Tom Luce

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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Texas Is Chosen for One of Three ARPA-H Hubs, with Dallas Snagging a Key Prize
by | Sep 26, 2023
The new federal Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health has selected a Texas consortium for one of three regional hubs in its $2.5 billion health innovation network initiative. The Customer Experience hub will be physically located at Dallas' Pegasus Park.
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Global Accelerator MassChallenge Teams Up With Dallas-Based Lyda Hill Philanthropies to Boost Innovation, Health Tech
by | Jul 23, 2023

MassChallenge, a nonprofit connector of startups, founders, entrepreneurs, corporations, and communities, kicked off a partnership with Lyda Hill Philanthropies at the MC | Innovate 2023 Conference July 11-13 at Pegasus Park in Dallas....

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Three Cities Join Forces on Bid to Bring National Health Research Hub to Texas at Dallas’ Pegasus Park
by | Apr 24, 2023
A newly established federal agency—Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), a $2.5 billion initiative modeled after the successful DARPA—aims to revolutionize medical research. To secure one of its three national centers, three Texas cities have formed a consortium that's set to propel the Lone Star State to the forefront of effort. If their pursuit is successful, the hub would land in Dallas—and have spokes across the Lone Star State.
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