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Stephen Arrowsmith uses the Sapphire microbarometer to measure low-frequency sound thousands of miles away. [Photo: SMU]
SMU Researchers Scale Juicebox-Sized Infrasound Sensor to Expand Field Research
by Maddie Preston | Dec 27, 2025
The portable, pocket-sized Sapphire microbarometer detects low-frequency waves from events like earthquakes, explosions, and ocean activity nearly 500 miles away.
by Sandra Engelland |
Dec 10, 2025
The investment will establish a new Energy Science, Innovation, and Enterprise program and boost SMU’s reach in recruiting top students and faculty, the university said. One key goal: connecting talent directly with the companies and industries shaping the future.
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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.
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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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Commit Partnership Chairman and CEO Todd Williams [Photo: Commit Partnership]
O’Donnell Foundation Gives $50M in Grants to Boost Higher Education in North Texas
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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by Lance Murray |
Aug 24, 2025
The breakthrough could impact industries from aerospace to energy. “This new method can revolutionize the material science field,” says lead researcher Amin Salehi-Khojin.
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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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Who Made This Year’s AI 75 List? Meet the North Texans Leading the Pack in Artificial Intelligence
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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by David Seeley |
Apr 24, 2025
The federal research laboratory slated for Texas A&M-Fort Worth will be focused on innovative aviation technologies—including drones, air taxis, and supersonic and hypersonic aircraft.
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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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Pentagon’s New Cyber Rules for Defense Suppliers Take Center Stage at SMU Conference
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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by David Seeley |
Jan 7, 2025
SMU has been in the headlines recently, from its selection to the 2024 College Football Playoff to its $1.5 billion SMU Ignited gifts campaign to its leadership role in bringing the federal Texoma Semiconductor Hub to Dallas. Now it's made waves once more—by snagging a new president from its burnt-orange rival in Austin.
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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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