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Dr. Billy Fields, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Texas State University, envisions streets where parks, waterways, and communities meet Crystal-clear, spring-fed waters flow through Texas State’s campus and snakes through the surrounding city. If you know
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“Who Cares for the Caregiver?” An audio interview with chaplain Stephen Robinson By Michelle Dahlenburg, CHERR Faculty Fellow For our Resiliency Stories project, CHERR has been talking with people in Texas about what they’ve learned about resiliency during Covid times.
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Rodney E. Rohde, Regents’ Professor of Clinical Laboratory Science at Texas State University, shares a formula for resilience amid his professional community’s critical staffing shortage It was the summer of 2020, in the thick of the pandemic surge, when Doryan
Read More The Resilience Test: Medical laboratory professionals prepare for emergency response
With a finger on the pulse of the communities they serve, Texas educators have worked to meet their students’ needs—since long before the pandemic. Schools serve as a microcosm of society, in that every challenge facing a community also plays
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Key takeaways: Minority populations are increasing in size, yet minority businesses lag in growth Slow minority-business growth creates major economic and employment losses Limited research focuses on lagging minority-business growth in the US and Texas SCALEUP—a new Texas State program—is
Key Findings Urban, metropolitan counties were more resilient than rural counties. Micropolitan counties were most resilient. Access to resources from metropolitan and micropolitan areas increased COVID-19 resilience. Leveraging a “better together” approach increases COVID-19 resilience. Resiliency researchers analyzed COVID-19 data
