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UT Dallas survey finds most North Texans like where they live, yet 53% say food money sometimes runs out

The university's third annual quality-of-life report, posted Oct. 22, finds sharp gaps by county: 28% of Collin respondents report running short of food, against 57% in northern Dallas County and 67% in the south.

Renata FerrisOctober 25, 20262 min read

The University Of Texas At Dallas. Photo: Office of Congressman Colin Allred / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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UT Dallas pain researcher teams with Cameroon scientists to test traditional plant remedies as non-opioid leads
Neuroscientist Benedict Kolber's NIH-funded partnership screens bark, leaf and berry treatments in Cameroon, then isolates compounds in U.S. labs. Two papers this year report pain relief in rodent tests.
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Artist Anne Ferrer talks Thursday as Crow Museum's UT Dallas site rolls out its fall shows
The free talk at the Athenaeum anchors a week that also brings a poetry reading Tuesday and a library exhibit on poisonous plants and arsenic-tinted books. The Spancake textile show runs through June 2027.
Community & Events17 days ago
Richardson Gas Prices Ease to $3.7825 as Monthly Costs Ease — October 11, 2026
Regular unleaded averages $3.7825 in the Dallas area, down from yesterday, down from last week and below the Texas average.
Community & Events17 days ago
UT Dallas show brings Depression-era Texas art out of storage, free and open this afternoon
About 75 New Deal works from the Dallas Museum of Art, most never exhibited before, fill three galleries at the university's Athenaeum through July 18, 2027. The museum is open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. today.
Community & Events17 days ago
Free Wave of Light ceremony Sunday at Restland honors babies lost to miscarriage, stillbirth and infant death
Missing Pieces Support Group and Restland Funeral Home hold the remembrance from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, in the Abbey Chapel on Greenville Avenue. Admission is free; organizers ask people to register.
Community & Events18 days ago
National Night Out parties collect more than 6,400 pounds of food, and a peanut butter drive adds 3,472 pounds for Network
Police said the Can-Do Food Drive at Tuesday's block parties brought in more than 6,400 pounds. The city's September peanut butter collection, now delivered to Network of Community Ministries, totaled 3,472 pounds.
Community & Events18 days ago
Richardson Gas Prices Ease to $3.7995 as Monthly Costs Ease — October 10, 2026
Regular unleaded averages $3.7995 in the Dallas area, down from yesterday, down from last week and below the Texas average.
Community & Events18 days ago
Richardson Gas Prices Ease to $3.8202 as Monthly Costs Rise — October 9, 2026
Regular unleaded averages $3.8202 in the Dallas area, down from yesterday, down from last week and below the Texas average.

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UT Dallas survey finds most North Texans like where they live, yet 53% say food money sometimes runs out

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UT Dallas pain researcher teams with Cameroon scientists to test traditional plant remedies as non-opioid leads

Artist Anne Ferrer talks Thursday as Crow Museum's UT Dallas site rolls out its fall shows

Richardson Gas Prices Ease to $3.7825 as Monthly Costs Ease — October 11, 2026

UT Dallas show brings Depression-era Texas art out of storage, free and open this afternoon

Free Wave of Light ceremony Sunday at Restland honors babies lost to miscarriage, stillbirth and infant death

National Night Out parties collect more than 6,400 pounds of food, and a peanut butter drive adds 3,472 pounds for Network

Richardson Gas Prices Ease to $3.7995 as Monthly Costs Ease — October 10, 2026

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