Lyda Hill Philanthropies

Stage event at MassChallenge event

MassChallenge Makes Dallas Its Second U.S. Headquarters

by | Sep 30, 2026
Four years after arriving at Pegasus Park, the Boston-based accelerator is adding health and security accelerators and founder clinics, backed by a renewed two-year grant from Lyda Hill Philanthropies.
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Lyda Hill Philanthropies, TAMEST Award $1M More to Six Texas Researchers
by | Aug 27, 2026
Grants of $100,000 or $200,000 went to research projects not chosen for the 2026 Hill Prizes. Six Texas researchers, including three from Dallas’ UT Southwestern Medical Center, shared the $1 million.
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Women in STEM & Sports ‘Game Changers’ Statues To Highlight World Cup Fan Festival
by | Mar 25, 2026
The interactive exhibit will be on public display at the Fan Festival at Dallas’ Fair Park this summer. Coinciding with the full World Cup tournament, fans can enjoy free live match screenings, food, music, and entertainment. Entry to the Fan Festival and the exhibit is free.
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Lyda Hill Philanthropies Supports DISD ‘Learning Voyages’ STEM Field Trip Program
by | 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.
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Dallas’ Mynd Immersive To Expand Its VR-Powered ‘Great American Elderverse’ Across Texas

by | 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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The Last Word: MassChallenge CEO on INNOVATE ’25 and Looking Ahead at Forces Shaping Economies
by | 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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Three Healthcare Founders Win Pitch, Advance to Ignite Health’s National Accelerator
by | 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]

How Billionaires Mark Cuban and John Arnold Say CEOs and Consumers are Being Ripped Off by a ‘Busted’ Healthcare Market

by | 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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UT Arlington and Texas A&M to Launch Biomanufacturing Hub at Dallas’ Pegasus Park
by | 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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The Last Word: How Advanced Therapies Week 2025 Positioned Dallas as a Life Sciences Leader
by | 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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The Last Word: On Lyda Hill Philanthropies Partnering To Produce Women-in-STEM Movies and TV Shows
by | 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 Researchers’ ‘Lab-on-a-Chip’ Test Earns $100K Grant

by | 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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TAMEST Recognizes Lyda Hill and Lyda Hill Philanthropies with Kay Bailey Hutchison Distinguished Service Award
by | 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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OpenAI CFO Featured in Launch of Pegasus Park Speaker Series
by | 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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