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R&D: SMU Gets $5M From Templetons for Engineering Research, UTA Patents ‘Smart Cushion’

by | Sep 21, 2018
Also, you'll learn about an award-winning UNT professor and what his next study will entail. Here are some of the research projects underway in North Texas that could make lives better.
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Toyota USA Foundation, SMU, DISD to Collaborate on West Dallas STEM School With $2M Grant
by | Sep 7, 2018
The collaboration on the new school is the result of many requests from the community for STEM offerings within the Pinkston High School feeder pattern in West Dallas.
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Istation
Dallas Ed Tech Company Rolls Out Speech Recognition Tech
by | Aug 13, 2018
Dallas’ Istation is partnering with Boulder Learning to develop its Oral Reading Fluency and Listening Comprehension Program, which it hopes will be a time-saving tool allowing instructors to focus on teaching instead of student assessments.
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Innovation Study: DFW Should Embrace its Sprawl & Work Together to Propel its Growth, Identity as ‘Hub for Innovation’
by | Jun 29, 2018
After a monthslong research study, the Dallas Regional Chamber, Southern Methodist University, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, and Accenture have released a “guidebook” to help North Texas’ innovation economy thrive into the future.
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literacy

SMU, LIFT Team Moving On in $7M Literacy XPRIZE Contest

by | Jun 22, 2018
For reaching this stage of the contest, the Dallas team will receive $100,000 and will be recognized Saturday at the American Library Association Annual Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans.
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CultureBank
Meadows Prize Will Help CultureBank Develop New Arts Investment Model In Dallas
by | May 29, 2018
The Meadows Prize is an important part of SMU’s Ignite/Arts Dallas program, which couples artistic practices with community engagement in Dallas and nationwide.
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SMU professor Jim Hart holds United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship award
Recipe for Learning: SMU Professor Writes Book on Entrepreneurship Education
by | May 11, 2018
Jim Hart's book offers a step by step guide through his original lessons as well as tips he's gleaned from putting them into practice over the last 15 years.
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Chandler Helms
SMU Grad Launches B2B App for Wholesale Buyers
by | May 7, 2018
Buyer's Marque, launched in February, allows retailers to organize their wholesale buying all in one place.
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SMU

Change of Venue: SMU Guildhall Planning Move Away From Plano

by | Mar 21, 2018
The university’s graduate program for game design will be housed in the forthcoming Gerald J. Ford Research and Innovation Building on the main Dallas campus.
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South by Southwest
Here’s Which North Texans You Should Watch for at SXSW
The South by Southwest Conference and Festivals officially starts Friday, and though all the happenings are in Austin, there’ll be plenty of North Texas presence.
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Neha Husein And Elaine Wang
2 DFW Students to Participate in SXSW Red Bull Launch Institute
by | Mar 6, 2018
The Red Bull Launch Institute will host six teams of college students March 10 at the South By Southwest Conference and Festival.
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Dr. Kentaro Inoue, Dr. Charles Randklev, and Michael Hart

Discovery: Aiding a Fragile Mussel, Trial Seeks Multiple Myeloma Patients, 3-D Universe

by | Feb 23, 2018
Researchers and scientists across North Texas are doing important work to improve our lives, our health, and our world. Here are some of their stories.
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Mary Sommers, Josh Paltrineri, Alexandria Rahn, professor W. Keith Robinson, and students Courtney Luster, Caroline Shivers, and Christopher Cochran
SMU Law Students Create Apps to Help Legal Aid Lawyers
by | Feb 9, 2018
The students worked with drag-and-drop software to create apps for legal aid lawyers to better represent their clients.
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Idea generators in North Texas
Master Minds:
North Texas Idea Generators
by | Jan 30, 2018
These North Texas innovators are making a name for themselves, in areas from startup to enterprise and creative to education.
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funding
Fueling Disruption:
Local Startups That Got Funding in 2017
Funding rounds brought millions in capital from investors for North Texas startups.
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