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Michael Dell, founder and CEO of computer giant Dell Inc., said he and his wife Susan would donate $36 million from their foundation to help Texas recover from Harvey’s catastrophic flooding. The donation―the largest single contribution to a Harvey relief organization yet―will found the Rebuild Texas Fund. Dell said the new organization would work with Texas-based OneStar Foundation to raise $100 million. The fund has secured partnerships with big corporate and charity names, including Walmart, Gerstner Family Foundation and Verizon.

You might think the typical college student lives in a state of bliss, spending each day moving among classes, parties and extracurricular activities. But the reality is that an increasingly small population of undergraduates enjoys that kind of life. Of the country’s nearly 18 million undergraduates, more than 40 percent go to community college, and of those, only 62 percent can afford to go to college full-time.

For 150 high-achieving students from low-income families, this week’s Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America Career Institute meant a chance to convene with prospective employers for four days of intensive career development.

LEDA is proud to announce the launch of a new initiative, the LEDA Career Network. Made possible by the visionary support of the Gerstner Family Foundation, this new initiative will kick-off this week with the inaugural LEDA Career Institute, a four-day program serving 160 high-achieving, low-income students from 50 top colleges who have been selected as LEDA Career Fellows.

New perspectives lead to new, groundbreaking discoveries. That’s why Mayo Clinic and the Center for Individualized Medicine support young investigators and the fresh thinking they bring to research. The Gerstner Family Foundation supports young investigators.