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A Great American Elderverse user [Photo: Mynd Immersive]
Dallas’ Mynd Immersive To Expand Its VR-Powered ‘Great American Elderverse’ Across Texas
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."
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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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 5, 2025
Cait Brumme says the event at Dallas' Pegasus Park on Nov. 6 will explore the technologies and economic forces defining the future for entrepreneurs and innovators.
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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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![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-940x436.jpg)
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]
How Billionaires Mark Cuban and John Arnold Say CEOs and Consumers are Being Ripped Off by a ‘Busted’ Healthcare Market
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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by David Seeley |
Feb 12, 2025
Advanced Therapies Week 2025—a conference focused on the latest innovations in cell and gene therapies, regenerative medicine, and other biotechnologies—attracted industry leaders, researchers, and visionaries to Dallas' Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in late January. Organized by London-based Phacilitate, the 4-day conference acted as a "collaborative hub" showcasing the intersection of cutting-edge science, transformative healthcare solutions, and dynamic regional collaboration.
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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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SMU engineering professors Ali Beskok (left) and J.-C. Chiao. [Photo: SMU]
SMU Researchers’ ‘Lab-on-a-Chip’ Test Earns $100K Grant
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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by David Seeley |
Oct 28, 2024
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar, the former CEO of Nextdoor, was the inaugural guest at last week's launch of the Pegasus Park Speaker Series at the biotech hub in Dallas. The fireside chat before 200 "tenants and friends" of Pegasus Park featured interviewer Nicole Small, CEO of Lyda Hill Philanthropies and LH Capital, and was followed by a Ladies Who Launch event.
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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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Rendering of Bridge Labs at Pegasus Park. [Image: Pegasus Park]
Dallas’ Pegasus Park Expands with New Bridge Labs to Support Biotech Growth
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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by Quincy Preston |
Aug 19, 2024
With heavyweight backers like JPMorgan Chase and Perot Jain returning, the North Texas venture capital summit is gearing up for its fourth edition. Ahead of the event, the board offers insights on the region's tech boom and offers a glimpse of what’s to come.
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by Quincy Preston |
Aug 9, 2024
With a new CEO and three seasoned industry veterans joining its board, Research Bridge Partners is focused on moving university innovations from the lab to the marketplace.
Last year, the Texas-based nonprofit, in collaboration with Lyda Hill Philanthropies, invested $4 million into North Texas’ UT Southwestern Medical Center, bolstering efforts to transform groundbreaking research into viable companies.
Last year, the Texas-based nonprofit, in collaboration with Lyda Hill Philanthropies, invested $4 million into North Texas’ UT Southwestern Medical Center, bolstering efforts to transform groundbreaking research into viable companies.
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