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Former SMU Basketball Player Launches Purpose-Driven Apparel Line

by | Nov 5, 2020
Jarrey Foster's One Zero Athletics—named for his SMU jersey—aims to foster the relationship between mental and physical health. He teamed up with Dallas entrepreneur Andrew Gautreaux, the CEO of Legacy Exploration, to launch the first collection.
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SMU Venture Capital Event Aims to Connect Innovators With VC Leaders
by | Oct 1, 2020
Entrepreneurs, angel investors, venture capitalists, and others can register now for VC University LIVE where they can unlock their venture finance skills and build their networks in Dallas and beyond.
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SMU-Hosted VC University LIVE is a Crash Course on How Venture Capital Works. Scholarships Remain, But Deadline Looms
by | Aug 26, 2020
Women and minorities, who are underrepresented in the venture capital industry, can apply for scholarships. Deadline for the virtual fall program is Friday, August 28.
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Growing Victories: Restorative Farms Joins Forces With SMU Students and Professors to Offer GroBox Gardening Kits

by | Jun 8, 2020
During both World Wars, growing victory gardens became a popular hobby in the U.S. Restorative Farms harkens back to this time by selling a line of self-contained gardening boxes in response to the ongoing pandemic.
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From left, University of Texas at Dallas and SMU. [Photos: UTD, Andrew Smith; SMU, courtesy]
Solution Fund: UT Dallas and SMU Partner With RevTech on Higher Ed (SAFE) Schools Challenge
by | Apr 23, 2020
The COVID-19 mission, should you choose to accept it: To create a low-risk campus environment that could exist after state and local executive orders related to the pandemic have expired.
 Apply by April 30.
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Look at Some Major Local Winners From AAF Dallas’ 2020 American Advertising Awards
by | Mar 18, 2020
Among the American Advertising Federation of Dallas' 2020 American Advertising Awards winners are The Richards Group, Toyota, SMU, and UNT. Check out some of the award-winning campaigns.
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A New App From Two Former SMU Football Players Connects Search With Social
by | Mar 9, 2020
Vuzag's location-based search engine provides short videos, communication tools, and photos for specific places around town. That gives users a personal guide for the city, while humanizing local businesses.
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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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DFW Universities Rank Among Nation’s Top Online Educational Programs
by | Jan 31, 2020
North Texas universities ranked in the U.S. News & World Report's top 100 online educational programs in multiple categories.
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SMU is Hosting the ‘First Fintech Boot Camp in Dallas’
by | Dec 11, 2019
Dallas' Southern Methodist University is collaborating with Trilogy Education to host a series of 24-week camps that prepare the future fintech workforce.
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TEDxSMUWomen is Back With a Full Lineup of Local and National Female Leaders
by | Nov 26, 2019
TEDxSMUWomen is returning to SMU's campus on Thursday, Dec. 5 for a day of live speaker sessions, workshops, lunch, and networking.
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SMU’s Cox School of Business Gets its Largest Alumni Gift Yet

by | Oct 18, 2019
The Edwin L. Cox School of Business, which will reach 100 years old next year, has received $50 million from Carolyn L. and David B. Miller for an expansive strategic plan.
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Popular Video Game Leads to a $1.5M NSF Grant for SMU
by | Oct 16, 2019
A group of engineering and education professors at Dallas' Southern Methodist University have received a huge grant from the National Science Foundation to research how Minecraft can inspire game-based learning.
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SMU Names Mak to Lead Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship
by | Oct 4, 2019
The institute is the oldest academic entrepreneurship center in the world, providing essential insights and connections in the world of entrepreneurship, from blockchain to venture investing.
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MacFarlane to Lead SMU’s Hart Institute for Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
by | Sep 23, 2019
The institute combines the resources, expertise, and guidance of the Lyle School of Engineering and the Cox School of Business to develop technology prototypes and viable business plans.
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