Energy Secretary Rick Perry, a Texas A&M former student, delivers a convocation address at Texas A&M in 2014 while serving as Texas governor. By Bush School Staff The recent confirmation of former Texas Gov. Rick Perry to head the U.S. Department of Energy presents an opportunity for a smarter,…
By Keith Randall, Texas A&M University Marketing and Communications Elementary through high school students in the U.S. are falling farther behind in the classroom, and a Texas A&M University professor thinks he knows why: learners do not have good learning skills. William Klemm, professor of neuroscience at Texas…
Seven Bush School students served during the 85th Texas Legislature as part of a capstone course. By Texas A&M University Bush School Staff Seven graduate students from the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University are getting an up-close view of the 85th session of…
By Texas A&M University Bush School Staff 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 a Conversation in Public Policy with Robert Kaplan, the president and CEO of the Federal Reserve…
Jia Wang delivers her “Workplace Incivility: The Silent Epidemic” Voices of Impact talk at Cavalry Court. By Lesley Henton, Texas A&M Marketing and Communications Just what is a “frantic banana?” I found out that and much more at Texas A&M University’s inaugural “Voices of Impact Speaker Series,” hosted by…
Yingzhe Duan’s first-place design. (Photo courtesy College of Architecture) By Texas A&M University College of Architecture A conceptual design for a Houston museum skinned with sheet metal refuse from automotive manufacturing and conceived to enhance public awareness on the environmental impact of waste, earned Yingzhe Duan, a Texas A&M…
By Lesley Henton, Texas A&M University Marketing and Communications When evaluating charitable giving, donors often rely on a charity’s overhead costs to decide whether or not to give. But according to Texas A&M University Professor of Economics Jonathan Meer, relying on this metric creates disincentives for charities to hire…
By Texas A&M University School of Law With support from the Charles Koch Foundation, Aggie Law’s criminal justice and advocacy scholars are turning classroom study into experiential learning. Grant funds support student research, including the drafting of policy papers, and also the expansion of their advocacy networks throughout…
Nicolas Werth By Susan Robertson, Texas A&M University Bush School Noted French historian Nicolas Werth will give a lecture entitled “The Great Ukrainian Famine, 1932-1933, a Genocide?” at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library. The lecture is sponsored by the Scowcroft Institute for International Affairs at the Bush…
By Grant Vassar, Texas A&M University Mays School of Business The saying goes that everything is bigger in Texas, and in the case of the inaugural Spirit of Texas Festival, it couldn’t be any truer. The free festival aims to round up Guinness World Records in Aggieland for…