With their latest gift of $750 million, Michael and Susan Dell have now given more than $1 billion to the University of Texas, school officials announced yesterday.

Why it matters: The donation situates the university — and Austin — to become a leading health research center, drawing new jobs and investment to the region.

• As an employer and donor to local causes, Michael Dell, the founder of Dell Technologies, has arguably had a greater economic impact on Austin than anyone in the city's history.

The big picture: UT wants to raise $10 billion in 10 years to boost its medical center into the top 10 nationally.

• The new Dell money will establish a research, computing and medical campus — the UT Dell Campus for Advanced Research — in North Austin, by Braker Lane and MoPac Bouleavard, that will also host the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center.

What they're saying: "When you bring together a great research university, a world-class town and a city that knows how to turn ideas into reality, you create the conditions for breakthroughs that change lives," Michael Dell said gat an event yesterday.

• "What's being built here means world-class research and care that will reach more people, and it will reach them sooner," Susan Dell said, invoking medical care provided by her father, a cancer surgeon.

Context: Michael Dell is worth about $172 billion, per Forbes.

• The latest donation from the Dells will also underwrite undergraduate student scholarships, student housing and UT's Texas Advanced Computing Center.
• The residence hall currently known as Dobie Center will be renamed Dell House, per UT officials.

Zoom out: The Dells have been on a high-profile giving kick.

• Late last year, the couple pledged one of the largest individual charitable donations in history: a $6.25 billion gift that offered $250 in Trump investment accounts for 25 million U.S. children under 10 years old.

The bottom line: The Dell company was born just over 30 years ago in a UT undergraduate dorm room, and the ensuing philanthropic relationship between Michael Dell and his alma mater is the kind university fundraisers dream about — and one that could further transform Austin.

Texas employment growth slowed sharply in February, per a new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

Why it matters: Lower immigration is constraining the state's labor supply, while higher productivity is leading to less demand for labor.

• "Meanwhile, high oil prices are expected to boost state economic activity only if they are sustained," said Luis Torres, Dallas Fed senior business economist.

The big picture: Texas added 3,800 jobs in February, growing an annualized 0.3 percent.

• The Dallas Fed now expects Texas jobs will increase roughly 1% in 2026, Torres said.

Zoom in: Among major Texas metros, Austin posted the biggest employment decline at 3.3%.

• El Paso's declined 1.6%, followed by 1.4% in Fort Worth, 1% in San Antonio and 0.8% in Houston. Dallas registered nearly flat employment growth at 0.1%.

💊 Central Health is expanding naloxone vending machines across Travis County to help prevent opioid overdose deaths. (Community Impact)

🚌 CapMetro will phase out paper bus passes as new fareboxes roll out starting June 1. (CBS Austin)

👨‍⚖️ The U.S. Senate in a 47-46 vote confirmed attorney Andrew Davis to be a federal district judge in Austin. (Congress.gov)

More than 10 inches of rain have fallen in parts of our river basin this month, per the Lower Colorado River Authority, the nonprofit utility that manages the region's dams.

Why it matters: Apart from the dangers of flood risk, precipitation is generally a good thing in oft-parched Central Texas — replenishing drinking water supplies, soaking farmers' fields and expanding recreation opportunities in our lakes and waterways.

By the numbers: Austin averages about 35 inches of rain per year.

The bottom line: Stay safe out there, friends.

Sometimes in spring, baby birds make their way out of the nest before they're ready — either from a moment of overconfidence or wind from a storm.

• Here's what to do when a fallen creature tugs at your heartstrings.

Check for feathers: If the baby's still bald, you can pick it up and place it in its nest.

If it has feathers: Leave it alone unless it's in immediate danger from, say, another animal.

Threat level: Here are things to avoid.

• Don't take a bird home, and don't feed a baby bird.
• Don't move nests that have birds or eggs in them.

In Austin: Call Austin Wildlife Rescue for help with a potentially injured or orphaned bird.

Flashback: Last year, Asher, upon discovering a baby dove on his doorstep, was told to make a fake nest "in the hope parents come back and take care of it."

• His family settled on a sieve with some moist paper towels in it.

The bottom line: They helped nurse the baby bird back to health before turning it over to the authorities.

• His then-2-year-old nicknamed it Pio Pio.