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National and local news articles and media appearances featuring the institute and institute staff, speaking on military and veteran families.
November 4, 2023 | The University of Texas at Austin In honor of the Texas Longhorns Veterans Recognition game against the Kansas State Wildcats on Nov 4th, Institute Director, Dr. Elisa Borah, was invited to serve as honorary captain for…
Austin American-Statesman (Nov 2023) | Lily Kepner The University of Texas recently held its annual wreath-laying ceremony to honor U.S. veterans and their families at the Frank Denius Family University of Texas Athletics Hall of Fame. The wreath, adorned in…
Listen to this week’s episode of Your Mission Next video podcast, with Institute Director, Dr. Elisa Borah featured as the guest. During this conversation with SMA Jack Tilley, Dr. Borah discusses the important work being done by the Institute and…
NPR Here and Now (May 2023) | Deepa Fernandes Ashley Locke Day-to-day instability is pushing many spouses of active-duty military members to a breaking point. Even women who grew up in military families, as self-described Army and Navy brats, say…
Dell Medical School (March 2023) UT Austin’s Institute for Military and Veteran Family Wellness, a joint effort by Dell Med and the Steve Hicks School of Social Work, has launched a pilot intervention to help foster resilience and improve quality…
Steve Hicks School of Social Work (Nov 2022) With more than 40,000 nonprofits in the U.S. dedicated to serving veterans, it can be overwhelming for veteran families to navigate such a vast ocean of resources, especially if they are not…
Researchers at the Institute for Military and Veteran Family Wellness at The University of Texas at Austin were awarded $1.4 million from the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program to pilot a peer-led resiliency group for active-duty military spouses. The group will…
Austin American-Statesman (Nov 2022) | Elisa Borah & Hannah O’Brien Veterans are routinely thanked for their service in November and many other times throughout the year. Most Americans recognize and appreciate all they have sacrificed. But, what of their families,…
Fox 44 News (Oct 2022) | Allison Fox O’Connor FORT HOOD, Texas (FOX 44) — The Human Capital Week was created to help leaders on Fort Hood learn more about the resources available for their soldiers. One of the the…
Hear from institute Director, Dr. Elisa Borah, as she talks about the work we do at the Institute for Military and Veteran Family Wellness and the Veteran Spouse Network. In this episode of PsychArmor’s Behind the Mission podcast, Dr. Borah…
KXAN (Nov 2021) | Kelsey Thompson AUSTIN (KXAN) —The University of Texas at Austin is Texas’s best higher education institution for veterans, according to a ranking released by the U.S. & World News Report Monday. The ranking follows a Sept. 23 recognition…
The Hill (Nov 2021) | Elisa Borah We have lost 65,000 veterans to suicide since 2010 — more than the number of our troops killed in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq. The Department of Veterans Affairs has been addressing veteran suicide relentlessly, and…