by Caroline Jones | Aug 25, 2020
This summer the IC² Institute distributed a survey to community members in 80 Texas and Louisiana communities. The goal of the survey research is to identify key assets and challenges in small cities and rural communities across the region. Survey... Read More
by Caroline Jones | Jul 29, 2020
The research described here is part of a larger project identifying assets and challenges of small US communities. “Fenceline communities”—towns or neighborhoods adjacent to businesses that cause pollution or disruption of the quality of life of community... Read More
by Caroline Jones | Jun 19, 2020
On June 1, 2020, 35 talented UT Austin students started their Home to Texas (HTT) internships with various employers around the state. For Peyton Kidd, a Home to Texas intern from Odessa, Texas, that meant working at the Basin PBS station in Midland, a short distance... Read More
by Riffat Manasia | Jun 11, 2020
For over 40 years the IC² Institute at The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) has sought to solve complex problems in society. The Institute has weathered two economic shocks with the energy crisis in the 1970’s and the oil bust in the 1980’s. Today, we are... Read More
by Riffat Manasia | May 26, 2020
Thirty-five UT Austin freshmen have been placed in hometown internships through the institute’s Home to Texas program. The internships will give the students a chance to experience professional work in the cities where they grew up and to consider career... Read More
by debradzw | May 4, 2020
On April 24, community members, including the Mayor of Harlingen, local business owners, and economic development professionals, met with two student teams that researched their communities and won the George Kozmetsky Memorial Student Challenge. Community members... Read More
by debradzw | Apr 6, 2020
April 6, 2020 On Saturday afternoon, forty-seven UT Austin students competed online in the finals of the first annual George Kozmetsky Memorial Student Challenge, a student team competition requiring students to investigate small or remote Texas cities and come up... Read More
by Caroline Jones | Dec 19, 2019
AUSTIN, Texas – The IC² Institute at The University of Texas at Austin is starting a yearlong study in a portion of West Texas to inform an economic development strategy based on the community’s unique identity. The work will result in a regional road map report and... Read More
