http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/ News and events from the LBJ School of Public Affairs Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:09 CST Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:09 CST http://www.utexas.eduhttps://www.utexas.edu/lbj/news/summer2008/newfaculty.php http://www.utexas.eduhttps://www.utexas.edu/lbj/news/summer2008/newfaculty.php Dr. Laurence E. Lynn Jr., and Dr. Francie Ostrower lead a list of new faculty who will join the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin for the 2008-09 academic year. Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:21:36 CST LBJ School of Public Affairs <lbjnews@uts.cc.utexas.edu> http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/news/summer2008/ashford.php http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/news/summer2008/ashford.php Alumnus Irvin Ashford (LBJ Class of 1994) was recognized by the Dallas Business Journal at the inaugural 2008 Minority Business Leader Awards luncheon with a Minority Corporate Executive Award. Honorees are also featured in the June 20th issue of the Dallas Business Journal. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:19:25 CST LBJ School of Public Affairs <lbjnews@uts.cc.utexas.edu> http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/news/summer2008/dc_reception.php http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/news/summer2008/dc_reception.php Dean James B. Steinberg invites alumni, students, faculty, and friends of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs to the annual alumni reception in Washington, D.C. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:33:26 CST LBJ School of Public Affairs <lbjnews@uts.cc.utexas.edu> http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/news/summer2008/smythe.php http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/news/summer2008/smythe.php The Washington DC Alumni Chapter of the LBJ School of Public Affairs will continue its Summer Speaker Series on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 as it hosts LBJ Alumnus Austin Smythe. The 1980 graduate is the staff director of the Republican Office of the Committee on the Budget and is the former Executive Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:45:47 CST LBJ School of Public Affairs <lbjnews@uts.cc.utexas.edu> http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/news/summer2008/nextgeneration.php http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/news/summer2008/nextgeneration.php As the United States takes another step this week toward determining who will be on the November ballot, members of the faculty, alumni and staff of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin are playing key roles in a Project that brings together the nation's brightest emerging leaders to develop innovative solutions to the pressing global challenges facing the next president. Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:44:13 CST LBJ School of Public Affairs <lbjnews@uts.cc.utexas.edu> http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/news/spring2008/steinberg_article.php http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/news/spring2008/steinberg_article.php Security First: For a Muscular, Moral Foreign Policy, by Amitai Etzioni, offers a promising effort to transcend the sterile debate between realism and idealism in U.S. foreign policy by arguing that the pursuit of security is a precondition to the longerterm objective of promoting democracy and human rights. Although conceptually appealing as a way to prioritize among potentially competing objectives, the book struggles with thorny problems of implementation that plague real world policy makers, including how to deal with the nuclear threats posed by North Korea and Iran, how to improve counterterrorism cooperation by ambivalent partners like Pakistan and when to intervene in the case of failed states. Wed, 28 May 2008 14:55:16 CST LBJ School of Public Affairs <lbjnews@uts.cc.utexas.edu> http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/news/spring2008/commencement.php http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/news/spring2008/commencement.php LBJ faculty, staff, and friends of the college gathered on the weekend of Friday, May 16th, 2008 to celebrate the LBJ School's 37th annual graduation convocation. This year, one hundred and twenty eight LBJ students earned their Master of Public Affairs degree and four attained their Ph.D. Wed, 21 May 2008 10:48:10 CST LBJ School of Public Affairs <lbjnews@uts.cc.utexas.edu> http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/news/spring2008/wilson.php http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/news/spring2008/wilson.php Three LBJ Professors have teamed up with Dr. Peter Spink of the School of Business Administration at the Getulio Vargas Foundation in São Paulo, Brazil, to co-author Governance in the Americas: Decentralization, Democracy, and Subnational Government in Brazil, Mexico, and the USA. Hitting book stores on March 1, 2008, the book has been very well received in the public affairs community. Wed, 21 May 2008 13:16:03 CST LBJ School of Public Affairs <lbjnews@uts.cc.utexas.edu> http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/news/spring2008/centennial.php http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/news/spring2008/centennial.php President Lyndon Baines Johnson ("LBJ") has been described in many ways -- as a bold dreamer, a progressive, a "can do" President, who had the drive and the knowledge to help transform many of his dreams into reality. The Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation, as part of the year-long centennial celebration commemorating President Johnson's 100th birthday (August 27, 1908), is hosting a series of events in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the remarkable life and legacy of Lyndon Baines Johnson. Mon, 19 May 2008 19:40:48 CST LBJ School of Public Affairs <lbjnews@uts.cc.utexas.edu> http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/news/spring2008/whittaker.php http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/news/spring2008/whittaker.php Carron Scott Whittaker, a 1994 graduate of the University of Texas LBJ School of Public Affairs and Accenture Manager, was recently recognized by the National Forum for Black Public Administrators (NFBPA) with its prestigious Corporate Person of the Year Award. The award honors Whittaker's commitment to mentoring Accenture staff and to public and private partnerships that improve the quality of life for the community and its citizens. Fri, 09 May 2008 16:50:28 CST LBJ School of Public Affairs <lbjnews@uts.cc.utexas.edu>