At the Bush School of Government and Public Service, public service is considered a noble calling. For Adriana Perez, it’s where she found her calling. “Everything that I’ve learned at the Bush School has helped me define the population I want to work for, the issues that are important, and how I can serve the […]
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Bush School Minority Enrollment Reaches 24 Percent
The minority enrollment at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, reached a record-setting 24 percent this fall. Bush School faculty and students have increased efforts in diversity and inclusion planning and recruitment in recent years through a range of programs and initiatives. As a result, minority enrollment has continue to […]
Bush School Researchers Report Public Opinion Findings on Water, Energy, and Food Issues
Water, energy and food (WEF) are three interconnected pillars of daily life. Energy cannot be produced without using water. Water cannot be provided without using energy. And food cannot be grown without energy and water. A team of researchers from the Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy (ISTPP) at the Bush School of Government […]
ISTPP Research on Energy Knowledge and Risk Perceptions Published in Energy Policy
ISTPP Senior Research Fellow James Stoutenborough and Director Arnold Vedlitz have published their exploration of how levels of understanding of specific energy technologies may produce different assessments of the risks of those technologies. Using results from a large, national random survey of US adults conducted by ISTPP, the researchers examine the knowledge/information deficit model, which […]
Dr. Liu and Dr. Vedlitz Publish in Governance
Xinsheng Liu, ISTPP Assistant Director and Research Scientist, Arnold Vedlitz, Professor and ISTPP Distinguished Research Scholar, along with Institute Research Fellow James Stoutenborough, have published their research paper, “Bureaucratic Expertise, Overconfidence, and Policy Choice,” in Governance. This study is the first to theoretically and empirically examine whether experienced bureaucrats are prone to overconfidence in estimating their […]
David Weekley Honored with the 2016 McLane Leadership in Business Award
The Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy at the Bush School of Government and Public Service was honored to award Mr. David Weekley, founder and chairman of David Weekley Homes, with the 2016 McLane Leadership in Business Award on October 5th. The award is given annually to recognize outstanding contributions in the area […]
Bush School Research Collaboration across the A&M System
Among the many advantages of having a major public affairs graduate program at Texas A&M University is the opportunity for faculty from the Bush School of Government and Public Service to interact with their colleagues across the Texas A&M System in research efforts. “We have an amazing range of expertise within the Texas A&M University […]
Record Setting Enrollment at Bush School
The Bush School of Government and Public Service is proud to welcome a record-setting 176 in-residence students to their international affairs and public service and administration programs this fall. The Class of 2018 represents 113 universities, 18 countries, and over 65 different concentrations. Total Bush School enrollment is just under 360 students with the addition […]
ISTPP Fellow Bryan Jones Delivers Keynote Speech to International Conference on Public Policy; ISTPP Assistant Director Xinsheng Liu Presents Research at the Conference
ISTPP Senior Fellow, Bryan D. Jones (photo, on right), Professor of the Department of Government and J. J. “Jake” Pickle Regents Chair in Congressional Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, delivered a keynote speech “Public Policy and Human Nature in an Increasingly Complex World” to the International Public Policy Association Conference in Hong […]
Profile in Service: Dave Fujimoto, Lt Col, USAF, Ret.
When Dave Fujimoto gives a presentation, it is like sitting in the Situation Room in the White House or the Pentagon. His strong presence and tone immediately commands the attention of an audience, no matter the topic. A second-year Master of Public Service and Administration (MPSA) student at the Bush School of Government and Public […]