Home to Texas 2022
In collaboration with the School of Undergraduate Studies and Texas Career Engagement, we are sending our fourth cohort of students back to their home towns to intern, conduct research, and grow in community leadership.
Toward a Well-being Economy: How IC2 is working to advance equity in social, economic & health systems
Leveraging research and creating programs that promote a well-being economy with shared economic prosperity, resiliency, sustainability and a growth model that is equitable from the outset.
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Bureau of Business Research
BBR provides communities & policymakers with evidence-based socio-economic research for a stronger and more resilient Texas.
Home to Texas
The Home to Texas program provides undergraduates with paid internships in Texas communities outside of our urban corridors.
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Amarillo, Texas: Small Town with a Large Population
Benjamin Stormer, Mechanical Engineering at Cockrell School of EngineeringAmarillo, America’s Small Business Development Center at West Texas A&M University Home to Texas Program 2021 - Student Blog Hi! My name is Ben Stormer. I’m a first-year Mechanical...
Remembering Pike Powers
Austin woke up in November 2021 fundamentally different than it was but a month before. Yet, the economy had not fundamentally changed; people continued to relocate to Austin in droves; its leadership as a technology city remained intact, and even Lester Holt kept up...
Hometown Community in a New Light: An Intern’s Summer Well Spent
Stephanie Inclan, Mathematics Major at College of Natural SciencesEagle Pass, MicroStar Logistics Home to Texas Program 2021 - Student Blog My name is Stephanie Inclán and I am a rising sophomore at the University of Texas at Austin currently majoring in mathematics....
March Economic Madness Round 1 Winning Teams Announced
On Saturday afternoon, UT Austin kicked off its first-ever interscholastic student team competition focused on issues facing small and remote communities. Dubbed “March Economic Madness,” the competition involves teams of students from both UT Austin and UT Permian...
George Kozmetsky Memorial Student Challenge Winners Announced
The long-awaited finals of the IC² Institute’s annual student challenge were held Saturday afternoon. The top ten student teams delivered live presentations before a panel of three expert judges, and at the end of the day three happy teams walked away with a total of...
BBR Wins NSF Award for Labor Trafficking and Exploitation Study
The Bureau of Business Research (BBR) at the IC² Institute is the lead institution on a newly awarded National Science Foundation collaborative research grant with Georgia State University. The grant funds the study of labor...