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Visitors to the Lyndon B. Johnson Library & Museum will get the chance to act as advisors to former President Johnson on the Vietnam War in a new feature that is part of a series of renovations and redesign.

Event: Students from colleges and universities throughout Texas will convene at The University of Texas at Austin to engage with the minds behind new ideas that are shaping civic engagement in the 21st century.

When: 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 12.

Where: Lyndon B.

Johnson School of Public Affairs, Bass Lecture Hall, 2315 Red River St.

Over the course of a decade, changes in social opinion, contraception and the economy led to significant advances in women’s roles in society, said author and New York Times columnist Gail Collins.

At a lecture sponsored Thursday by The New York Times and the Lyndon B.

Johnson School of Public Affairs Center for Politics and Governance, Collins said major societal changes between 1964 and 1974 allowed women to strive to be more than homemakers.

Every August, Beloit College in Wisconsin reminds its professors of the gap between them and incoming freshman.

For the Class of 2015, LBJ refers LeBron James not President Lyndon B. Johnson.

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Jeremi Suri, an acclaimed scholar of international history, has been named the first holder of the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at the Robert S.

Strauss Center for International Security and Law and has received a joint appointment at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and the Department of…   » Continue Reading

The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin officially opened its LBJ School Washington Program today, May 16.

The program will begin with two graduate seminars this summer, taught by LBJ School faculty and open to alumni and public policy professionals as well as LBJ School students.

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Event: William Powers Jr., president of The University of Texas at Austin, will join Dell officials for an important financial announcement.

The announcement will precede the awards ceremony in the Dell Social Innovation Competition hosted by Dell and the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service at the Lyndon B.

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The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin and the Patient Privacy Rights Foundation will co-host the nation’s first public summit to discuss the future of health privacy in the digital age.

“Getting IT Right: Protecting Patient Privacy in a Wired World” will be held on June 13…   » Continue Reading

Memorial services for Shirley Bird Perry, 74, have been scheduled for Monday, May 9, 2 p.m. in the Lyndon B. Johnson Library Auditorium.

Perry, a senior vice president at The University of Texas at Austin who began her career with the university in 1958, died in her home Wednesday following a long illness.

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Deputy Secretary for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and LBJ School of Public Affairs alumna Kathleen A.

Merrigan will deliver the convocation address on Saturday, May 21, to the graduating class of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin.

Since the U.S. Senate confirmed her…   » Continue Reading