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Summer Internship Spotlight: Briana Cohen

Aug. 7, 2025
This summer, Briana Cohen is an MSSW student working in Boulder, CO with Dharma's Garden, a nonprofit educational farm. Read her reflection on her summer internship activities and what she has learned through place-based, community-focused work.
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Changemaking After LBJ: Spotlight on Fernanda Cáceres

April 14, 2025
Fernanda Caceres, a 2023 graduate of the LBJ School’s Masters in Global Policy Studies (MGPS) program and the RGK Center's Nonprofit Portfolio program, is applying lessons she learned in graduate school to her work in food and water systems at The Nature Conservancy, a global environmental nonprofit.
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“Can Machines Think Like Humans?”: Dr. Ji Ma's Exploration of Large Language Models at UT Austin

Jan. 30, 2025
Dr. Ji Ma's latest research explores how AI models— particularly large language models (LLMs) — are changing the social sciences.
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December Grad Spotlight: Evelyn Barbaran, MPAff

Dec. 18, 2024
Master of Public Affairs student Evelyn Barbaran is graduating this December with the Nonprofit Studies Portfolio from the RGK Center.
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RGK Faculty Develop Index for Volunteer Engagement Tool

Nov. 20, 2024
The Index for Volunteer Involvement (IVE), an organizational self-assessment tool developed at UT Austin, is helping organizations better engage volunteers and community groups in their work.
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Wednesday September 24, 2025, 12:15 pm - 2:00 pm
LBJ School of Public Affairs, SRH 3.124
Learn how nonprofit leaders use their expertise in policy and law to advocate for change in the criminal legal system.
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