The Bush School’s Mosbacher Institute will host Marc Giannoni of the Dallas Fed in an online Conversation in Public Policy about the economic challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University will hold an online […]
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ConocoPhillips Chairman & CEO Ryan Lance Receives McLane Leadership in Business Award
On October 13, 2021, Ryan M. Lance, Chairman and CEO of ConocoPhillips, the world’s largest independent oil and gas exploration and production company, received the 2021 McLane Leadership in Business Award from the Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. Bestowed […]
Border Correspondent to Speak about Reporting on Mexico and the Border
Alfredo Corchado, whose expertise spans the gamut of important topics in US-Mexico relations—the drug war, border security, immigration, and more—will give a talk at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center titled “Reporting Crime, Violence, and Narcotrafficking in Mexico: Challenges, Insights, and the Road Ahead” on Wednesday, November 10, 2021. Corchado will describe issues he has encountered […]
Bolivian Environmental Activist Speaks to the Bush School
On September 28, 2021, Jhanisse Vaca Daza, cofounder of Ríos de Pie (Standing Rivers), a nonviolent citizen’s movement focused on human rights and environmental rights in Bolivia, spoke about politics and the environment in the Bolivian Amazon. Vaca Daza began her talk with images and descriptions of volunteer firefighters working with little or no equipment […]
Bush School to Honor ConocoPhillips Chairman & CEO Ryan Lance with McLane Leadership in Business Award
On Wednesday, October 13, Ryan M. Lance, Chairman and CEO of ConocoPhillips, the world’s largest independent oil and gas exploration and production company, will receive the 2021 McLane Leadership Award.
Mosbacher Institute Collaborates with ILO-USA to Host Trade and Labor Webinar
Working conditions and labor issues remain among the most pressing issues affecting US and European trade policies, as illustrated by renewed, and potentially ineffective, government efforts to block imports that might be produced with forced labor. On April 19, 2021, the Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy at Texas A&M University and the […]
Attorney Shares Realities of Her Clients’ Experiences with Immigration and Asylum
On April 13, 2021, the Mosbacher Institute’s Borders and Migration Program hosted Ms. Ginger Jacobs, a California immigration attorney, who gave a talk titled “Myth-Busting around Immigration and Asylum.” The event was the second in a new speaker series called The Other Side of the Border – Ties That Bind and Issues That Divide, which […]
Noted Academic Experts Discuss Global Value Chains
With the impact of the pandemic and its disruptions to global supply chains making secure and resilient supply chains a top US priority, “A Conversation on Global Value Chains: China, COVID, and Resilience” with Dr. Gary Gereffi and Dr. Eleftherios “Lefteris” Iakovou was most timely. The April 8, 2021, policy talk was hosted by the […]
Mosbacher Institute Hosts Policy Talk on Regional Economics Divides
In a policy talk titled “Regional Economics Divides in America,” Dr. Gordon Hanson, a Professor in urban policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, spoke on March 25, 2021, about the economic differences that divide US communities and what can be done to close those divisions. The Zoom webinar was hosted by the Mosbacher Institute for […]
Education Policy Workshop Untangles the Policy Implications of Student Loan Debt
On March 4, 2021, the Mosbacher Institute hosted an Education Policy Workshop featuring Dr. Matthew Chingos discussing the policy implications of student loan debt.