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Meet the 19-Year-Old Texas Native Who Went Viral on TikTok With Advanced Science Videos

by | Oct 1, 2020
Known to 500K fans by @Mags4Science, Maggie Burruss is working to pioneer the idea that STEM is for everybody, no matter your education, identity, or background.
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Hypergiant Industries Brings on Former IBM General Manager Mohammed Farooq as Global CTO
by | Sep 22, 2020
Farooq will also join the Board of Directors and be the GM of Products at the Texas-based startup. The move is expected to set Hypergiant up for accelerated growth.
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Robotics Education and Competition Foundation Receives $750K from Texas Workforce Commission
by | Sep 16, 2020
The grant will be used to give thousands of Texas students access to robotics and STEM learning resources.
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Dallas Engineering Firm Presents $50,000 Gift for UT Dallas Diversity Scholars Program
by | Aug 5, 2020
Dallas-based engineering design, consulting, and professional services firm Mbroh Engineering's gift will create the first endowed scholarship for the Diversity Scholars Program at the University of Texas at Dallas.
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EnginSoft Expands its U.S. Headquarters in McKinney With a Grant From MEDC’s Innovation Fund

by | Jul 27, 2020
Engineering company EnginSoft is expanding its headquarters at Adriatica, a 45-acre mixed-use development inspired by a Croatian village. Driving EnginSoft's growth is the work it does for companies such as NASA, Xerox, Toyota, and more.
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Jacobs Demtrious COVID-19
COVID-19 Response: Jacobs Execs Take Pay Cut to Help Raise $1M, Company Realigns Federal Contracts
by | Mar 30, 2020
The engineering firm also has instituted a "maximum remote working environment" for its 55,000 employees worldwide.
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Discovery: SMU Team Propels Drone Communication Forward, UTA Professor Creates Sustainable City Simulations
by | Feb 28, 2020
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you’ll also find out about a new collaboration between UNT and LaCore Labs that includes a $1 million gift.
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Vice President chief Caris Jacobs
DI People: Jacobs, Caris Life Sciences, Infogroup, and One Network Enterprises Make Leadership Moves
by | Feb 11, 2020
In this weekly roundup of leadership and executive moves by companies and organizations in North Texas, you’ll also find news from AspireHR, Rent-A-Center, Jones|Carter, and Kane Russell Coleman Logan.
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Discovery: Dallas Stats Show Low Rates of Depression, UTA Researcher Honored

by | Dec 6, 2019
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you’ll also read about how Caris Life Sciences is offering a new tool to evaluate hereditary cancer risks.
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SMU Creates 8th Degree-Granting School with $100M Gift from Moody Foundation
by | Nov 12, 2019
SMU called the gift, the largest in its history, a transformational and historic moment that will boost its reputation as a research university.
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Texas Instruments Gives UT Dallas a $5M Gift for Early Career Faculty Endowment
by | Oct 29, 2019
The Texas Instruments Early Career Award in Electrical and Computer Engineering is aimed at helping to attract and retain promising scholars with the potential to become leaders in new and emerging research fields. 
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Burns & McDonnell Fort Worth
Burns & McDonnell Meets Growth Needs With Fort Worth Office Expansion
by | Sep 24, 2019
The 100-percent employee-owned engineering, architecture, and construction firm said it has grown by 20 percent in North Texas this year.
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Discovery: SMU and UTSW Figure Out How Birds Migrate at Night, Scientists Find Possible Polycystic Kidney Disease Drug

by | Sep 13, 2019
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you’ll also read about how an SMU professor and students from Garland High School are using smartphone data to monitor a local bridge’s health.
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STEM IF/THEN
Ten North Texas Women Selected as IF/THEN Ambassadors to Promote STEM Education
by | Sep 10, 2019
IF/THEN, a national initiative of Dallas-based Lyda Hill Philanthropies, focuses on furthering women in science, technology, engineering, and math fields by inspiring innovators and the next generation through its ambassador program.
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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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Follow the Money: Cresco Closes $60M Cannabis Fund, Critical Start Nets $40M; Xpressdocs Buys Direct Mail Provider
by | Jun 13, 2019
You’ll also find news about Alkami, KoiReader Technologies, Metropolis Truck Yard Partners, 4FRONT, Boulevard Media, MyndVR, Jacobs, Trive Capital, Comstock Resources, Covey Park Energy, OmniSYS, and Federal Heath in this roundup of funding, mergers, acquisitions, and partnerships involving companies in North Texas.
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