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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

sunset behind oil and gas equipment

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

General store truck in small town

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

Mural of octapus on building in Bentonville, AR

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

students at the Arctic circle

July 1, 2019

Back to Brenham

By Sean Hart, UT Austin junior

Every person I met since joining the Home to Texas program has shown support and passion for the community.Read More

student holding hook em sign with hands in front of business sign in rural town

June 20, 2019

Coworking Spaces and the Future of Work

By Professor Craig Watkins, Director of the UT Austin Institute for Media Innovation

Coworking spaces represent the future of work, which is collaborative and inventive.Read More

people in a coworking space, which is the topic of the article

June 19, 2019

Home to Amarillo

By Ming Schneider, UT Austin sophomore

Reentering my community as a student on the cusp of adulthood has allowed me to see this community for all that its worth.Read More

Shows the downtown view of Amarillo, Texas, where the author is doing her internship

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