The Program on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) at Texas A&M University’s Bush School of Government and Public Service has seen a steady increase in student interest since the program was established in 2015, having grown from five students initially to fourteen this year. WPS is administered by the School’s Department of International Affairs and […]
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Bush Students Placed in National Cyber Competition Semifinals in Washington, DC
Texas A&M Bush School students Tiffany Easter, Patsy Taggart, Rachel Shallow, and Maria Peurach placed in the semifinals in a national cybersecurity competition in Washington, DC. The Atlantic Council’s “Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge” charges the students with developing policy recommendations tackling a fictional cyber catastrophe. Several Bush School students have participated in previous competitions at […]
Portney, Hannibal, and Kurian Publish on Water Reuse and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals
Drs. Kent Portney and Bryce Hannibal of ISTPP and Mathew Kurian of United Nations University recently published a paper they coauthored that addresses water reuse goals established by the United Nations. The authors utilize theory from an agency-based modeling approach to examine thoroughly the United Nations’ Water directive on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6.3. This SDG seeks to minimize pollution, dumping, […]
Roblyer to speak at Campus Muster
Dwight A. Roblyer, Class of 1984, will be the keynote speaker for the campus Aggie Muster Ceremony on April 22 in Reed Arena. After receiving his undergraduate degree in physics and a minor in psychology, Roblyer served as an officer of the United States Air Force until 2011. During this time, he earned his master’s […]
Middle East Expert to Speak on Syria at the Bush School
On Thursday, April 4, Steven Simon, who served on the National Security Council in the Clinton and Obama administrations, will deliver remarks at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center on Texas A&M’s West Campus. Simon will cover the current U.S. policy in Syria and the implications for Syria’s future. The lecture will begin at 5:30 p.m. […]
Former Spy Hunter to Talk on Counterespionage
On Monday, March 25, former Special Agent Robert Booth will deliver remarks at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center in the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum on Texas A&M University’s campus. This event, hosted by the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M […]
Former Dean to return to Bush School for Lecture
On March 21, Ambassador Ryan Crocker will give a lecture starting at 5:30 p.m. in Hagler Auditorium in the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center on Texas A&M University’s West Campus. The Department of International Affairs, the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, and the Albritton Center for Grand Strategy at the Bush School of Government & Public […]
Bush School Student Donates Over $3,000 to Battered Women’s Shelter
Tiffany Easter designed a Bush 41 sweatshirt that raised $3,409 in donations to a local nonprofit that provides services for victims of domestic assault. Phoebe’s Home personally received the donations from Bush School students. Easter, a second-year Master of Public Service and Administration (MPSA) student, worked with a local business to produce the sweatshirts that […]
ISTPP Researchers Portney and Hannibal Publish Paper on Cooperation of FEW Nexus Stakeholders in San Antonio Region
Drs. Kent Portney and Bryce Hannibal published a paper with Bassel Daher, doctoral candidate in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at Texas A&M University, and Dr. Rabi Mohtar, Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences at the American University of Beirut titled “Toward Creating an Environment of Cooperation between Water, Energy, […]
Ambassador Ronald Neumann speaks on American Diplomacy
On Tuesday, March 19, Ambassador Ronald Neumann will deliver a lecture on American diplomacy in the Presidential Orientation Theater at the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum on the Texas A&M campus. A reception will start at 5:30 p.m., followed by Neumann’s remarks at 6:00 p.m. This free event is open to the […]