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October 24, 2019

Bloom or Gloom in the Media Wilderness?

By Wenhong Chen, Associate Professor at the Moody College of Communication

Media can serve as an integral part of entrepreneurial ecosystems.Read More

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October 15, 2019

Collaboration in Rural Communities

By Art Markman, Executive Director of the IC² Institute

When we talk about collaboration, it applies both within and across towns.Read More

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October 1, 2019

Lineage–the Yangs

By Ji Ma, Assistant Professor in Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies at the LBJ School of Public Affairs

The qualitative fieldwork and documentary focus on two villages in rural China from the early Tang Dynasty. Read More

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September 18, 2019

Rural Innovation Incubator (RI²)

By Sheldon Landsberger, Professor in Nuclear and Radiation Engineering at UT Austin

Oil and gas is booming in West TX but the industry struggles to have a permanent workforce.Read More

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September 10, 2019

Innovation Blueprint: Entrepreneurship in TX

By Steven Pedigo, Director of the LBJ Urban Lab

Talent is flocking to urban centers, but there is great potential in rural economies.Read More

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September 3, 2019

Rural Broadband and Entrepreneurship

By Sharon Strover, director of the Telecommunications and Information Policy Institute

They see this infrastructure as fundamental – and without it, their communities will wither. Read More

August 14, 2019

Back to the Future, Returning to NWA

By Gregory Pogue, Deputy Director of the IC² Institute

Northwest Arkansas (NWA) has transformed from a string of quiet rural areas through coopetition. Read More

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August 6, 2019

McAllen, Texas, welcomes HTT

By Sharon Flores, UT Austin class of '88

Our community is thrilled Home to Texas is reintroducing students to their hometowns.Read More

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July 11, 2019

Complex Questions

By Professor Varun Rai, DIrector of the UT Austin Energy Institute

Loading that much data into the rigid models used by most economists and political scientists snaps them in two.Read More

July 8, 2019

Learning Through Experience

By Dovile Vilkauskaite, LBJ School grad student

Interning with the IC² Institute gave me the chance to learn through experience and travel.Read More

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