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The Lone Star State has attracted hundreds of corporations with its low-tax, high-touch approach, but the strains are starting to show

The LBJ School, in partnership with Polissia National University of Ukraine and the Ukraine Facility Platform, recently cohosted the international workshop A Policy Blueprint for Ukraine’s European Union Integration Workshop: Co-Creating Risk Reduction and Climate Adaptation Strategies in the Agriculture Sector.

For Noah Mata, being a part of the first undergraduate cohort at the LBJ School is more than a milestone, it’s a personal mission. A proud San Antonio native, he’s long been interested in how city government shapes communities and sees public service as the path to help his hometown thrive. 

Master of Public Affairs student Devarier “Dee” Smith (MPAff ’26) is spending his summer more than 5,000 miles away from the LBJ School in Dakar, Senegal. He is part of the inaugural LBJ Senegal Experience, a new Texas Global program that brought 14 LBJ students to Dakar for internships, language study and cross-cultural exchange. 

For native Texan and proud Longhorn Megan Ramos (MPAff ’28), public policy is a way to strengthen communities and make sure they work for the people who live in them.

The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin is launching a Master of National Security and will welcome its first cohort in Fall 2026. Applications open September 1, 2025.

The 89th Texas Legislative Session has officially come to a close, marking the end of months of late nights, tough negotiations and impactful policymaking. Throughout the Capitol, the presence of LBJ School students and alumni was clear. Whether serving as state representatives, legislative aides, research assistants or policy analysts, they played a key role in shaping the future of Texas.

Texas’ explosive population growth is putting immense pressure on the state’s largest cities and metropolitan areas.

For Adriana Hernández Sánchez, a dual degree master’s student at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and the College of Liberal Arts, The Patman Center for Civic and Political Engagement’s week-long May Term in Washington, D.C., was a unique opportunity to experience policymaking at the heart of the nation.

Two workshops were held at the LBJ Washington Center to explore new frontiers for research in carbon management as well as federal policy priorities associated with carbon management in the new administration.