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UT Arlington, Rice Get $4M Grant to Build Hill Country Flood Warning System

by | May 5, 2026
Partnering with Rice University, UTA’s Water Engineering Research Center will provide a high-resolution, Texas-focused weather monitoring and modeling network to deliver faster, more precise flood warnings in flood-prone areas of the Texas Hill Country.
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Dallas Startup DirectH2 Lands Seed Round to Commercialize Rice University’s Breakthrough Hydrogen Tech
by | Mar 12, 2025
DirectH2 said the funding will accelerate the development and commercialization of its cutting-edge hydrogen solutions in collaboration with Houston-based Rice University—addressing critical challenges in the clean energy sector.
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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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Dallas-Based HKS Announces Coalition to Advance ‘Brain-Healthy’ Buildings and Cities
by | Feb 18, 2025
The Building Brains Coalition builds upon the growing recognition that brain health is integral to human potential and societal progress, HKS said. Founding partners include HKS, The Center for BrainHealth, Center for Advanced Design Research and Evaluation (CADRE), the Brain Capital Alliance, and Rice University’s Baker Institute Neuro-Policy Program.
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Health Wildcatters announces 9 startups in its latest accelerator.

Health Wildcatters Adds Nine Startups, Boosting Its Portfolio to 118 Companies

by | Sep 6, 2024
Dallas-based seed-stage healthcare accelerator Health Wildcatters added nine startups to its growing portfolio, expanding its network of innovators from Texas, the U.S., and Europe. Earlier this year, the accelerator also gained national recognition for its Women in Science and Healthcare initiative, which received a $50,000 award from the U.S. Small Business Administration's Growth Accelerator Fund Competition.
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Texas Instruments Adds Rice University President to Its Board
by | Feb 23, 2024
Reginald DesRoches has been the president of Rice University in Houston since 2022 and a professor of engineering there since 2017.
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Dallas-Based Think Tank Taps Rice University Head as Its New President, CEO
by | Feb 9, 2024
Legal scholar David Leebron succeeds former Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, bringing two decades of organizational leadership to Texas 2036, a nonpartisan, nonprofit policy organization founded by Tom Luce.
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Health Wildcatters Ranks Among Nation’s Top Accelerators for 3rd Year

by | Oct 26, 2018
The SARP evaluation is based mostly on the accelerator’s portfolio and the performance of companies that have successfully completed its program. Health Wildcatters has grown to 57 health startups in its portfolio, collectively raising over $50 million in investment.
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Dallas Startup Launching Mission to Send Apollo Astronauts, HS Students Near Space
by | Mar 9, 2018
If a new Dallas startup succeeds in its mission, it will put the oldest and youngest person ever into space by 2020.
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Health Wildcatters Named Among Top U.S. Accelerators
by | Jun 8, 2017
The project recognized 30 accelerators nationwide, and awarded Health Wildcatters a bronze ranking.
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Device Designed to Curb Pitching Injuries Takes Top Prize at Contest
by | Dec 1, 2016
Senthil Natarajan was selected the winner from eight finalists at the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards at Southern Methodist University.
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