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UT professor maps climate vulnerability in Austin

Feb. 12, 2020
The Austin Monitor took a closer look at a study by LBJ Professor Patrick Bixler that assesses how climate change affects people in Austin based on their social vulnerability. Bixler presented the...

UT professor maps climate vulnerability in Austin

Feb. 12, 2020
The Austin Monitor took a closer look at a study by LBJ Professor Patrick Bixler that assesses how climate change affects people

Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto named LBJ School's inaugural Assistant Dean for Civic Engagement

Feb. 11, 2020
Dr. Victoria DeFrancesco Soto with participants in the DACA policy briefing on Sept. 10, 2019
Dr. Victoria DeFrancesco Soto with participants in the DACA policy briefing on Sept. 10, 2019. (Photo by Callie Richmond)

 

Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto named LBJ School's inaugural Assistant Dean for Civic Engagement

Feb. 11, 2020
Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto has been appointed the inaugural Assistant Dean for Civic Engagement at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, LBJ School Dean Angela Evans announced today.

LBJ Professor Ruth Wasem joins the Bipartisan Policy Center as a fellow

Feb. 10, 2020
The Bipartisan Policy Center today announced that Ruth Wasem, professor of public policy practice at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, is joining the organization as a fellow with the Immigration Project. As a fellow, Wasem will be working alongside BPC’s immigration experts providing meaningful analysis and insights into current immigration issues and challenges and creating pragmatic, bipartisan immigration policy recommendations.

Facts undercut the rationale for Trump's latest travel ban

Feb. 10, 2020
LBJ Professor and immigration expert Ruth Wasem weighs in on the Trump administration's latest travel ban, which bars immigrants from Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania. "That...

Facts undercut the rationale for Trump's latest travel ban

Feb. 10, 2020
LBJ Professor and immigration expert Ruth Wasem weighs in on the Trump administration's latest travel ban, which bars immigrants from Eritrea,

LBJ Professor Ruth Wasem joins the Bipartisan Policy Center as a fellow

Feb. 10, 2020
The Bipartisan Policy Center today announced that Ruth Wasem, professor of public policy practice

Critics say Trump's State of the Union address celebrates a racist America

Feb. 5, 2020
LBJ Professor Victoria DeFrancesco Soto weighed in on President Trump's 2020 State of the Union address, and on what awarding R

23rd Annual Barbara Jordan National Forum focuses on inclusion and social justice

Feb. 5, 2020
LBJ students Joel Carter, Aaron Escajeda and Sarah Gonzalez Claytor, the co-chairs of the 23rd Barbara Jordan National Forum
LBJ students Joel Carter, Aaron Escajeda and Sarah Gonzalez Claytor, the co-chairs of the 23rd Barbara Jordan National
Forum. (Photo by Callie Richmond)