One of the nation’s leading foundations that encourages graduate students to pursue careers with the federal government in foreign policy and international affairs today announced that 14 students attending five of the nation’s top international studies graduate schools will comprise its 2016 class of fellows. Four of the Foundation’s 14 Class of 2016 Fellows are […]
Bush School News
President George H. W. Bush to Receive Schuman Medal
George H.W. Bush, 41st President of the United States, will receive the Robert Schuman Medal on Monday, November 10, during a Bush School conference celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, one of the most far-reaching events in world history. The Schuman Medal recognizes public figures who have advanced the cause […]
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Association visits with Bush School Students
On Tuesday, October 28, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA), Yukiya Amano, spoke at the Bush School of Government and Public Service as part of his visit to Texas A&M University. His stop at Texas A&M University was the first time the Director General had visited a public US university. The […]
ISTPP Researchers Published in Review of Policy Research
ISTPP Director Vedlitz, ISTPP Fellow James Stoutenborough, and Rebecca Bromley-Trujillo have published their article, “Public Support for Climate Change Policy: Consistency in the Influence of Values and Attitudes over Time and Across Specific Policy Alternatives,” in Review of Policy Research. In this study, the authors examine the factors that explain public preferences for climate change policy. […]
TAMU Bush Student Wins Prestigious Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship
Jerica Ward, Master of International Affairs, 2015, is one of twenty students from around the nation chosen as a Thomas R. Pickering Fellow for 2014-15. Ward is the first Bush School student at Texas A&M University to be selected for the program, which is designed to attract outstanding individuals interested in a Foreign Service career […]
Russia Under Putin Topic For Bush School Conference At Texas A&M
Scholars and Russian experts will discuss the current state of Russia under President Vladimir Putin at a Nov. 3 conference at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. Entitled “Reassessing Putin’s Russia: Tsarist Dinosaur, Failed State, or 21st-Century Predator,” the conference will feature presentations by noted Russian experts, including Jim […]
Texas Wouldn’t Benefit From Proposed School District Consolidation, Say Texas A&M Researchers
Co-authors Lori Taylor, Texas A&M associate professor and director of the Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics and Public Policy at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Timothy J. Gronberg and Dennis W. Jansen, Texas A&M economics professors, and Mustafa U. Karakaplan, a researcher at Utah State University, used cost-function analysis to simulate the […]
Chapter of Alexander Hamilton Society looks toward exceeding inaugural year’s success
The Bush School chapter of the Alexander Hamilton Society (AHS), a university study organization, has begun its second year as an active campus organization. Based in Washington DC, the AHS is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to promoting constructive debate on contemporary issues in foreign, economic, and national security policy. Membership in the Bush School chapter […]
Noted Iranian Scholar to Speak on Islam and Modern Politics at Texas A&M Bush School
Abdokarim Soroush, one of the leading intellectuals in the Muslim world, will speak at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University on the relationship between religion and politics. His presentation will be on Tuesday, October 14, at 6 p.m. in the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center. The event is sponsored by […]
Cindy B. Taylor Receives 2014 McLane Leadership in Business Award
The Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University awarded the 2014 McLane Leadership in Business Award to Cindy B. Taylor, president and CEO of Oil States International, Inc., on October 2, 2014. The annual award recognizes a prominent figure in private […]
