by TIPI Staff | Oct 30, 2022
Leaders from the cities of Premont and Orange Grove committed to addressing flooding issues who met with Sam and Keri. Driving down Highway 281 about and hour west of Corpus Christi, Sam Brodyand I made a right hand turn onto Main Street in Premont Texas. The entire...
by TIPI Staff | Oct 18, 2022
Digital technologies were supposed to help strengthen democracies around the world, not threaten them. In this talk, Professor Gina Neff of the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy at the University of Cambridge looks back on the optimism about digital...
by TIPI Staff | Oct 14, 2022
With support from the Technology & Information Policy Institute, two UT Austin PhD students attended the Oxford Global Media Policy Summer Institute this past August. André Rodarte and Sheila Lalwani, both PhD students in the School of Journalism and Media, were...
by TIPI Staff | Oct 13, 2022
Please join us for a talk from Professor J. Trevor Hughes, Executive Director, International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Time: 3:30-5 p.m. Date: October 13 Place: Moody College of Communication, DMC 3.206 As President and CEO of the International...
by TIPI Staff | Sep 13, 2022
By Andrea Martinez, Class of 2026 My community, Brownsville, Texas, is home to many small businesses and entrepreneurs. The local businesses in the community are frequently owned by Brownsville natives and are family operated. Brownsville, on the border of Mexico and...
by TIPI Staff | Sep 13, 2022
By Jennifer Torres, Class of 2026 During the past few weeks, I have had the opportunity to meet several new people. Each interview has been different and has enabled me to learn something new about my community. For example, I have learned about the opportunities and...
by TIPI Staff | Sep 13, 2022
By Daniel Guerra, Class of 2027 Although the send-off was the most difficult part of the process, I am now finding myself safely sailing and enjoying the view. In reality, nothing major changed from my previous approach at this interview process: I persistently...
by TIPI Staff | Sep 13, 2022
By José Manuel Vazquez, Class of 2026 Disasters strike in all parts of our Earth. On a smaller scale, my community has undergone a few natural disasters. Among the three biggest disasters, South Texas has endured a pandemic, a handful of flooding incidents, and a few...
by TIPI Staff | Sep 13, 2022
By Mariana Arevalo For the South Texas small business interview portion of the Disaster Strength Research Program, I had a primary source perspective on how circumstances fluctuate for these owners. As I interviewed people from my community, I realized they all shared...
by TIPI Staff | Aug 28, 2022
In 2018, IMLS awarded a grant to Dr. Sharon Strover, at the University of Texas at Austin, and Dr. Marcia Mardis, at Florida State University, to study how small and rural libraries contribute to community resiliency after a disaster. We conducted more than 100 phone,...
