Arnold Vedlitz and Melissa K. Merry Dr. Melissa K. Merry was presented with the inaugural Arnold Vedlitz Award during the 2017 Southern Political Science Association Annual Conference held January 12-14 in New Orleans. Merry is the author of Framing Environmental Disaster: Environmental Advocacy and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill,…
Dean Mark Welsh Mark Welsh, dean of the Bush School, has been recognized as a Living Legend of Aviation. Living Legends of Aviation are recognized annually for their remarkable accomplishment in aviation. Other 2017 honorees included Ray Conner, vice chairman of Boeing Company; Dr. Tom Enders, CEO of Airbus…
Three departments at Texas A&M will host a conference on World War I, titled “1917: A Global Turning Point in History and Memory.” The conference will be held at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center on March 1-2. The Scowcroft Institute for International Affairs at the Bush School of Government…
Escalators may be quick, convenient and even fun, but according to Rory Vaden, author of Take the Stairs, they aren’t the fastest route to getting ahead. The New York Times best-selling author recently spoke to students at Mays Business School about the virtues of taking the stairs in an…
When Bryce Barros passed through the sliding doors of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M in fall 2015, his entrance was seven years in the making. “I knew I wanted to go to the Bush School since I was a freshman [in college],” Barros…
In a rapidly globalizing environment and ever-changing world, business schools are providing more value than ever. Today at its 2017 Deans Conference, AACSB International (AACSB) — the world’s largest global education network — unveiled 35 innovations that represent critical work being done by business schools to better their communities…
Orange and Maroon Legislative Day 2015. Orange and Maroon Legislative Day is a one-day event in Austin during the Texas Legislature’s session that brings together a grassroots network of former students, current students and friends of Texas A&M University and The University of Texas at Austin to advocate for…
Authors who create elaborate fantasy worlds, like J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth and George R.R. Martin’s Westeros, often provide maps to guide readers through these imaginary lands. Texas A&M University’s Cushing Memorial Library and Archives invites visitors to explore fantasy maps with the new exhibit, Worlds Imagined: The Maps of Imaginary…
A day-by-day account of the 10-day course titled “Governors in the State, Nation, and World,” taught by former Florida Governor Jeb Bush at the Bush School. Day 1: Friday Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush kicked off the class with a hearty “howdy” on Friday, January 6. The…
This semester students in almost 50 universities are getting help with introductory calculus, one of the toughest classes on campus, by playing “Variant,” a new video game developed by Triseum, a Bryan educational video game development company led by André Thomas, a member of the Texas A&M visualization…
