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Rendering of a new children's playground at the planned Fair Park Community Park complex [Image: Fair Park First and Studio Outside]
Fair Park’s Planned Community Park To Get Nearly $2.6M from NexPoint Philanthropies, Texas Parks & Wildlife
by Lance Murray | Apr 22, 2025
NexPoint's gift, along with the TPW Recreation Grant, brings a combined investment totaling nearly $2.6 million, ensuring that the project continues its momentum to deliver on a decades-long promise to bring a community green space to the residents of South Dallas surrounding Fair Park.
by Lance Murray |
Jan 18, 2025
The project, led by Assistant Professor of Biology Alicia Rogers, could lead to improved genetic knowledge that may aid in the development of synthetic therapies to prevent or treat diseases, including cancer.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 30, 2024
The Lab-on-a-Chip test can detect immune responses to infectious pathogens in two to three minutes, using just a drop of blood or saliva on a "microfluidic" chip. Funding for the researchers' grant came from Dallas-based Lyda Hill Philanthropies.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 18, 2024
Richardson-based IntelliEPI is the only domestic manufacturer of epitaxy-based compound wafers for the semiconductor industry. Its facility in Allen is expected to create more than $41 million in capital investment and nearly triple the company’s annual wafer production, Gov. Greg Abbott's office said.
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Dr. Karen Rodrigue (left) and Dr. Kristen Kennedy will use 7-Tesla imaging to measure myelin levels, cortical thickness and neurochemical molecular and cellular brain signatures. [Photo: UTD]
UT Dallas Researchers Get $3.7M NIH Grant To Explore the Aging Brain
by Lance Murray | Nov 5, 2024
UTD psychology professors Karen Rodrigue and Kristen Kennedy will use one of the most powerful imaging machines in existence—the 24-ton 7-Tesla magnetic resonance scanner—to identify the major brain differences between younger and older adults.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 30, 2024
With the NCI funding—which follows Piece's $25 million growth financing round announced in September—Pieces will partner with Cleveland-based MetroHealth to deploy a new conversational AI agent for cancer patients called "PiecesChat."
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 12, 2024
“We're excited about this opportunity with the National Science Foundation and cannot wait to make our prototype available to further democratize access to higher education and meet global changes in workforce demand,” Learning Bridge CEO Laura Hayes said. The Allen-based nonprofit is a fellow of United Way Dallas' 2025 Social Innovation Accelerator.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 16, 2024
“The changing needs of a growing older adult population are an opportunity for HSC and our partners to transform health resources and services through workforce training and education," said HSC's Jennifer Jurado Severance.
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UT Arlington's Robin Macaluso and Michael Bozlar. [Photos: UTA]
NSF-Backed UTA Scientists Work to Develop U.S. Supply of Rare Earth Metals
by Quincy Preston | Oct 17, 2023
China dominates rare earth metals, controlling 60% of global production. A new $300K National Science Foundation grant enables a team of chemists, engineers, and materials scientists at UT Arlington to diversify and strengthen the U.S. supply chain.
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 25, 2023
The project started with a successful pilot earlier this year. The new grant will fund one-day experiential STEM learning opportunities for 100 community college students from Dallas College, North Central Texas College, and Tarrant County College, and paid, two-week internships for 10 students.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 7, 2023
The UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Sparkyard platform recently completed an online economic dashboard of Tarrant County entrepreneurial activity and two other website updates funded by a U.S....
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by Lance Murray |
May 23, 2023
Beginning this fall, the grant will cover tuition and fees for candidates entering the rigorous, two-year Master of Educational Leadership program with a STEM concentration. Candidates will be drawn from Cedar Hill, Dallas, DeSoto, Duncanville and Lancaster independent school districts.
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Illustration: Nongpimmy via iStock
Highland Park ISD Gets $4.9M Grant from Moody Foundation for STEAM and MAPS Initiatives
by Lance Murray | Jan 9, 2023
The grant will benefit HPISD's Moody Innovation Institute and its STEAM and MAPS initiatives, and expand the institute's programs to include the Moody Education Solutions Accelerator. Programs benefiting from the grant include those for mathematics education in grades K-8 and for dyslexia across the HPISD curriculum.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 22, 2022
The highly competitive grant shows NSF’s willingness to expand the study of quantum information technology to universities that are aspiring to become major players in the field, said UTA professor Michael Vasilyeve, who will lead the project.
One purpose of the NSF's expansion program is to ensure a steady supply of skilled workers for the quantum information technology industry, which is constantly in need of more talent than is available.
One purpose of the NSF's expansion program is to ensure a steady supply of skilled workers for the quantum information technology industry, which is constantly in need of more talent than is available.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 7, 2022
Dallas-based Berkshire, innovating for improved patient wellness with personalized drug dispensing technology, has been granted a total of $2 million across two phases. This funding will aid the development and eventual introduction of their tech to provide opioid users at-home access to vital methadone treatment.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 14, 2022
SMU researchers aim to help address problems in the broad area of computational mathematics for sustainability—such as the management of the energy grid under intermittent renewable power. The research is aimed at developing new algorithms for materials design, bioengineering, and power grid applications.
Researchers will use SMU's high-performance computing system—enhanced with an NVIDIA DGX SuperPODTM—as well as the supercomputing resources at Argonne National Laboratory.
Researchers will use SMU's high-performance computing system—enhanced with an NVIDIA DGX SuperPODTM—as well as the supercomputing resources at Argonne National Laboratory.
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