“Do what is right, not what is easy,” is the advice Karl V. Hopkins ’89 shares with Bush School students. Hopkins believes these words resonate deeply with students at Texas A&M University’s Bush School of Government and Public Service, where President George H.W. Bush’s vision of developing men and women of character dedicated to serving […]
Bush School News
Inaugural Class of Seven Graduate From National Security And Intelligence Master’s Program
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION (May 30, 2024) — Seven students at the Texas A and M Bush School’s Washington, D.C. teaching site, known as the Bush School DC, celebrated their Master of National Security & Intelligence (NSI) degrees on Friday, May 3. This cohort marks the first graduating class enrolled in the Diana Davis Spencer Program in […]
Bush School Professor Investigates Energy Interdependence in the Levant
COLLEGE STATION, TX (May 2024) – In the second issue of the Mosbacher Institute’s Pursuing Prosperity and Peace in the Levant White Paper Series, “Leveraging Economic Interdependence for Offshore Energy Developments,” Dr. Jose Morales-Arilla, Assistant Professor at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, explores the potential for energy interdependence in the Levant Basin […]
Texas A&M’s Dara Wald Named 2024 Carnegie Fellow
Dr. Dara Wald has been named to the 2024 class of the Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Wald is a tenured Texas A&M University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences associate professor in the Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications. She is also a research fellow at the Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy. “This […]
Bush School Professor Explores Women’s Empowerment After Mass Killings in Rwanda
In the wake of Rwanda’s genocide, a remarkable shift occurred in villages that experienced intense military and army violence. Women, stepping into the void left by conflict, emerged as leaders, reshaping their communities. The most recent issue of The Takeaway, “Journey to Healing: Women’s Empowerment After Mass Killings [JM1] ” explains how female leadership spurred significant […]
Under Pr-ESSER: Revealed Preferences and Spending Patterns in Response to the Pandemic
On April 10, 2024, Dr. Springer, a Managing Partner at Basis Policy Research and former distinguished professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, presented an Education Policy Workshop on “Under Pr-ESSER: Revealed Preferences and Spending Patterns in Response to the Pandemic” at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library. View the event here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsTNMFk873s In his […]
History Professor Dr. Roger R. Reese Named Recipient of the Inspiring the Spirit of Aggieland – The 41 Award
The Bush School of Government and Public Service has named Dr. Roger R. Reese as the recipient of the 2024 Inspiring the Spirit of Aggieland – The 41 Award. Reese is a history professor and serves as the director of graduate studies within the College of Arts and Sciences Department of History at Texas A&M […]
Bush School DC Hires Noted National Security and Intelligence Adjunct Faculty
Texas A&M University’s Bush School of Government and Public Service is pleased to announce the continued expansion of its Diana Davis Spencer Program in National Security at its Washington, D.C., teaching site known as the Bush School DC. The Bush School DC recently added three national security and intelligence experts to its Intelligence Studies graduate […]
The Effects of Gas Tax Holidays
The COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict triggered significant supply disruptions and skyrocketing gas prices. By the first half of 2022, the average price of gasoline had risen by over 50%. In response to these escalating prices, several U.S. state governors, alongside the federal government, contemplated temporary suspensions of the gas tax to mitigate the […]
Bush School Student Published in Princeton University’s Journal of Public and International Affairs
Trinity Johnson, a second-year master’s degree candidate in International Affairs focusing on trade and development, has been published in Princeton’s Journal of Public and International Affairs with her work titled “When Life Gives You Lemons: How EU Citrus Standards Can Limit Trade.“ Johnson’s unique perspective on international trade, particularly with the European Union (EU) and […]
