By Alexis Hixson Every spring semester at the Bush School, International Affairs students complete a capstone project, which consists of assigned groups of four to ten students, a professor, and a professional client. This year, a group of eight International Development and Economic Policy students in Professor Silva Hamie’s capstone was assigned a project with […]
Bush School News
Congratulations to Dr. Kalena Cortes on a new approach to studying academic progress, which was recently published in Science.
On April 28, Verlin and Howard Kruse ’52 Founders Professor in the Department of Public Service and Administration, Dr. Kalena Cortes (The Bush School of Government and Public Service), and co-authors had their paper published in the academic journal, Science. Dr. Cortes worked with authors René F. Kizilcec from Cornell University; Rachel B. Baker from […]
Student Spotlight: Sofia Chunga-Pizarro
Introduce Yourself My name is Sofia Chunga-Pizarro. I am a first year masters of Public Administration student at the Bush School of Government and Public Service. I did my undergraduate degree at Texas A&M, and I studied and worked in the Department of Sociology as a undergraduate research assistant. Why did you choose to come […]
Bush School Professors Selected as Arts and Humanities Fellows
Eight faculty members will each receive a three-year grant totaling $15,000 as members of Texas A&M University’s newest class of Arts and Humanities Fellows, the Division of Research announced on May 3, 2023. Two of the eight faculty members, Dr. Fritz Bartel and Dr. Reyko Huang, are from the Bush School of Government & Public […]
Event Recap: City & County Governance Symposium
On April 20, 2023, the Bush School of Government & Public Service’s City and County Governance Program hosted its inaugural event, “City & County Governance Symposium: Local Government Careers in the New Era.” The symposium took place in the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Speakers […]
ISTPP Predoctoral Fellow Awarded Fellowship at Yale University
Ian Seavey, an Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy (ISTPP) Predoctoral Fellow and doctoral candidate in the Department of History at Texas A&M University, has been awarded the Brady-Johnson Predoctoral Fellowship in International Security Studies with the Jackson School of Global Affairs at Yale University. Mr. Seavey will be in residence at Yale for the 2023-2024 […]
Bush School Student Presents at the Texas Lyceum’s Conference on The State of Texas Women
Bush School graduate student and Texas Lyceum Research Fellow Rebecca Nelson presented her research on women’s leadership in Texas chambers of commerce to the Texas Lyceum.
CGS Student Wins JQAS Foreign Policy Essay Contest
Benjamin Giltner, a student affiliate in the Albritton Center for Grand Strategy (CGS) at the Bush School of Government & Public Service, has been named the winner of the 2023 Student Foreign Policy Essay Contest, sponsored by the John Quincy Adams Society (JQAS) and The National Interest. Giltner’s winning article, titled “It’s Time to Back a Strong Germany,” was announced as […]
Student Spotlight: Maya Budhrani
Meet Maya Budhrani, class of 2024 Master of Public Service & Administration (MPSA) candidate, as she discusses her experience at the Bush School and what inspired her to chose public service and the Bush School! Introduce Yourself Hi, my name is Maya Budhrani. I am a first year MPSA student on the public policy analysis […]
CIA Director Gives Assessment Of World Threats During Bush School Visit
The world is in the middle of a “transformative” moment — the kind that comes along only a time or two per century — as events, relationships and influence are accelerating across the national landscape, CIA Director Bill Burns told a packed auditorium at Texas A&M University’s Annenberg Presidential Conference Center last week. The last […]
