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Only 1 in 3 Young Adults Make a Living Wage in Dallas County, Report Finds

Bethany Erickson — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 20:55:53 +0000

Last month, the nonprofit Commit Partnership released a report that found that 2 out of 3 young adults in Dallas County do not earn what MIT defines as a living wage according to its calculator, which is used by local governments and employers to determine pay. With the report, the organization made its own commitment … Continued

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Dallas De-Extinction Company Colossal Launches Animal Conservation Foundation

Ben Swanger — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000

In 2021, North Texas entrepreneur Ben Lamm and renowned geneticist George Church launched the de-extinction company Colossal. To date, the company has raised $235 million to bring back the Woolly Mammoth, Dodo Bird, and Thylacine Tiger—and scaled to 155 full-time employees. Now, having raised an additional $50 million in funding, the corporation—now valued at north of $1 billion—is launching the … Continued

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School Districts Say New State Data Reporting System Could Hurt Their Funding

Bethany Erickson — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 14:12:42 +0000

More than 70 school districts, including several in North Texas, have signed a letter asking the Texas Education Agency to delay implementing a new data reporting system that may have led to several errors. Those errors, the districts say, could hurt both their state funding and accountability scores. Every year, districts share data with the … Continued

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UTD Continues to Go Hard After Student Protestors

Tim Rogers — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 16:33:39 +0000

Mousa Najjar was on his way to pick up a friend from DFW Airport on June 27 when a Texas Department of Public Safety State Trooper pulled him over for a routine traffic stop. The officer arrested Najjar on warrants for criminal trespassing and disruption of a meeting or procession. This came as a surprise … Continued

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After Selling BuzzBallz, Merrilee Kick Gifts $30 Million to Texas Woman’s University

Ben Swanger — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 19:56:35 +0000

After selling her ready-to-drink cocktail company BuzzBallz to Sazerac, Merrilee Kick, who earned her MBA from Texas Woman’s University, has gifted $30 million to her alma mater. The single largest gift in the institution’s history has capped TWU’s $125 million “Dream Big” campaign. The funding will be put toward an institute focused on innovation and … Continued

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Dallas ISD Will Soon Have a Student-Operated Food Truck

Nataly Keomoungkhoun — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:35:36 +0000

When 18-year-old Melvin Hicks graduates from Moisés E. Molina High School, he wants to work in a restaurant. He’s a senior in the school’s culinary arts program, which teaches students how to cook, manage a restaurant, and develop other skills required for a career in the hospitality industry. Hicks wants to one day become an … Continued

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Scenes from D CEO’s Women Leading STEM Forum 2024

Natalie Swaim — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 14:35:00 +0000

D CEO welcomed nearly 250 guests in February to its third annual Women Leading STEM luncheon and forum. The event, held in person at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, brought together the region’s leading thinkers, pioneers, and executives who are paving the path for more women in the fields of science, technology, engineering, … Continued

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This Toy Kit Teaches Young Girls About Science Through Makeup

Catherine Wendlandt — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 16:48:04 +0000

There are many career pathways into the beauty industry. There are the obvious tracks: marketing, brand ownership, even social media influencing. Dallasite and scientist Kristen Wells-Collins has made it her business to encourage young girls to find other ways in, like by becoming a scientific communicator or a cosmetic chemist. In 2020, Wells-Collins launched Black to … Continued

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In Joppa, a Shuttered School Could Become a Community Center

Will Maddox — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 19:14:51 +0000

The story of Melissa Pierce School is also the story of Joppa, the neighborhood in which it sits. Formerly enslaved people founded this freedmen’s town on the banks of the Trinity River after the Civil War. Following decades of isolation and neglect as the city grew, present-day residents want to turn the neighborhood’s historic school into … Continued

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Untap the Potential of Your Organization Through the Power of AI and Civil Discourse

Jade Garrett — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 13:00:00 +0000

Wednesday, December 6, 2023 | 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm (tour to follow) | UNT at Frisco. Engage with today’s global voice for a new generation and discover the future of business leadership at the UNT Ryan College of Business inaugural Business Matters luncheon. Visionary entrepreneur and three-time founder Milan Kordestani is rewriting the rules of … Continued

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ARPA-H’s First Priority: Diversify Clinical Trials

Will Maddox — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 22:06:26 +0000

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health announced an initiative to improve access to and diversify clinical trials at a launch event last week at its newly announced home of Pegasus Park. Directed by experienced federal administrator Renee Wegrzyn U.S. Department of Health and Human Services created the $2.5 billion federal research funding agency to address the … Continued

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As a Special Session on Vouchers Ramps Up in Austin, Who Will They Benefit?

Bethany Erickson — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 20:54:17 +0000

The third special session in Austin has been chugging along for only three days, and already there has been a great deal written about the biggest item on the lawmakers’ to-do list: school vouchers. Proponents of vouchers or “education savings accounts” say this push is to give parents choices on where they send their kids … Continued

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