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Avery Gore

Creating Cultural Ties: Bright Light Volunteers Eyeing Canada, Vietnam for Growth

by | Sep 21, 2017
Since its founding three years ago, the nonprofit has expanded its reach beyond students to encompass on-the-ground service opportunities for teacher, civic, and corporate groups.
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Star Wars-inspired 3D Light Structures; Anti-Cancer Discovery & Curie Award
by | Sep 15, 2017
Researchers in labs across North Texas are making discoveries and breakthroughs. Here are three examples of the work being done by DFW scientists.
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New SMU Business Dean Sees More Tech in Cox School’s Future
by | Sep 14, 2017
Myers said the school will need to adjust how it approaches education because the North Texas business needs increasingly are more technology-driven.
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SMU, UTA Scientists To Help Unlock Mystery of Neutrinos
by | Jul 28, 2017
A massive particle detector a mile underground is the key to unlocking the secrets of a beam of neutrinos that will be shot beneath the Earth from Chicago to South Dakota.
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Tech Titans Announces 2017 Finalists for Annual Awards

by | Jul 13, 2017
From school teachers to large company executives, Tech Titans has nominated leading candidates who are shaping the tech industry.
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SMU STEM Academy Launches DISD Teachers to New Heights
by | Jun 26, 2017
This summer, Dallas ISD teachers are going to school — learning ways to increase student interest in STEM subjects.
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Brian D. Zoltowski
SMU Chemist: Protein Helps Plants Know When to Bloom
by | Jun 13, 2017
The research focusing on how a protein reacts to sunlight could help farmers grow crops under any conditions or any climate.
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Female Change Makers Gather
at SMU for Leadership Fostering
by | Jun 8, 2017
The four-day Women Ambassadors Forum geared toward empowering women in leadership kicked off Tuesday and includes 32 ambassadors from 19 countries.
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Comeback of the Corridor: The Rousing Revival of Richardson

by | May 30, 2017
The telecom bust of nearly 20 years ago rattled Richardson. Go there now and you’ll find a city in midst of an awakening built on redevelopment, marketing, perseverance, and a revised real estate tool box.
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SMU Researchers Find
West Virginia Geothermal Spots
by | May 26, 2017
The heated energy sources were discovered in the Mountain State by examining previously overlooked oil and gas data.
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Schools Turn to Makerspaces to Build Better Thinkers, By Design
by | May 24, 2017
Alcuin School's The Hive — funded in part by Bottle Rocket's Calvin Carter — and other makerspaces, are bringing the startup ethos to Dallas area schools. Alcuin is also boosting social entrepreneurship with $1 million from the J.C. Saada Family Foundation.
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Simon Mak and Jason McCann
Is Your Company ‘Dallas 100’ Worthy? Put It In the Running For Annual Entrepreneur List
by | May 22, 2017
The awards program recognizes the fastest-growing privately held companies in the Dallas area.
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Groundbreaking Geneticist Collins to Make SMU Addresses

by | May 16, 2017
Francis S. Collins led the Human Genome Project before taking the reins at the National Institutes of Health.
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SMU Students’ Device Measures Muscle Health
by | May 11, 2017
The small device uses electrical current pulsing through a patient's body to assess their muscle health.
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Consortium, U.S. Census Partner on DFW Research Data Center
by | Apr 28, 2017
Researchers will be able to work with restricted-access data at the new center at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
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Meet Evie, SMU’s Mobile Greenhouse With a Mission
by | Apr 28, 2017
After not being able to obtain permits for a community garden, SMU students decided to create a transient concept to grow healthy foods.
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