Spotlights

Read more about Nonprofit Studies portfolio alum Gerald Napoles, who graduated from UT Austin with his PhD in Educational Administration.

LBJ School of Public Affairs Dean J.R. DeShazo announced the appointment of Moira Porter, MPAff to serve as the RGK Center’s interim director beginning August 2023. 

The RGK Center is excited to welcome our newest Kozmetsky Fellow, Libby Morris, to campus this fall.

CONNECT fellow Christopher Reyes, a graduate student at UT School of Public Health, worked alongside a team at Ascension Seton to expand and improve their Food is the Best Medicine program.

The summer 2023 CONNECT cohort kicked off this month with 16 projects, including eight organizations participating in CONNECT for the first time.

In spring 2023, RGK Center Director Dr. David Springer led a Policy Research Project (PRP) course through the LBJ School of Public Affairs titled “The Architecture of Happiness: Designing Policies and Programs that Promote Mental Wellbeing.” 

LBJ-Public Health dual degree student Becky Carter is working with the City of Austin Austin Public Health’s Office of Violence Prevention and other community partners to develop and secure additional funding for Texas’ first trauma recovery center.

Dr. Springer received the award for his freshman seminar, "Designing a Happy and Meaningful Life."

Kelty Garbee, Executive Director of Texas Rural Funders, is an alum of the LBJ School and UT Austin's Higher Education Administration PhD program. Read more about her work to build a healthy, vibrant rural Texas.

On Monday, March 6, UT faculty and staff, community members, and students from across campus joined for a fireside chat with Emily Haynes, senior reporter at The Chronicle of Philanthropy, about making careers in the social sector more equitable and rewarding.