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2023 RevTech Summit: Driving Innovation, Collaboration, and Community

by | Sep 11, 2023
RevTech announced it will team up with investor Laura Baldwin to launch a dedicated fund supporting female entrepreneurs. Dallas-based brand The Citizenry also revealed its further expansion into brick-and-mortar, with a debut location set for Stonebriar Mall in Frisco this fall.
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The Last Word: SMU’s Elizabeth Loboa on the Impact of a $30M Gift from The O’Donnell Foundation
by | Aug 28, 2023
Loboa was explaining a critical need that SMU and other universities are addressing—one that was got a boost last week when The O’Donnell Foundation announced its donation of $30 million to SMU to create 10 endowed academic positions in engineering and data science, as well as to support research in those fields. 
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The Bobby B. Lyle School of Engineering at SMU
SMU Gets $30M Gift from O’Donnell Foundation for Data Science Institute, Digital Innovation Initiative
by | Aug 24, 2023
Elevating SMU’s standing as a premier global research institution, the gift will create 10 endowed academic positions in engineering and data science and support research in those fields as well. SMU President R. Gerald Turner said the gift will be evenly split between SMU's newly named O’Donnell Data Science and Research Computing Institute and an initiative for digital innovation in engineering and computer science in the Lyle School of Engineering.
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CPRIT Awards $9.5M in Cancer Research Grants to SMU and Dallas’ Baylor Research Institute
by | Aug 17, 2023
The 29 new grants approved by CPRIT's Oversight Committee include the first CPRIT Scholar award to Southern Methodist University in Dallas and state funding for Dallas' Baylor Research Institute to join a major National Cancer Institute study.
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‘Dark Shadows’ Video Game Lights Up Human Trafficking Research at SMU

by | Jun 22, 2023
SMU's new federally funded data warehouse will feature a unique component—a video game called "Dark Shadows"—to help researchers extract and “clean” relevant human trafficking information from the U.S. Department of Justice’s press releases, such as victims' and perpetrators' names and crime locations.
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Stream Realty Partners, Project Destined Offer CRE Training for Dallas-Area College Students
by | Jun 12, 2023
Stream and Project Destined will provide a nine-week, work-based training program to 12 students attending UT Dallas, SMU, Texas A&M University, University of North Texas at Dallas, and Texas Christian University. Students in the program will compete against each other in groups to present live real estate deals to industry leaders.
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With SMU Conference, GSV Founder Looks to Make Dallas the Hub of the Global ‘Mission Movement’
by | May 5, 2023
Global Silicon Valley’s Michael Moe is teaming up with Hoque Global CEO Mike Hoque on the inaugural SMU+GSV Mission Summit in May. GSV recently moved its headquarters from Northern California to downtown Dallas' historic Adolphus building.
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The George W. Bush Center Is Marking Its 10th Anniversary with a Week of Free Admission, and SMU Is in on the Celebration

by | Apr 28, 2023
The George W. Bush Presidential Center opened its doors on the Southern Methodist University campus on May 1, 2013. In the decade since, nearly 2 million visitors from all over the world have come to explore it. To mark its 10th anniversary, the center is offering free reserved admission to the Presidential Museum from April 29 through May 4—and SMU is doing its own celebration of a decade of impact in hosting the center.
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George W. Bush Presidential Museum Appoints New Director, Celebrates Bush Center 10th Anniversary
by | Apr 28, 2023

Teresa Lenling has been named as director of the George W. Bush Presidential Museum, a role in which she will drive all facets of the Bush Museum’s programs and lines of business, the George W....

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Dallas-Based Brodkast Launches App to Streamline Group Texts with BCC-Like Feature
by | Apr 27, 2023
Ah, the dreaded group text. It "dings" on your phone with the promise of a one-to-one message—only to reveal that a few, several, or a dozen-plus recipients will now be dinging you to death. To solve that, a new Dallas-based startup called Brodkast has launched a free-to-use private group messaging app. It's like sending a BCC email, except "cooler" and "faster," says Founder Natasha August.
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UNT Names Pioneering Researcher, Inventor as New College of Engineering Dean
by | Apr 6, 2023

Paul S. Krueger has been named the new dean of the College of Engineering at The University of North Texas, effective June 1.

“The College of Engineering is home to some of UNT’s fastest growing programs, and I am excited to see the college continue to thrive under Dr....

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From Ideas to Impact: SMU’s Research and Innovation Week Demonstrates the Power of Innovation

by | Mar 14, 2023
Running from March 20-25 on the SMU campus, research and innovation will be on full display.
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Dallas Business Leader Jack Knox Gives SMU $11M
by | Mar 3, 2023
Knox has several decades of noted leadership experience in amusement parks, the restaurant industry, and oil & gas, having served as the general partner, CEO, or chairman of multiple companies. The prominent alumnus and longtime SMU supporter said he hopes his support of the university’s campaign, SMU Ignited: Boldly Shaping Tomorrow, will encourage others to participate.
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SMU Hosts Prestigious Austin Symposium of World’s Top Chemists
by | Feb 17, 2023

Some of the top chemists from around the world are convening in Dallas today through Monday at Southern Methodist University for the 28th Austin Symposium on Molecular Structure and Dynamics at Dallas.

SMU said the conference attracted more than 122 chemists from 14 countries. The conference theme of the symposium is “Spectroscopy Meets Theory.”...

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The Last Word: SMU’s Thomas DiPiero on Partnership with edX for Data Science Online Learning
Data scientist has been called the sexiest job of the 21st century, according to the Harvard Business Review, which noted last summer that the job is "more in demand than ever with employers and recruiters." SMU's partnership with edX aims to give students more ways to pursue data science education in a way that makes the most sense for them.
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