Stories

Incoming MPAff candidate Gabrielle Douthitt is the newest recipient of the Kozmetsky Fellowship.

MSSW alum Noelita Lugo shares consulting advice and how to make positive change from within organizations.

Jessica Jones joins the LBJ School team in collaboration with the City of Austin and Jackson School of Geosciences to develop resilience hubs across the city.

The summer CONNECT cohort has been announced, made up of 22 graduate student and organization matches. Students will develop consulting skills while helping organizations solve a data challenge throughout the summer.

Austin Area Sustainability Indicators Project has released a brief outlining their research on social capital in Austin.

Dr. Becky Lentz has been selected to participate in the Public Voices Fellowship.

McCombs student Grace Chiu shares her experience working with Young Invincibles through the CONNECT program.

Jean Sano Santana graduates this spring from the LBJ School with a portfolio in Nonprofit Studies.

Emily Bhandari, MPAff/MSSW alum, shares her experience in the Nonprofit Studies portfolio program and more about her work with the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health.

On Thursday April 21st, graduate students, community members, UT faculty and staff, and other supporters attended the CONNECT Community Showcase event at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. For the first time since its beginning in 2019, participants in the CONNECT program gathered to learn about the impact current and former CONNECT fellow work has made on organizations that have a data challenge.