August 21, 2018 | Austin, Texas read it> First Lady Cecilia Abbott today joined Susan Dell of the Rebuild Texas Fund and Michael & Susan Dell Foundation on a visit to communities damaged by Hurricane Harvey. As the storm’s one year anniversary approaches, the First Lady met with Texans whose homes, schools and businesses were…
Mobile Lab Arrives in Refugio, TX On May 7, MdBioLab returned to Texas thanks to a new grant from the Rebuild Texas Fund, a partnership between The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and the OneStar Foundation. Refugio, Texas – about 50 miles northeast of Corpus Christi – was devastated when Hurricane Harvey stalled over the…
from Click2Daily, Houston | November 13, 2017 watch it > HOUSTON – This week, for some Houston schoolchildren, class is in session on an 18-wheeler. It’s a science kit on wheels and it’s rolling through Texas to spark interest in careers in science, technology, engineering and math, also known as STEM. The MdBio Foundation, based in…
from KRIS Corpus Christi | November 8, 2017 read it > More than 200 schools along the Gulf Coast were damaged by Hurricane Harvey. Many schools were left to use makeshift tools in temporary facilities. One organization traveled 1,600 miles to help the students in Port Aransas. The MdBio Mobile Science Lab made it’s way to…
from WOAI San Antonio | November 8, 2017 read it > The school year had just begun for Port Aransas High School when a storm named Harvey put a stop to it. “We had kids for three and a half days and then we were told to evacuate,” said Jim Potts, principal at Aransas Pass…