For Dr. Jeryl Mumpower, newly returned department head of the Bush School’s Public Service and Administration Department, teaching and research have always been an act of service—both to the academic community and the broader public. “I’ve been very pleased to have had a career at research universities doing the things that professors at research universities […]
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Bush School Students Travel to Rome, Italy
Eighteen graduate students from the Bush School, led by Dr. Joseph Cerami and Janeen Wood, travelled to Rome, Italy, to take part in a study abroad course, Geopolitics of Mediterranean Security. The three-week course included seminars with prominent regional scholars and leaders and visits to various international organizations, including the US Embassy in Rome; the […]
ISTPP Climate Change Research Cited by IPCC
Over the years, scholars at the Bush School’s Institute for Science, Technology, and Public Policy (ISTPP) have seen their research results affect key public policy issues. The Institute has become known for providing decision makers with balanced and credible information on complex and sometimes controversial issues. Two articles by ISTPP director, Dr. Arnold Vedlitz, and […]
In Memoriam – Ed F. Kruse
Ed F. Kruse, a member of the Texas A&M class of 1949 and a steadfast supporter of the Bush School of Government and Public Service and of Texas A&M University, died on September 23, 2015. During his student years, Kruse was a distinguished military student in the Corps of Cadets and lettered on the varsity […]
Bush School Conference: Women’s Rights Vital to US Security
The 14th anniversary of 9/11 was a fitting time for activists and scholars from across the nation to come together and discuss how the status of women affects national and global security, said Bush School of Government & Public Service Dean Ryan Crocker at a conference hosted by Texas A&M. “None of the 9/11 hijackers […]
Bush School Students Bring European Horizons Chapter to Texas A&M
Bush School students Lexia Arther, Miguel Eusse, Julie Thompson, and Chloe Verschuren, with the support of their faculty advisor, Dr. Gabriela Marin Thornton, have launched the Texas A&M chapter of European Horizons (EH), a national organization seeing to foster discourse in the United States on the future of Europe. European Horizons is a US-based, non-partisan […]
Bush School Enhances Global Reach
Since its founding, Bush School students, faculty and staff have had an international impact through internships, study abroad and language immersion programs, capstone projects, conferences, and other research endeavors. During the summer of 2015, Bush School students could be found in 21 countries outside the US including Argentina, Belgium, China, Costa Rica, Jordan, Morocco, and […]
Global Pandemic Expert Speaking at Bush School on September 16
John M. Barry, a prize-winning New York Times best-selling author, will give the keynote address at the Global Pandemic Policy Summit to be held at the Bush School. The keynote address, presented by the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) and the School of Public Health at Texas A&M, is set for 5:30 p.m. on September 16 […]
ISTPP Researchers Study Climate Change Attitudes among Gulf Coast Stakeholders
In this study, ISTPP Senior Research Fellow, James Stoutenborough, and ISTPP Director, Arnold Vedlitz, study stakeholders’ attitudes about climate change and the influence of knowledge levels, information sources, and institutional settings on these attitudes. Understanding such influences matters given the vulnerability of coastal areas to the effects of climate change, such as sea level rise […]
Thornton Named President of the Texas A&M Women’s Faculty Network
Dr. Gabriela Marin Thornton, an instructional associate professor of international affairs at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, has assumed the presidency of the Texas A&M Women’s Faculty Network (WFN), the campus organization committed to encouraging and promoting the professional development of women faculty. WFN uses both formal programming and informal networking to […]
