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The School of Arts and Humanities at The University of Texas at Dallas presents award-winning Israeli choreographer Renana Raz.

T. Boone Pickens, who has spent more than a year telling Americans the answer to their energy woes is natural gas, says the U.S. natural gas supply will probably dry up in about 30 years.

As University of North Texas officials envision the university's future as a national research institution, they hope to bring millions of new grant money to the region to make that happen.

Texas voters on Nov. 3 passed all 11 constitutional amendments on the ballot. But some passed with more flying colors than others.

DALLAS - T. Boone Pickens, who has spent more than a year telling Americans the answer to their energy woes is natural gas, says the U.S. natural gas supply probably will dry up in about 30 years.

The 500-seat auditorium the event was held in was packed; so much so that the speech was simulcast in another building to an additional 350 people interested in hearing Pickens outline his plan.

Plano has landed a major corporate office relocation, the latest in a recent string of high-profile business moves to the city.

Legendary oil investor T. Boone Pickens, Jr., believes that the U.S. natural gas supply will run out in a quarter of a century or so.

The dueling news releases emanating these days from the Tier One aspirers look impressive, daunting even: A University of Texas at Arlington professor got a $281,547 four-year National Science Foundation grant for a research project called "NanoDomain Structure and Multifunctional Properties of Polymer Derived Ceramics." With $491,081 from the ...

By DAVE MONTGOMERY AUSTIN - Turning out in expected low numbers, Texas voters on Tuesday registered strong approval for 11 state constitutional amendments, including measures to create more elite universities in Texas and to bolster protections for property owners, according to incomplete, unofficial returns.State leaders hailed the passage of ...

Nov. 3, 2009 3:58 p.m. David Wilson, the chancellor of the two-year University of Wisconsin Colleges and the University of Wisconsin-Extension, is a finalist for the presidency of Morgan State University.

Alexandra Wilson was just 4 when she was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia, a cancer affecting blood and blood marrow.

Robert E. Lee Elementary PTA will have its annual fall carnival from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday at the school, 2911 Delmar Ave., in East Dallas.

By DAVE MONTGOMERY AUSTIN - Proposals designed to create a network of top-flight universities, toughen protections for property owners and streamline the state's tax appraisal system are among 11 state constitutional amendments to be decided by voters in Tuesday's elections.The amendments are the only statewide issue facing voters, but election ...

Just a minute. I thought the whole state was going nuts over giving government the power of eminent domain.

Sul Ross State University News Release October 27, 2009 Alpine, Texas - Brothers Kern and Hobson Wildenthal, whose impressive higher education careers began in Alpine, will receive Distinguished Alumni Awards during Sul Ross State University's Homecoming Nov.

The annual ETBU Homecoming parade can be a fun occasion for many students and community members, but the efforts behind staging it are anything but easy.

The Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at the University of Texas at Dallas will host the Angel Capital Workshops on Nov.

Property tax appraisal regulations, imminent domain, and veterans' hospitals aren't the sexiest issues in the world, but these propositions could result in substantive reforms and real changes for many Texans.