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Uber

Uber Taps Dallas for Major Hub at The Epic in Deep Ellum, Bringing 3,000 Jobs

by | Aug 20, 2019
Dallas was the first city in Texas where the Uber app was available in 2012. Now, the city will host the second largest Uber hub outside of its headquarters in San Francisco.
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Discovery: UTA Grad Student Tackles ‘Queen of Problems in Evolutionary Biology’; UNT Gets $750K Grant
by | Aug 9, 2019
You'll also find out about a study that shows empathy and understanding from a healthcare provider can improve outcomes with chronic pain patients in this roundup of research and development activity in North Texas.
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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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From left: Roger Taylor, manager of probation services for the Dallas County Juvenile Services Department; Byron Sanders, Big Thought President and CEO; U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, (D)-Dallas; and Ty Bledsoe, assistant vice president for external affairs at AT&T; Erin Offord, senior director of programs at Big Thought. [Photo: Rachel Walters]
AT&T’s $100K Grant Bolsters Big Thought’s Creative Solutions Program
by | Jul 3, 2019
Creative Solutions works with young people who come to the nonprofit through the Dallas County juvenile system with the aim of bettering their lives and the community. The nonprofit has posted a new position—Opportunity Advisor—someone who will be a part of the young people’s future so they can “live their best, truest, most authentic life.”
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United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Receives $150K to Expand Workforce Development Capacity

by | Jun 3, 2019
Dallas is one of five cities selected to receive the two-year grant, which was awarded to United Way of Metropolitan Dallas by the National Fund for Workforce Solutions. 
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machine learning
Discovery: UTA Studies How We Interact with Tech to Learn; Donating Blood Could ID Genetic Cholesterol Condition
by | May 23, 2019
Also, you’ll learn how researchers at UT Dallas and UT Southwestern are better understanding what causes recurrent urinary tract infections in this roundup of research and development activity in North Texas.
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My Possibilities
My Possibilities Uses $200K Grant to Fund Solar Power for Campus
by | Apr 26, 2019
My Possibilities will install a 471-panel, 160 kW solar system on the Fischer Family School of Life Skills at the Campus for Higher Learning in Plano, putting the nonprofit on the 'cutting edge.'
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REHEAL
Discovery: REHEAL Glove Advances at UTA; UTD Studies Why Women Get More Migraines
by | Apr 12, 2019
You’ll also discover more about how a UT Southwestern researcher’s insights into alternative medicines and practices adopted by cancer patients and how Kanarys is partnering with UT Austin to research workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion in this roundup of research and development activity in North Texas.
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research

Discovery: UTA Flies into Smart Agriculture/IoT Collaboration; How a Bubble Inspired UTD’s CO2, Humidity Sensor

by | Feb 8, 2019
You'll also find out about how UT Southwestern researchers are studying magnetic fields as an alternative treatment for patients with severe depression in this roundup of research and development activities in North Texas.
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R&D: No Pleasure in Life—SMU Scientists Test Treatment; UTSW Studies Hepatitis C & Liver Cancer
by | Jan 25, 2019
You’ll also find out about how research at the University of Texas at Dallas may help determine who is at high risk for Alzheimer’s disease in this roundup of research and development activity in North Texas.
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alzheimer's
R&D: UTSW Works on Alzheimer’s Prevention Drug; UTA prof tackles pipeline leaks
by | Jan 4, 2019
You'll also find out about an SMU physicist who's been named a fellow in a prestigious science group in the roundup of research and development activity in North Texas.
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research
R&D: UTA Scientist Examines Why We Exist; UNTHSC Institute Aims to Speed Memory Loss Care
by | Nov 16, 2018
Also, you'll learn about why Mark Cuban invested in a company developing treatments for rare diseases, and why two UT Southwestern researchers are being honored in this roundup of research activity in North Texas aimed at making our lives better.
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grant

Dollars for Good: Hall Commits $1M for Entrepreneurs; Good Returns & ORIX Name Recipients

by | Oct 31, 2018
Plus, grants for Southern Dallas Thrives, a state grant for mental health, and fundraising by A Conversation with a Legend and TWO X TWO for AIDS and Art, as well as other social efforts to boost nonprofits in North Texas.
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JP Morgan Chase Community Fund.
JPMorgan Chase Awards $400K Grant to Fund TREC Neighborhood Planning Program
by | Oct 10, 2018
The PRO Neighborhoods grant will be used to create a roadmap for bolstering equitable progress in three vulnerable Dallas neighborhoods: the Forest District in Southern Dallas/Fair Park, “The Bottom” neighborhood in East Oak Cliff, and West Dallas.
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grants
Dollars for Good: TWU Gets Record $10M Gift & Mavs Foundation Creates Computer Lab for Homeless Parents
by | Aug 15, 2018
Plus, grants for the Richardson Adult Literacy Center and Richland College as well as other social efforts to boost education and the workforce.
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Celanese
Celanese Announces $100K Grant to Support Dallas’ GrowSouth Initiative
by | Jul 25, 2018
During its centennial, Celanese will promote volunteerism and give grants in the Americas, Europe, and Asia regions where it operates.
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