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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.

The…   » Continue Reading

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

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has contracted with The University of Texas at Austin’s Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs to develop a comprehensive metric that measures a teacher’s effect on student achievement under the direction of the school’s Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality (PEEQ).

The metric will focus on teachers in their…   » Continue Reading

Event: Alejandro Poiré on Mexico's National Public Safety Strategy When: March 28, 12:10-1:15 p.m. Where: The Lyndon B.

Johnson School of Public Affairs, Bass Lecture Hall Background: Alejandro Poiré, secretary of the National Security Council and security spokesperson for Mexico, will speak on the topic of Mexico's national public safety strategy.

In August 2010, Mexican…   » Continue Reading

The University of Texas at Austin and its Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs will collaborate with the offices of the Texas speaker of the house and lieutenant governor to host a Pre-Session Legislative Conference, an orientation for new members of the state legislature.

As part of the four-day orientation, the LBJ School of…   » Continue Reading

Carolyn Miles Garber, former director of development and senior associate director at The University of Texas at Austin's McCombs School of Business, has been appointed director of development at the university's Lyndon B.

Johnson School of Public Affairs. Garber was a director for Public Strategies Inc., before coming to the university.

She has experience in [...]

Event: The Center for Politics and Governance (CPG) at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, Citizens for State and Local Service and the CenTex Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration present “Election Wrap-Up: What’s Next for Texas?” featuring political journalists offering their analysis of the Nov. 2 races and their predictions [...]

Peter Ward, the C.B. Smith Sr. Centennial Chair in U.S.-Mexico Relations and professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Ford Foundation for research on sustainable housing policy and policy development for self-help in the Texas [...]

William C. Inboden, foreign policy and diplomatic history expert, will join the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at The University of Texas at Austin as a Distinguished Scholar this December, the Strauss Center announced today.

Inboden will have an appointment as assistant professor in the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. Inboden [...]