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Dallas-Fort Worth Companies Share Their Advice on Reopening with Public School Districts
by Michael Wood | Jul 21, 2020
As Texas schools get ready to start the school year, companies such as DART, NEC Corporation of America, Target, and the YMCA share the lessons they've learned from reopening during a pandemic.
by Alex Edwards |
Jul 20, 2020
Education PowerED is behind a fast-growing educational movement designed to energize educators, empower students, and eradicate educational inequity.
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by Riley Farrell |
Jul 15, 2020
UNT media lecturer and documentary filmmaker Melinda Levin joins media conglomerates such as Disney, Warner Bros. and Sony Music Entertainment, which also were recognized in the 41st annual Telly Awards.
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by Alex Edwards |
Jul 14, 2020
This fall, Dallas' Paul Quinn College will launch an accelerated Bachelor’s degree track that's designed to help students become "leaders and activists with a commitment to real change" in partnership with education innovator Minerva Project. The program, part of PQC's newly established Honors College, offers a double-major in Business and Public Policy that will focus on the economics and politics of societal transformation.
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Growing Victories: Restorative Farms Joins Forces With SMU Students and Professors to Offer GroBox Gardening Kits
by Riley Farrell | Jun 8, 2020
During both World Wars, growing victory gardens became a popular hobby in the U.S. Restorative Farms harkens back to this time by selling a line of self-contained gardening boxes in response to the ongoing pandemic.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 23, 2020
The effort starts with a $1 million donation to the Khan Foundation, which will give teachers, parents, and students online educational materials.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 26, 2019
For its second year, the Business for Good program is adding digital campaign development for local nonprofits in advance of #GivingTuesdayDFW on Dec. 3.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 31, 2019
The funding backs the expansion of Southern Dallas Thrives, which provides healthy meals, quality childcare, career opportunities, and college preparation.
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The new Biomedical Engineering Building at UNT. [Photo: Courtesy UNT]
UNT Opens $12.6M Cutting-Edge Biomedical Engineering Building
by Lance Murray | Aug 30, 2019
The 26,500-square-foot facility has labs for research in exoskeleton technology, optics, and a bio 3D printer for printing cells that mimic human tissue.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 30, 2019
Participants in this 45-day study will track their emotions in real time using the Mindcurrent app and Apple Watch data.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 10, 2019
TI's Rich Templeton says, “Innovation in this world is alive and well: It’s alive and well at TI, and it’s alive and well in North Texas,” as he works to promote STEM education.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 15, 2019
In this roundup of research and development activity involving institutions in North Texas, you'll also read about a UTA professor that's using $900K in research grants to focus on monitoring structural integrity.
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The Eisemann Edge Fund was started with a $250,000 donation from Ann and Charles Eisemann. [Photo: City of Richardson]
Eisemann Edge Endowment Fund Promotes Exploration of Technology and Art
by Lance Murray | Mar 7, 2019
The first installation under the new initiative between the city of Richardson, the Eisemann Center, and UT Dallas is planned for March 2020.
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by Will Maddox |
Feb 26, 2019
An inaugural class of 60 students will kick off this summer at the medical school, which emphasizes efficiency, holistic learning, and immersion training in real clinical settings.
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by Lauren Hawkins |
Feb 25, 2019
Capital One teamed up with the UT Dallas Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship to empower students during National Engineering Week.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 25, 2019
The four-story, 80,000-square-foot facility will be home to graduate and undergraduate research laboratory space for biology, chemistry and biochemistry, nutrition and food science and psychology programs.
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