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Events calendar (Dallas) summer 2023

KAY DAVIS, Social Media Manager May 1, 2023

  "Picasso’s Muses: Between Inspiration and Obsession"  Date: All summer Location: Dallas Museum of Art 1717 North Harwood Cost: Free The exhibit focuses on Picasso's lovers, who served as...

Forging a new path

April 8, 2023

Jacqueline Shorter had planned on earning a scholarship and going to college after graduating from her high school. Then her house was destroyed in a fire, and she lost everything. Shorter was forced...

From cheerleader to Marine

April 8, 2023

Melawn Dineen is from a military family, but she never expected to be a Marine. Her father is retired from the Air Force, and her grandfather is retired from the Army. But Dineen was a high school cheerleader...

Leap of faith

April 8, 2023

For Jessica Sanchez, taking the leap wasn’t always easy. But after joining the Air Force, it became her new motto. Sanchez’s parents were born in Mexico, and like many first-generation Mexican American...

Preston Nguyen in his kitchen

Student chef building culinary empire

March 7, 2023

The kitchen is a warzone. Onions and poblanos are chopped to bits in the machine gun-like chatter of a silver knife as thick steam rises from a bubbling, crimson stew. Preston Nguyen pivots to a stove,...

Kid with a gift

March 7, 2023

When word came out about Nguyen’s victory at the World Food Championships, he returned to his El Centro culinary class to a round of applause. “Preston was amazing. [He] really struck me as...

garnishing a dish

Never a dull moment

March 7, 2023

Even though he’s made advancements in his career, Nguyen feels like he still has a lot to learn about being a professional chef. It’s more difficult for him to be satisfied with his creations...

Education

March 7, 2023

Social media is awash with various accounts of students using ChatGPT to cheat on their coursework. From students writing short answers to entire essays, educators are concerned about how they’ll be...

Marketing

March 7, 2023

There is a possibility that many content writing jobs, like for press releases, blog posts and social media posts, may be automated via AI technology.   “Society had the same fears about computers,...

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Journalism

March 7, 2023

Journalists have also expressed concerns about being replaced, especially in light of the recent CNET scandal. Hyde argues that journalism is far too sophisticated a job to be supplemented by an AI given...

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Military

February 14, 2023

Sydney Barber is the first Black woman to become brigade commander in the Navy. Barber is the 16th woman appointed as commander in the 44 years that women have attended the Naval Academy. To get elected...

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Education

February 14, 2023

During his first year at Harvard University, Harris decided to run for student government and became the secretary of the finance committee. In his junior year, Harris knew he wanted to run for president. Harris...

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