As we kick off our 18th school year in Maryland, I wanted to take a moment to share with you how MdBio’s newest mobile lab program is helping in the recovery efforts of hurricane-impacted communities across the state of Texas by engaging students with STEM. MdBio is very excited to share that we will be operating…
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MdBio’s VP of Communications and Events, Janeé Pelletier, shows off the Verizon explorer lab during a Capitol Hill open house for policymakers in July 2018. The “explorer lab” touches down in DC and Houston this summer to show kids and adults the power of STEM education. Augmented and virtual reality technologies offer students extraordinary opportunities to…
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Photo caption: Co-Founder and Chair of the Dell Foundation, Susan Dell, receives a thank you gift outside MdBio’s mobile lab from 7th and 8th grade students at Wharton Junior High School. Foundation Has Raised More Than $500,000 Since October to Bring Mobile STEM Laboratory to Schools Impacted by Hurricane Harvey Gaithersburg, Md. – August 22, 2018…
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Three Wharton Junior High students were given the opportunity to present in front of Abbott and Dell. The students were nervous but confident, MD BioLab Education Outreach Coordinator Desurae Matthews said. “The kids loved it,” Matthews said. “It was a good experience for them to be able to present in front of someone so important was awesome. It definitely built up their confidence to be able to speak and present in front of someone with so much power over America. They were nervous at first but when they were realized that this was really happening about five minutes before they build up their self-esteem and were really confident.”
DetailsAugust 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…
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from Wharton Journal-Spectator (Wharton, TX) | July 28, 2018 by Dicey Schauer Just Do It Now has an MdBioLab sitting in its front lawn. According to the MdBio website, the MdBio Foundation, which comes out of Maryland, aims to bring STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) to underserved communities. During the school year, MdBio brings…
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LARGO, Md. (Aug. 8, 2018) | read it > Prince George’s Community College (PGCC) joined with MdBio Foundation and Verizon Communications to introduce middle school girls from Prince George’s County to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) skills in a unique summer program. The Verizon Innovative Learning program launched in partnership with the National Association for…
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Gaithersburg, Md. – June 26, 2018 – The MdBio Foundation, a non-profit that provides STEM education and workforce development to underserved communities, today announced Brian Rosen, vice president, Commercial Strategy, at Novavax Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), was named chair of the board of directors. Rosen will succeed Jennifer Cotteleer, who has served as board chair for…
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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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