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Education notes for Collin County and east Dallas County
12:00 AM CST on Sunday, December 6, 2009
For the 13th straight year, a Plano orchestra has been named the top orchestra in Texas. This year, the Plano West Senior High School Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Jo Wallace-Abbie and Amy Mabel, earned the designation as 2010 High School Honor String Orchestra by the Texas Music Educators Association. The orchestra will perform at the next TMEA convention in February in San Antonio at a concert venue with a 3,000-person capacity.
The choir programs from Plano East Senior High School, Plano Senior High School and Plano West Senior High School will perform together in a Holiday Unity Concert at 8 p.m. Thursday at St. Andrew United Methodist Church, 5801 W. Plano Parkway. Tickets cost $7 through Wednesday from www.planounitychoir.com or $10 at the door. Doors open at 7 p.m.
The Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University announced a $500,000 pledge from Robert and Edith Schumacher to establish the Executive Faculty Fellow in Innovation and Technology. Raymond M. Smilor, previously executive director of the Beyster Institute at the Rady School of Management at the University of California, is the first recipient.
The University of Texas at Dallas will begin offering graduate degrees in biomedical engineering this spring, joining the existing biomedical engineering collaboration between the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and the University of Texas at Arlington. The UTD portion of the program will combine expertise in electrical, mechanical and materials engineering, coupled with the life sciences. UTD expects to develop classes in biological robotics, wireless bio-sensor networks and the use of nanomaterials in biological systems.
Southern Methodist University's data mining team won first place at the 2009 SAS Data Mining Shootout competition during the SAS Data Mining Conference in Las Vegas. Team members included Michael Fulmer, Jingjing Ye and Steven Gregory. A total of 47 universities registered, and 28 provided a final submission for judging.
TAMS student advances to national competition
Peter Hu, a student at the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at the University of North Texas, will advance to the National Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology next month in New York.
Hu, 18, was awarded the top prize at the regional competition in Austin for his work developing a biocompatible material that can be used to deliver protein drugs. He will compete against five other regional winners at the national competition.
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