Science & Technology Policy

What is the Pandemic Teaching Us About U.S. Broadband?

June 4, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of broadband internet connections in maintaining economic and social activities. In the COVID-19 context, how has U.S. broadband infrastructure performed under the unprecedented load placed on it by the pandemic? Have existing disparities in affordable broadband access been exacerbated by the pandemic, and are policy responses needed to remediate inequities? And is the migration of economic and social activities online likely to be irreversible? LBJ Professor Kenneth Flamm is joined by Tony Grubesic , UT's associate dean of research for the School of Information, and Sharon Strover , professor in UT's Moody College of Communication.

Pushing the Bounds of COVID-19 Testing and the Search for a Vaccine

May 14, 2020
LBJ School of Public Affairs Dean Angela Evans is in conversation with Mei Mei Hu, co-CEO of COVAXX and CEO of United Neuroscience, and a member of the executive committee of United Biomedical, Inc. UBI recently made big news when it provided their newly developed COVID-19 antibody tests for all residents of San Miguel County, Colorado, where the company is based. Dean Evans explores the aspirations and challenges of Hu's bold, local initiative to confront the global pandemic amidst an increasingly varied national response.

Pushing the Bounds of COVID-19 Testing and the Search for a Vaccine

May 14, 2020
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