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Lyda Hill Philanthropies Supports DISD ‘Learning Voyages’ STEM Field Trip Program
by Sandra Engelland | Feb 5, 2026
More than 48,000 students, or about 35% of all DISD students, will participate in an off-campus learning experience aligned with their curriculum by visiting one of the following institutions: Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden, Dallas Zoo, Environmental Education Center, or Perot Museum of Nature and Science.
by Sandra Engelland |
Jan 15, 2026
The prizes are given in seven categories: artificial intelligence, biological sciences, engineering, medicine, physical sciences, public health, and technology. They recognize and support top Texas innovators, providing seed funding to advance groundbreaking science and highlight Texas as a premier destination for world-class research.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Dec 18, 2025
"Our residents are thrilled to travel the world, revisit childhood memories, and improve their mental and physical health, all from the safety of their chair," said Angie McWhirter, program director at Umphress Terrace in Southeast Dallas. "This is more than technology—it's hope, healing, and connection."
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by Sandra Engelland |
Dec 10, 2025
Founded on the principle that prevention is the most powerful form of cure, CPI funds innovative research aimed at intercepting cancer before it begins. The organization said it focuses on inherited cancers where a "genetic predisposition provides a clear target for early intervention—and uses this lens to unlock insights that can lead to the prevention of all cancers."
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Last May, Triplemoon Founder Lauren Gage was one of the winners of the Golden Ticket North Texas pitch competition at Pegasus Park in Dallas. L to R: Margo Harrison, Founder & CEO of Wave Bye Inc.; Danguole Altman, Founder & CEO, Cx Precision Medicine; and Gage. [Photo: Ignite Health]
Three Healthcare Founders Win Pitch, Advance to Ignite Health’s National Accelerator
by David Seeley | May 15, 2025
The May 8 Golden Ticket North Texas pitch competition at Pegasus Park in Dallas featured seven female-led healthcare startups tackling some of healthcare’s most pressing challenges.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 9, 2025
The IF/THEN initiative from Lyda Hill Philanthropies has had a major impact on spectators who've viewed its installation of 3D-printed statues of women “STEM rockstars." Now a new push is underway to make an impact online through IF/THEN's website, which has been newly redesigned by Dallas-based Tegan Digital.
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![In a side room at Old Parkland, entrepreneur Mark Cuban. left, and Houston philanthropist John Arnold compared notes for the Texas Business Hall of Fame's Creators 2025 speaker series. [Photo: Grant Miller Photography]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20250305-TBHFCreators2025SpeakersSeries-KyleKlose-001-crop-360x203.jpg)
by Glenn Hunter |
Mar 6, 2025
Cuban and Arnold told an audience of businesspeople at Old Parkland Wednesday that high healthcare costs have multiple causes—and that efforts to significantly reform the system are likely to take a while.
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by Quincy Preston |
Feb 20, 2025
The new center at Bridge Labs will train the workforce powering North Texas’ biotech boom—helping startups speed therapies, vaccines, and breakthrough biologics from lab bench to patients. Funded in part by Lyda Hill Philanthropies, the National Center for Therapeutics Manufacturing Satellite Campus is set to open this summer.
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Left to right: Reese Witherspoon, Lyda Hill, and Nicole Small [Photos: Hello Sunshine's Shine Away/Southwestern Medical Foundation/Michael Samples]
The Last Word: On Lyda Hill Philanthropies Partnering To Produce Women-in-STEM Movies and TV Shows
by David Seeley | Feb 11, 2025
Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science—an ideal day for a Dallas nonprofit to align with a Hollywood movie star to celebrate women in STEM in film and television. According to the Dallas Morning News, Dallas-based Lyda Hill Philanthropies is partnering with Reese Witherspoon’s media company Hello Sunshine to produce and distribute movies and TV shows that champion women's achievements in STEM (science, technology, engineering & mathematics).
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 15, 2025
TAMEST said this is the first year that the prizes recognize six awardees, including a new prize in Public Health, thanks to a $10 million commitment from Lyda Hill Philanthropies to expand and extend the Hill Prizes. Each of the awardees will receive $500,000 in funding from Lyda Hill Philanthropies to accelerate their work.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 30, 2024
The Lab-on-a-Chip test can detect immune responses to infectious pathogens in two to three minutes, using just a drop of blood or saliva on a "microfluidic" chip. Funding for the researchers' grant came from Dallas-based Lyda Hill Philanthropies.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 22, 2024
The Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology honors the Dallas businesswoman and philanthropist and her team for empowering and enabling groundbreaking research in science and nature.
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Erik Moss [Photo: Kim Leeson for The Dallas Foundation]
Water Cooler at Pegasus Park Has a New Director
by Lance Murray | Oct 25, 2024
Erik Moss brings more than 12 years of experience in the social sector to the position, where he will spearhead efforts to foster collaboration and community engagement, The Dallas Foundation and Lyda Hill Philanthropies said.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 11, 2024
Featuring leaders like Jesse Draper of Halogen Ventures, Jim Lee of the Texas Stock Exchange, and Christopher Darby, former CEO of In-Q-Tel, the October 30 event at the Bush Center in Dallas will focus on emerging trends in sectors such as healthcare, national security, and the creator economy.
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by Quincy Preston and Lance Murray |
Sep 30, 2024
According to an economic impact report by The Perryman Group, the 26-acre Pegasus Park campus, once fully built out under its master plan, is projected to generate $1.9 billion in annual gross product and create over 15,000 jobs.
Bridge Labs, the latest addition to the Pegasus Park campus, is designed to provide high-quality, flexible lab and office space for growth-stage biotech companies. "It's one-of-a-kind in the region," said Nicole Small, CEO of Lyda Hill Philanthropies.
Bridge Labs, the latest addition to the Pegasus Park campus, is designed to provide high-quality, flexible lab and office space for growth-stage biotech companies. "It's one-of-a-kind in the region," said Nicole Small, CEO of Lyda Hill Philanthropies.
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by Quincy Preston |
Sep 12, 2024
The Dallas Foundation is charging up its C-suite, bringing on two powerhouse executives to accelerate its community mission as it approaches its 100th birthday in 2029.
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