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Crow Holdings and the Robert and Margaret Folsom Institute for Real Estate at SMU Cox School of Business announced the joint hiring of Mark G. Roberts as Director of Research at both institutions.

Real Estate Expert Joins SMU, Crow Holdings to Provide Industry Research to the Region

by | Mar 11, 2022

Mark Roberts is taking his expertise in the real estate space to two local organizations.

A fellow at the Real Estate Research Institute, Roberts has been jointly hired by Dallas real estate investment and development firm Crow Holdings and the SMU Cox School of Business’ Robert and Margaret Folsom Institute for Real Estate as a director of research....

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Building on a ‘Crypto Mining Gold Rush’: Dallas’ Blockmetrix Raises $43M Series B
by | Mar 8, 2022
With $50 million in total funding since launching just last year, Blockmetrix plans to purchase more than 5,000 bitcoin mining rigs, adding to more than 1,000 it currently operates—mostly in Oklahoma.

But the startup aims to go beyond mining bitcoin to research and develop crypto revenue sources, loan bitcoin, set up a cryptocurrency exchange, and more.
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West Dallas STEM School Inspires Toyota’s $110M ‘Driving Possibilities’ Program
by | Mar 3, 2022
The program is based on the success seen at the West Dallas Stem School—supported by around $5 million in donations from Toyota and a collaboration between Dallas ISD and SMU. Now Toyota is taking the STEM-focused educational model across the country, to help prepare students in pre-K through 12th grade for the workforce, while providing a variety of other community engagement activities.
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SMU Study Uses Drones and Machine Learning to Find ‘Infrastructure Desert’ Neighborhoods in Dallas
by | Feb 22, 2022
The study by a team of SMU civil engineering researchers was supported by a five-year, $584,000 National Science Foundation grant. The team hopes that their study will lead to equitable improvements in the identified neighborhoods—with better groceries, internet access, noise walls, crosswalks, hospital access, bike trails, and more.
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Corey Clark, Ph.D. is the CTO of BALANCED Media | Technology. [Photo: Courtesy Corey Clark]

Local Startup Aims to Save Peoples’ Sight with Video Games

by | Feb 7, 2022
McKinney-based BALANCED Media|Technology, SMU, and the Retina Foundation of the Southwest are collaborating to commercialize technology to fight age-related macular degeneration. Using a crowdsourced video game, players help the team create new data sets out of captured retinal images, helping to lead to potential breakthroughs in detection and treatment.
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’58 Alum Gives SMU $50M Toward New End Zone Complex for Gerald J. Ford Stadium
by | Jan 21, 2022
The gift by Weber, a 1958 alum and former Mustang football player, is the largest in the history of the SMU Athletic Department. It launches a $100M facility drive to build the 192,500-SF complex—which will house a team auditorium, new locker rooms, a weight room, position-specific meeting rooms, and more.
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SMU Collaborates on High-Res Cameras That See Around (and Through) Hidden Objects
by | Dec 2, 2021
Southern Methodist University and Northwestern researchers are working on technology that lets cameras record holograms of objects beyond the line of sight. The technology has defense, hazard identification, and medical applications.
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$11.5M NVIDIA Collaboration Will Put SMU ‘in the Fast Lane for Artificial Intelligence’
by | Nov 11, 2021
SMU is investing $11.5 million into a powerful new supercomputing research system featuring an NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD. Connected with the NVIDIA Quantum InfiniBand networking platform in SMU's data center, it will produce a theoretical 100 petaflops of computing power—enabling the university's network to perform "a blistering 100 quadrillion operations per second." The new capability will supercharge SMU's AI and supercomputing exploration, boosting North Texas' growth as a technology hub.
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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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Kendra Scott Partners with Dallas’ Balfour in its First-Ever Brand Collaboration
by | Aug 27, 2020
The company wants to “reinvent tradition” by teaming up with powerhouse brand Balfour, the more than 100-year-old premier class jewelry provider, while also pivoting its GEMs program.
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The 2020 Women Who STEAM Honorees: Stephanie G. Adams, PhD; Ellen Barker; Holly Crowder; Koshi Dhingra, EdD; Temple S. Howell-Stampley, MD, MBA, FACP; Mylene Mayers; Lily Cabatu Weiss; and Deepali Palta, PhD. [Photos courtesy Women Who Steam]

Women Who STEAM Awards Luncheon to Honor Eight Diverse Local Female STEAM Leaders

by | Aug 19, 2020
The event benefits The Dallas Chapter of The Links, Incorporated's STEAM Academy for middle and high school girls of color as well as its scholarship program.
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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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Perot Museum Announces New Chief Development Officer
by | Dec 9, 2019
Katherine Stenesen comes to the museum from the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas and brings a strong nonprofit background in development and fundraising to her new position.
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SMU gift
SMU Creates 8th Degree-Granting School with $100M Gift from Moody Foundation
by | Nov 12, 2019
SMU called the gift, the largest in its history, a transformational and historic moment that will boost its reputation as a research university.
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