Whole Communities–Whole Health Research Coordinator Sarah Smith (in hat), with children at Del Valle Day, June 2024.
May 1, 2025
How to Lay Down Tracks While the Train Is Moving

A new paper from the WCWH team explains how they’ve built a long-term, community-based health study — and why sharing the process matters.

Six members of the team represented Good Systems at the peer consortium's gathering in Washington, DC, in February.
April 30, 2025
UT, Universities Join Forces on AI Ethics

Good Systems helped launch a national network of universities — a "community of practice" — committed to ethical AI. The group shares research, teaching strategies and policy ideas to ensure AI advances in a just and responsible way.

The Climate Navigators and other project leaders celebrate the launch of the Resilience Navigation Portal, September 2024.
April 29, 2025
Navigating Climate Challenges

A new community-built portal is helping East Austin neighborhoods prepare for disasters, thanks to a Planet Texas 2050 collaboration that blends hyperlocal insight with cutting-edge climate data.

Good Systems’ Sherri Greenberg (left), an Austin AI Alliance board member, moderates a panel discussion at the Alliance’s State of AI in Austin event in February.
April 29, 2025
In Good Company

Good Systems is part of a growing alliance of tech, civic and academic partners working to shape the future of AI in Austin through ethics, education, policy and practical collaboration.

Araceli McBeth and Rebecca Gomez, parent community liaisons at Newton Collins Elementary School and Ojeda Middle School, respectively, accept the Cornerstone Award from WCWH chair Mike Mackert on behalf of DVISD.
April 21, 2025
Cornerstones and Guiding Lights
Whole Communities–Whole Health’s (WCWH) annual symposium kicked off with good vibes by recognizing seven outstanding community partners. The awards, presented in two categories, honor organizations and individuals whose dedication has been instrumental in advancing WCWH’s mission to build research collaborations that benefit Central Texas families.
Flash-funding award recipient Akram Al-Turk, a research associate at the Moritz Center for Societal Impact at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work, works on his grant proposal at the WCWH Symposium, February 7.
April 15, 2025
Rapid Pitches, Real-World Impact

Two research teams won rapid-turnaround grants at the 2025 Whole Communities–Whole Health Research Symposium for projects tackling health and environmental issues in Central Texas.

A child gets his face painted at Community Resource Day; April 2024
March 18, 2025
Trust or Bust

Building trust is at the heart of Whole Communities–Whole Health’s research. By returning data, listening to feedback and engaging families as collaborators, WCWH is strengthening community connections and refining approaches to long-term, community-based studies.

A smartphone screen displays a folder labeled "AI Tools," containing six app icons: ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Gemini, Copilot, Perplexity, and Grok. The background is blurred with a blue digital code-like pattern.
March 12, 2025
Navigating the AI Landscape: Universities Unite for Ethical Innovation

Experts in AI, the humanities, and ethics gathered at Johns Hopkins for the Ethical & Responsible AI University Collaborative to explore how academic institutions can guide AI development

Professor Dev Niyogi is among the CoLab leaders from The University of Texas at Austin.
Dec. 20, 2024
UT-City Climate Partnership Thrives

Led by Planet Texas 2050's Dev Niyogi, the UT-City Climate CoLab — a collaborative effort between the city’s Offices of Sustainability and Resilience and researchers at UT — made significant strides in its first full year in 2024.

Bio-acoustic monitoring is just one of many tools RISE researchers are using.
Dec. 19, 2024
RISE and Shine

Planet Texas 2050’s RISE project uses cutting-edge tools, from acoustic sensors to AI, to monitor and protect the state's increasingly endangered ecosystems.