Two Perspectives on IC² Work with Small Businesses
The IC² Institute is currently accepting applications for its new Small-biz.XLR8 program–a ten-week course designed to meet the needs of small-business owners in Midland, Odessa, and surrounding Permian Basin communities. Read on for more information on what the... Read More
Fueling Student-led Field Research During COVID-19
This summer was not just about finding toilet paper – try getting 8,000 surveys from across Texas. Over 50 Texas cities are working with IC² this week to define practical and urgent community problems, and 20 teams of UT Austin students are digging into research... Read More
Solidarity shapes an uncertain future
Communities that depend heavily on tourism, like Marfa, Texas, are reeling from the effects of COVID-19. How will resilient communities find creative ways to weather the current crisis? Freight trains rumble through the far west Texas town of Marfa throughout the day,... Read More
The Value of a Cup of Coffee
There’s a great local coffee shop on Guadelupe St., the main drag of the University of Texas campus (which the locals all call Guadeloop St.). For years, I (and a small army of students, faculty, and business folks) have used the shop as an informal meeting spot. It... Read More
Rural entrepreneurs are media omnivores advertising both digitally and locally, but often for two distinct purposes, according to new research from @wenhongchen and @JosephStraubha2 of IC2's Faculty Research Program. https://ic2.utexas.edu/zumba-facebook-and-tiktok-creative-ways-rural-texas-entrepreneurs-make-up-for-lack-of-local-media/ @UTexasMoody
IC2 is funding research with @ErhanKutanoglu and @JohnHasenbein to build decision support models and strategies that will help address how severe weather disproportionately affect marginalized populations.
https://ic2.utexas.edu/news/ic2-institute-launches-new-research-initiative-to-advance-the-well-being-economy/
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