{"id":259894,"date":"2026-04-21T19:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/259894\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T19:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:07:11","slug":"michael-and-susan-dell-commit-750-million-to-the-university-of-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/259894\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael And Susan Dell Commit $750 Million To The University Of Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Michael Dell, CEO of Dell Computer, and his wife Susan have made a $750 commitment to the University of Texas for its new medical school. Photo by Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc\/Corbis via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Corbis via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation has committed $750 million to the University of Texas at Austin for its new medical center, which will now be named the UT Dell Medical Center. <\/p>\n

In addition to the new medical center, the Dell\u2019s gift will be used to provide significant support for undergraduate student scholarships, student housing and UT\u2019s Texas Advanced Computing Center. The newly named UT Dell Campus for Advanced Research will bring together the university\u2019s existing strengths in advanced computing capabilities and artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n

The university plans to break ground later this year on the UT Dell Medical Center, which the university is calling the country\u2019s first \u201cAI-native\u201d medical center. <\/p>\n

Scheduled to open in 2030, the UT Dell Medical Center will deliver a \u201cfully integrated, patient-centered model,” focused on \u201cearlier detection, more precise and personalized care, and better health outcomes.\u201d The university indicated that it hopes to use the Dell\u2019s commitment as a springboard for it to raise a total of $10 billion over the the next 10 years.<\/p>\n

The Dells\u2019 investment is one of the largest-ever private gifts to a U.S. university. According to a press release,<\/a> their total contributions to the University of Texas now top $1 billion, making them the first donors to surpass that milestone in lifetime giving to UT. Their past gifts have supported student scholarships, capital investments and a broad range of academic and research programs.<\/p>\n

\u201cUT Austin, where Dell Technologies was founded from a dorm room, has always been a place where bold ideas become real-world impact,\u201d said Michael and Susan Dell, in the university\u2019s announcement. \u201cWhat makes this moment so meaningful is the opportunity to build something that brings every part of the journey together \u2014 from how students learn, to how discoveries are made, to how care reaches families. By bringing together medicine, science and computing in one campus designed for the AI era, UT can create more opportunity, deliver better outcomes, and build a stronger future for communities across Texas and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n

Plans call for the new medical center to collaborate with the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, providing access to world-class cancer expertise, advanced therapies and leading-edge clinical research.<\/p>\n

Texas already dominates in technology, energy, and business, and now we will further cement our leadership in health care innovation as well,\u201d said Governor Greg Abbott. \u201cBringing together UT and the world-renowned MD Anderson into one integrated care center connects two excellent institutions whose work will drive the next generation of medical breakthroughs. Through this partnership and state-of-the-art medical center, Texans will have access to even better care from the best medical minds in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Claudia Lucchinetti, dean of the Dell Medical School, said the Dells\u2019 gift represents a commitment to \u201cfundamentally redefine health.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are building an integrated, patient-centered model powered by AI and advanced technology that shifts the focus from treating sickness to advancing health itself through prevention, prediction and precision,\u201d Lucchinetti added. \u201cThis will transform how we care for patients, how we train the next generation of physicians, and how we accelerate life science innovation to improve lives at scale.\u201d<\/p>\n

UT Austin President Jim Davis said, \u201cSusan and Michael Dell are Longhorns with a vision to change the world, a will to act on that vision, and an unmatched commitment that has made this bold step real\u2026 This is a defining moment for The University of Texas, and we are grateful to Susan and Michael for making it possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michael Dell is the founder and CEO of Dell Technologies. Forbes estimates <\/a>his total worth at approximately $175 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Dell, CEO of Dell Computer, and his wife Susan have made a $750 commitment to the University…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3436,3362,53754,38032,27,29,28,4101,97421,97420],"class_list":["post-259894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-dell-technologies","tag-higher-education-philanthropy","tag-michael-and-susan-dell","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-university-of-texas-at-austin","tag-ut-dell-campus-for-advanced-research","tag-ut-dell-medical-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}