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…
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Never ones to let the edge of what’s physically possible limit STEM education, MdBio’s education team has been working with teachers and students to develop a virtual reality earth and space science activity for the classroom. Virtual reality represents the newest immersive learning experience for MdBio, who has several other game-based learning experiences for mobile…
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Viral Sequencing Project Entered into International Competition; Winners to be Announced at 2018 Bio International Convention in Boston, June 4-7 Gaithersburg, Md. – May 15, 2018 – The MdBio Foundation, a non-profit that provides STEM education and workforce development to underserved communities, today announced that Katy Wnuk-Fink – a senior from Laurel who attends…
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Gaithersburg, Md. – May 9, 2018 – The MdBio Foundation, a non-profit that provides STEM education and workforce development to underserved communities, today announced that it has been named as one of 100 Best Places to Work in the Greater Washington area by the Washington Business Journal. In surveys to select the finalists, employees cited…
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from NBC4 | February 22, 2018 watch it > A nationwide effort to encourage students to pursue careers in science and technology is making a stop in the D.C. area Thursday morning. It’s “Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day!” News4’s Molette Green has more.
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from Access Hollywood | February 2, 2018 watch it > Live from Minneapolis, Minnesota, MdBio’s team welcomed some very special guests onboard the Verizon explorer lab: NFL player and former New York Giant, Victor Cruz, and Minnesota Timberwolves basketball star, Karl-Anthony Towns. The players surprised students at Franklin Middle School during an assembly, and then…
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From ABC7 News (Washington, DC) | December 18, 2017 watch it> Eighth graders at Brightwood Education Campus in Northwest are about to embark on a mission to Mars. “They’re going to be designing their own Mars rovers, learning how to take those Mars rovers out into the field and basically gather evidence, change their wheels,”…
DetailsMdBio Foundation to Host 9th ATLAS Symposium on November 17 Event Brings Students from DuVal High School Together with Local Tech Leaders to Learn More About STEM Careers More than 100 students with an interest in engineering and technology from DuVal High School’s Aerospace Engineering and Aviation Technology program will attend ATLAS, which features a…
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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…
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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…
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