Students get $20,000 for hurricane trauma studies

Courtesy UT - Office of Public Affairs  Mon, 05/11/2009 - 1:49pm

The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health has awarded two $20,000 fellowships to doctoral students at The University of Texas at Austin who are studying the traumatic experiences of people who fled their homes and communities during hurricanes Ike and Rita.

The fellowship was established in 1995 in memory of Dr. Harry Moore, a professor and sociologist [...]



 

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