The Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics and Public Policy in the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, will present the annual Bank of America Volunteerism program April 19, featuring Harriet Martin, vice president of community affairs for USAA. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be […]
Bush School News
ISTPP Climate Change Research Published in Sociological Spectrum
ISTPP former Postdoc Sam Park and ISTPP Director Arnold Vedlitz published their research about climate hazards and risk status in Sociological Spectrum. The authors investigate the ways in which major physical and locational climate change vulnerabilities that individuals face, and the greater information they have on these vulnerabilities, affect personal and political behaviors. The authors […]
ALL THE BEST, GEORGE BUSH: My Life in Letters and Other Writings
A revised edition of President George Bush’s collected letters, ALL THE BEST, GEORGE BUSH: My Life in Letters and Other Writings has been published by Scribner. The new version includes letters, emails, diary entries and photographs from the past 15 years, covering his son George W. Bush’s Presidency, 9/11, his unlikely friendship with Bill Clinton and ruminations […]
Bush School Awards Two Professorships
Dr. William Brown and Dr. Lori Taylor, professors in the Master of Public Service and Administration program (MPSA), were recently awarded prestigious professorships, approved by Dr. Karan L Watson, Texas A&M University provost. Dr. William Brown Dr. Brown, associate professor and program director of the Certificate in Nonprofit Management, was appointed to the Mary Julia […]
Bush School Students Celebrate Wall Raising for Habitat Bush House
Students from the Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University, along with Habitat for Humanity supporters, will hold a wall-raising ceremony Saturday (March 2) for a house that will be built in honor of President George H.W. and Mrs. Barbara Bush. The ceremony is set for 8 a.m. in Bryan’s Faith […]
Networking Helps Students Land Legislative Jobs
Recently, seven second-year Master of Public Service and Administration (MPSA) students from The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University relocated to Austin, Texas, to complete their Capstone project, a final requirement for all graduating Bush School students. Tapping into the flourishing Bush School Former Student Network, current students worked closely […]
Study Abroad Program Sparks Entrepreneurship
Texas A&M Bush School graduate Adrian Calcaneo got more than he expected from participating in the School’s study abroad program in Canada last March. He was inspired after graduation to start a nonprofit organization, The Council for North American Policy, which will foster an understanding of the contemporary political, social, and economic issues confronting the […]
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. James Griffin
Dr. James Griffin, holder of the Bob Bullock Chair in Public Policy and Finance, has been a professor of economics and public policy in the Bush School of Government and Public Service since 2001. Dr. Griffin, or Dr. G as he is known by his students, is a native Texan and part-time rancher. He holds […]
Mosbacher Institute Presents Good Governance Award to Carla Hills
The Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics and Public Policy of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University presented Ambassador Carla Hills, former US trade representative for President George H.W. Bush, with its annual Good Governance Award on January 28 to a standing-room-only audience. The Good Governance award recognizes exemplary public […]
ISTPP Remembers Research Colleague, Paul A. Sabatier, 1944-2013
Paul A. Sabatier died February 3, 2013 after a long illness. Dr. Sabatier was a key contributor and member of a multidisciplinary team on an ISTPP EPA-funded watershed management project. Project researchers implemented a collaborative approach to watershed management that used extensive feedback from multiple stakeholders. The results of this project germinated into a well-received […]
