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Home to Texas Internship Leads to an Eye-Opening Juneteenth Experience

Home to Texas Internship Leads to an Eye-Opening Juneteenth Experience

by Ridha Syed | Oct 18, 2021 | Uncategorized

Leonardo Dominguez, Civil Engineering Major at Cockrell School of EngineeringCity of Smithville, Smithville Public Library I was asked by Judy Bergeron, the Smithville Library director, if I would be willing to record some interviews for the Smithville Juneteenth... Read More
What does economic development look like in rural Texas?

What does economic development look like in rural Texas?

by Ridha Syed | Jun 29, 2021 | Uncategorized

When we hear “economic development,” we often think of new plant openings, education programs, or tourism initiatives. But economic development can also mean figuring out what a community already has—its heritage, its assets—as well as the barriers that are currently... Read More
Ports-to-Plains: A Win-Win Solution for Urban and Rural Texas

Ports-to-Plains: A Win-Win Solution for Urban and Rural Texas

by Ridha Syed | May 3, 2021 | Uncategorized

The I-35 corridor, which bifurcates in Kansas City to include I-29, is often referred to as the NAFTA Superhighway. It sees $97B in goods and services exported from the US to Mexico each year, with increases of 13% annually observed. It also connects several of Texas’... Read More
Regional XLR8 Program Continues to Generate Excitement among Community Leaders

Regional XLR8 Program Continues to Generate Excitement among Community Leaders

by Ridha Syed | Apr 27, 2021 | Uncategorized

The Fall 2020 cohort of the Regional XLR8 program came together when the world around them was greatly disrupted. Faced with a global pandemic, among other challenges, Texas communities sought to adapt and explore ways to address major changes to everyday life.... Read More
Engaging Students to Think About Small Communities

Engaging Students to Think About Small Communities

by Ridha Syed | Apr 5, 2021 | Uncategorized

The deep freeze and snowstorms in mid-February, 2021 revealed gaps in the infrastructure across the state of Texas. Nowhere were there gaps more evident than in small communities outside of the urban centers where people who live far apart often had a hard time... Read More
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18 Nov

Watch Wenhong Chen, P.h.D. and Joseph Staubhaar, P.h.D. discuss their research of how rural entrepreneurs operate in media wilderness regions of Texas https://ic2.utexas.edu/videos/14611/ @wenhongchen @JosephStraubha2 @UTexasMoody

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17 Nov

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

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27 Oct

The CoLab @ Dell Med is emerging as the hub for health product innovation at UT Austin. It's helping teams of UT innovators like the one at ClearCam move from discovery to impact in a new report from the BBR. http://ow.ly/9ntL50Ln7lf @UTAustin @DellMedSchool @CockrellSchool

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27 Oct

A new report from the BBR at the IC2 Institute reveals the higher-than-expected impact Dell Medical School has made on the regional health innovation and life sciences sector in just eight years of existence. Read more https://ic2.utexas.edu/news/ @uthealthaustin @UTAustin

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24 Oct

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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