Erin Cobb

Erin Cobb is an undergraduate content writer at the RGK Center for the 2024-2025 academic year. As a senior at UT studying journalism, nonprofits and social entrepreneurship, Erin is excited about using her storytelling skills to amplify the center's social impact. Previously, she contributed content to The Texas Tribune and The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation. 
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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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Building Common Ground: Spotlight on Lily Trieu

Nov. 4, 2024
Portfolio alum Lily Trieu is the Founder and Executive Director of Asian Texans for Justiuce, a nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated ti engaging Texas' diverse Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in the democratic process.
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Cine-Activism: LBJ Students Create Community with Cinema

Oct. 9, 2024
The second annual Cine-Activism film festival was hosted by the LBJ School of Public Affairs and the Lorenzo Long Institute of Latin American Studies at the end of September. Portfolio student Larissa Costa and LBJ student Geraldine Fandiño organized the event to bring together an alliance of vulnerable communities in conversation within academia.
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Event Recap: Nonprofit Careers in Legislative Advocacy

Oct. 2, 2024
UT Austin students and alumni gathered at the LBJ School last Tuesday to discuss the critical role of legislative advocacy in policymaking and to explore career opportunities in the field. Panelists discussed their personal experiences working in legislative advocacy through nonprofits and shared tips on squeezing the most out of the graduate school experience.
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Maji ni Uwai (Water is Life): UT Austin Students and Faculty Research Water Security in Eastern Kenya

Sept. 23, 2024
This summer, a group of UT undergraduates and faculty traveled to Eastern Kenya to address the region’s water security issue as a part of the university’s 2023-2024 Presidential Award for Global Learning.
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