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Think Today: Thrive Tomorrow

We Are Texas

IC² is working with 83 communities to support community and economic recovery efforts from the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis.
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Home to Texas Student Internships

35 UT Austin students started internships with local employers in small and remote communities.
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Q&A with Executive Director, Art Markman

"This was an opportunity for IC² to return to its roots and begin to think about hard problems in economic development broadly."
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Regional Studies: Northwest Arkansas

Understanding the region's opportunities and developing targeted interventions to create a nationally distinctive strategy.
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What is the IC² Institute?

We challenged one of our great student workers to give a view of the institute and this video captures his assessment.
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Developing regional economic recovery strategies in the wake of the pandemic impact.

The Home to Texas program provides undergraduates with paid internships in Texas communities outside of our urban corridors.

IC² is supporting research by UT Austin faculty on innovation in rural and small city environments.

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The IC² Institute researches sustainable development outside of urban corridors and develops evidence-based programs to help communities thrive.

The Howard Stern Show highlighted its staff and created a more meaningful connection with the show's audience.

Communicating in a time of crisis is difficult. Gov. Cuomo's communication strategy was effective, and can also work for smaller cities.

Our goal is to develop leaders that will think differently about economic development and community life.

Meet Peyton Kidd, a Home to Texas student, Odessa native and sophomore in the Radio-Television-Film Department. Read More

IC² is working with 83 communities this summer to support community and economic recovery efforts. Read More

Thirty-five UT Austin freshmen have been placed in hometown internships through the institute’s Home to Texas program. Read More

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