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Frito-Lay Boosts Its Southern Dallas Commitment With $1M Grant

by | Oct 31, 2019
The funding backs the expansion of Southern Dallas Thrives, which provides healthy meals, quality childcare, career opportunities, and college preparation.
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AT&T Backs ScholarShot’s Education Initiative with $100K Contribution
by | Sep 23, 2019
ScholarShot works to help at-risk students complete vocational, associate, and graduate degrees and move out of poverty.
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Meet Hasith Vattikuti: One of Two DFW-Based Breakthrough Junior Challenge Semifinalists
by | Sep 10, 2019
Out of only 30 semifinalists in the world, this Flower Mound student has managed to make it to the competition's "Popular Vote" stage.
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Meet Shruti Siva: One of Two DFW-Based Breakthrough Junior Challenge Semifinalists
by | Sep 10, 2019
Out of only 30 semifinalists in the world, this Addison student has managed to make it to the competition's "Popular Vote" stage.
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Two North Texas Students Reach Semifinal Round of Breakthrough Junior Challenge

by | Sep 5, 2019
This global video competition invites talented teenagers from around the world to create STEM-related videos for the chance to win $400,000. DFW's own Shruti Siva and Hasith Vattikuti are two of 30 semifinalists who made it to the "Popular Vote" stage of the challenge.
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UNT Opens $12.6M Cutting-Edge Biomedical Engineering Building
by | Aug 30, 2019
The 26,500-square-foot facility has labs for research in exoskeleton technology, optics, and a bio 3D printer for printing cells that mimic human tissue.
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Education: TI Grants $7M for STEM, AT&T Foundation Donates to UTD, TSU Opens $40M Building in Fort Worth
by | Aug 26, 2019
From higher education projects (UT Dallas, TSU) to K-12 initiatives (Frisco ISD, Dallas ISD), here's your briefing on what's going on in education in North Texas.
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Midlothian ISD Invests in Entrepreneurial Students’ Futures
by | Aug 23, 2019
The INCubatoredu program will be available to Midlothian freshmen and sophomores this fall and will open to all high schoolers in August 2020.
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‘Long Live the Bees’: Nature Nate’s Honey Co. Launches New Education Program

by | Aug 8, 2019
Nature Nate's is fighting for its flying friends by releasing free lesson plans, designed to show elementary students why bees are the superheroes of our ecosystem—and how we can help them.
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Richland College Student Accepted into NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars Program
by | Aug 2, 2019
Richland College is part of Dallas Community Colleges—one of the largest community college systems in Texas—and this star student is making it stand out on a national level.
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TWU Receives Nearly $1M Grant to Bolster Education in STEM Fields
by | Jul 31, 2019
The National Science Foundation grant will back the Scholarships, Teams and Research (TWU STAR) project aimed at increasing undergraduate engagement, retention, and graduation in STEM-related fields.
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3 DFW Workforce Agencies Get State Grants Totaling $908K
by | Jul 25, 2019
The local Texas Talent Connections grants were among $5.2 million awarded to 15 agencies statewide for innovative workforce skills training and job placement programs.
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UNT Professor Curates Conservation, One Child at a Time

by | Jul 2, 2019
Hands-on learning projects are teaching youngsters to conserve water, and it's changing Dallas for the better.
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STEM Meets Sports: Texans Can Academy Hosts Beyond The Ball
by | Jun 28, 2019
Dallas - Oak Cliff's Texans Can Academy hosted the IT Immersion experience last week, giving students the chance to learn about the multitude of careers in the sports world that exist off the field.
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‘The Future of Police Training’: SURVIVR Uses Virtual Reality to Prep Officers for the Real World
by | Jun 25, 2019
Founded by a recent UTD grad, VR training startup SURVIVR is working to change how law enforcement trains its officers, while cutting costs and saving lives along the way.
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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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