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  • 2025 Embedded Scholars Head to Europe and Latin America

    The University of Texas at Austin’s Embedded Scholars program sent its 2025 cohort to Europe and Latin America this week to support democracy and electoral assistance programs abroad this summer. In Latin America, the fellows will work in CID Gallup offices in Panama, and in International IDEA’s Regional Office for Latin America, Chile Country Office, and…

  • Embedded Scholars Win Democracy Research Award

    Fellows in the University of Texas at Austin’s Embedded Scholars Program won an award for their research conducted in the spring Embedded Scholars class. Fellows Andreana Faucette and Paulina Licon won the 2024 Patman Center Research Award for Advancing Democracy, which recognizes “exceptional insight and dedication to advancing the cause of democracy.” Their research was…

  • IDEA & Electoral Tribunal Share UT Student Work in Latin America

    The University of Texas at Austin’s Embedded Scholars program is sending its 2024 cohort to Latin America later this month to support democracy and electoral assistance programs this summer. With at least 73 countries—eight in Latin America alone—holding elections this year, amid rising polarization and democratic challenges, the stakes are high for national and international…

  • UT, International IDEA, and CCP Partner to Engage Students in Democracy Aid

    This story originally appeared on the UT College of Liberal Arts website. A version of this story also appeared later on the UT Texas Global website. Students from The University of Texas at Austin will spend the summer in Central and South America working on democracy and election assistance through a new partnership between UT’s Department…