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Dale Petrosky [Composite image: DI Studio; Source photo, DRC]
The Last Word: DRC CEO Dale Petrosky On What Makes a Great Career
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Nov 18, 2025
The outgoing Dallas Regional Chamber chief executive received the Dallas Business Journal's Lifetime Achievement Award after 12 years of helping elevate the region's economic standing.
by Lance Murray |
Oct 23, 2025
Bowles will advise the Lab’s leadership team and students on fund strategy, investment process, and entrepreneurial execution, and will bring "a practical investor’s perspective" to the lab’s mission of supporting ventures that create measurable social impact.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 9, 2025
As drones, robots, and AI-powered systems reshape industries, virtual test beds could fill a cybersecurity gap. Researchers at SMU's Darwin Deason Institute aim to uncover hidden vulnerabilities in next-generation systems—before bad actors do.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 7, 2025
Along with the foundation’s investment of $60 million late last year to the Dallas County Promise, the grants collectively represent one of the largest philanthropic investments ever to grow postsecondary success in the region.
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Fort Worth’s Pro-Forma Launches $100K Texas AI Challenge, Bringing Statewide Talent to SMU During Dallas Startup Week
by Quincy Preston | Jun 26, 2025
Texas' first statewide AI pitch competition is open to early-stage founders, with selected teams to pitch live at SMU on August 7. Applications close July 11.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jun 21, 2025
ArtBoost Dallas returns June 27–28 with strategies for artists to build sustainable careers and create meaningful change. Powered by the Business Council for the Arts, SMU, KERA, and The Dallas Morning News, the two-day event brings together creatives across music, design, dance, theater, writing, and visual art.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jun 10, 2025
Most people are getting AI all wrong—asking random questions and getting mediocre results, say Babar Bhatti and Masood Khan. Their new guide shows how to prompt like a pro and turn AI into your strategic team.
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by Glenn Hunter |
Apr 30, 2025
Dallas Innovates, in partnership with the Dallas Regional Chamber, once again is recognizing the most innovative leaders in AI in Dallas-Fort Worth. From visionaries and mavericks to transformers and academics, AI 75's class of 2025 are the AI pacesetters you need to know now.
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Newcomers gather at Crown Block, a Michelin-recognized restaurant atop Reunion Tower, for a conversation about why they chose Dallas-Fort Worth—and why they’ve stayed. What they found ranged from career opportunity to community connection. [Photo: Michael Samples]
Why These Founders, Educators, and Executives Moved to Dallas‑Fort Worth—and Stayed
by Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist | Apr 3, 2025
Startup culture, higher ed, advanced tech, and quality of life drew them in—but what kept them here is more personal. Meet the 10 transplants who now call North Texas home. As one newcomer put it: “We’re living our best life in Texas.”
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by David Seeley |
Mar 13, 2025
An SMU professor and his students are collaborating with Vermont's Applied Research Associates to develop "microrobots" to treat a vision-impairing eye condition. If successful, the new, less invasive treatment could help everyday Americans—and U.S. military servicepeople, too.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 17, 2025
Southern Methodist University biology researchers are uncovering how brain, heart, and lung connections may hold the key to preventing sudden death in epilepsy—while making a breakthrough discovery linking a missing brain protein to fatal seizures.
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by Quincy Preston |
Feb 16, 2025
More than 300,000 defense suppliers—from major contractors to small businesses—must meet new CMMC security standards or risk losing contracts; SMU's conference tackles compliance requirements and implementation strategies Feb. 19-20.
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Health Wildcatters' WISH Network is extending its impact in partnership with college and university campuses across North Texas. [Photo: Health Wildcatters]
With New SBA Grant, Health Wildcatters Expands WISH Network Initiative to Promote Healthcare and Female Entrepreneurship
by Lance Murray | Oct 2, 2024
Health Wildcatters said the Small Business Administration's Growth Accelerator Fund recognition will enable the WISH Network to expand its reach across university campuses in North Texas—including Dallas College, UT Southwestern, UT Arlington, UT Dallas, UNT, and SMU—as well as Baylor University.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 13, 2024
Rebecca Visconti is the latest in a string of hires at the New York-based company, which has an office in Dallas. She will lead the analytics team and the company's continued expansion of advanced analytics modeling and AI-powered analytics system.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 19, 2024
SMU's Klyne Smith, with over 30 years of experience in IT and telecommunications at companies like IBM, Caesars Entertainment, and Ericsson, will use his industry insights to explore quantum-safe communication solutions for military applications.
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by Glenn Hunter |
May 2, 2024
Dallas Innovates, the Dallas Regional Chamber, and Dallas AI have teamed up to launch the inaugural AI 75 list. The 2024 program honors the most significant people in AI in DFW in seven categories—the visionaries, creators, and influencers you need to know.
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![Erica Kosemund, Chief Brand Officer, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Gillian Breidenbach, Chief Partnership Officer, North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; Chief Gary Batton, Chief of Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Monica Paul, Executive Director of Dallas Sports Commission and President of North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; John Hobbs, Senior Executive Officer of Communications, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; and Heidi Grant, Senior Executive Officer of Commerce Administration, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, celebrate Choctaw Casinos & Resorts becoming an Official Dallas World Cup 2026 Host City Supporter. [Photo: North Texas FWC Organizing Committee/Choctaw Casinos & Resorts]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FIFA-Choctaw-dec-2025.jpg)
