On April 10, 2024, Dr. Springer, a Managing Partner at Basis Policy Research and former distinguished professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, presented an Education Policy Workshop on “Under Pr-ESSER: Revealed Preferences and Spending Patterns in Response to the Pandemic” at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library. View the event here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsTNMFk873s In his […]
Tag: Mosbacher Events
The Effects of Gas Tax Holidays
The COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict triggered significant supply disruptions and skyrocketing gas prices. By the first half of 2022, the average price of gasoline had risen by over 50%. In response to these escalating prices, several U.S. state governors, alongside the federal government, contemplated temporary suspensions of the gas tax to mitigate the […]
U.S. Border Patrol Chief Shared Insight with the Bush School on Border Operations
On April 8, 2024, the Mosbacher Institute’s Borders and Migration Program hosted Acting Chief Patrol Agent (CPA) Matthew J. Roggow, who serves the Big Bend Sector of the U.S. Border Patrol, to present “Security: America’s Border in Theory and Practice.” This event was part of The Other Side of the Border: Ties that Bind and Issues That Divide speaker series […]
Bush School Graduate Student Presents Research at Space Center Houston
On April 5, Keilly O’Reilly, a master’s degree student at the Bush School of Government & Public Service, presented her research at the Texas Lyceum’s annual Public Conference (PubCon), “Mission Control: Texas’ Leadership in Space, Technology, and Innovation” at the Space Center Houston. O’Reilly explored whether students in Texas are acquiring the necessary skills to […]
Education Policy Workshop to Examine Preferences and Spending Patterns in Response to the Pandemic
On Wednesday, April 10, 2024, Dr. Matthew G. Springer will present “Under Pr-ESSER: Revealed Preferences and Spending Patterns in Response to the Pandemic” as part of the Education Policy Workshop series hosted by the Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. […]
U.S. Border Patrol to Discuss Border Security at Bush School Event
On Monday, April 8, the U.S. Border Patrol’s Acting Chief Patrol Agent (CPA) for the Big Bend Sector, Matthew J. Roggow, will present “Security: America’s Border in Theory and Practice” as part of the The Other Side of the Border: Ties That Bind and Issues That Divide speaker series. The series, hosted by the Mosbacher […]
Bass Pro Shops Founder & Lead Outfitter Johnny Morris honored with McLane Leadership in Business Award
story: Abigail Huie, Bush School MPIA Student, March 2024 On March 5, 2024, the Mosbacher Institute of Trade, Economics, and Public Policy at the Bush School of Government & Public Service awarded Johnny Morris, Founder and Lead Outfitter of Bass Pro Shops, the 2024 McLane Leadership in Business Award. Morris was celebrated by a crowd […]
Bush School White Paper Explores How Economic Integration is Linked to a Lower Probability of Conflict in the Levant
Renewed conflict in the Middle East in the fall of 2023 drew the world’s attention to long-standing tensions in the group of countries collectively known as the Levant. Although it is naïve to suggest that economic cooperation efforts alone are sufficient solutions to political crises, they can be a key building block for peace. In […]
Former U.S. Secretary Henry Cisneros to Speak about the National Impact of Modernized Infrastructure
On Wednesday, October 4, 2023, Henry Cisneros, who served as the 10th U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and former Mayor of San Antonio, will speak at the 2023 ConocoPhillips White House Lecture about the impact of modernized infrastructure on the economy and on national security. The ConocoPhillips White House Lecture Series brings to […]
Bush School Hosts Panel Discussion on Chinese and Russian Influence in Latin America
On March 30, 2023, the Mosbacher Institute’s Borders and Migration Program hosted Mr. Juan Cruz, director of the Argentina-U.S. Strategic Forum at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Dr. Evan Ellis, professor of Latin American studies at the U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, to participate in a panel talk on “Assessing […]
