and Advanced Analytics

by | Sep 10, 2026
The gift from University of North Texas alum Vikas Sinha and his wife, Anuradha, is the couple’s third to UNT since 2024. It also funds six new endowments for scholarships, research and entrepreneurship.
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Australia’s QSIC Hires Epsilon Retail Media Vet to Lead U.S. Ops, Names First Chief Data & AI Officer
by | Jul 4, 2025
Backed by fresh funding and a key North America office in Dallas, the global in-store audio platform is betting on AI and data intelligence to transform the shopper experience and drive the next frontier of retail media.
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Ever.Ag Acquires Austin Data Labs ‘To Reinvent Global Food Supply Chains’
by | Oct 25, 2023
Aiming to pioneer "efficient, transparent farm-to-table solutions," Frisco-based Ever.Ag said the acquisition amplifies its focus on end-to-end visibility across the entire food supply chain—"from seeds to table."
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AI—Ready or Not?
by | Feb 16, 2023
North Texas universities are gearing up for the AI revolution, readying students for the jobs of tomorrow. Here's a look at what's happening at SMU, TCU, the University of North Texas, UT Arlington, and UT Dallas, as published in our annual 2023 Dallas Innovates magazine.
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Perot Family’s $50M Gift Boosts UT Southwestern’s Medical Scientist Training Program

by | Nov 9, 2022
The Perot family’s support will expand the number of students admitted to UT Southwestern's dual-degree program as well as research disciplines in which they study, to include biomedical engineering, computational biology, bioinformatics, and data science. The funding will enhance the curriculum and experiences of Medical Scientist Training Program students and increase efforts to recruit students from elite U.S. colleges, including top international students who want to stay in the U.S. for their careers.
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UT Southwestern’s New School of Public Health Lands $100M Gift—One of the Largest for a Public School of Its Kind
by | Mar 2, 2022
The University’s newest school in more than 50 years will be named after Peter O’Donnell Jr., the late local investor and visionary philanthropist. The School of Public Health will be "research-intensive,' says Interim Dean Celette Sugg Skinner.

The school plans to welcome its first class of Master of Public Health students in the fall of 2023, followed by classes for Ph.D. students in the fall of 2024.
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Vikas Chowdhry
Parkland Innovation Center Adds Data Science Leader
by | Jul 28, 2017
Vikas Chowdhry will be vice president of data science for the health-care intelligence organization.
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