Research
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Early voting: It’s now or never for Bill White
In the Texas gubernatorial race, Bill White is considered the most viable Democratic candidate since Ann Richards. Despite the anti-incumbent atmosphere, Rick Perry — with his 10-year tenure in the governor’s office — leads White by a short margin in the polls. Early voting remains crucial in this tight race.
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Inaugural Venture Expo Nov. 19 to Showcase University’s Commercialization and Entrepreneurship Successes
Texas Venture Labs’ (TVL) first Venture Exposition, an event open to the public that will showcase new ventures ready for commercialization and funding from across the university, will be held Nov. 19, Rob Adams, director of TVL at The University of Texas at Austin, has announced.
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On leadership: A Q&A with Texas Senator Leticia Van de Putte
As a part of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs Leadership Lecture Series, Texas Senator Leticia Van de Putte shares her thoughts on her comadre style of leadership and the issues that influenced her to run for office.
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With 24/7 news, are voters more informed?
Despite the fact that some of what passes for news is actually opinion, a dizzying amount of news is available to access all day, any time and from anywhere. So why aren’t we more informed?
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Who would believe that Obama is Muslim?
Politics is an ugly business. It would be difficult enough if politicians focused just on the difficult issues that are required to participate in government. It is made harder by the fact that politicians are routinely the target of personal attacks. Often, the attacks in these ads are not even true.
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On citizenship and naturalization
In this seventh installment of the “Border Views” video series, John Sibley Butler, a professor of management and sociology, discusses immigrants’ history of self-employment in the U.S., Americans’ views on immigrant entrepreneurship and his views on citizenship and naturalization.
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Immigrants’ history of self-employment in the United States
In this seventh installment of the “Border Views” video series, John Sibley Butler, a management and sociology professor, discusses immigrants’ history of self-employment in the U.S., Americans’ views on immigrant entrepreneurship and his views on citizenship and naturalization.
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Why Americans don’t celebrate or discuss immigrant entrepreneurship
In this seventh installment of the “Border Views” video series, John Sibley Butler, a management and sociology professor, discusses immigrants’ history of self-employment in the U.S., Americans’ views on immigrant entrepreneurship and his views on citizenship and naturalization.
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Gauging the mood of the voters
How are the voters doing this mid-term season? It’s a question not often asked, but it is worth raising because intentionally or not, voters create most of the incentives that influence the candidates and the news media. Here are some examples of how incentives are working in 2010.
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Dueling interviews in the governor’s race
This Friday, the Texas Tribune, KUT and KLRU will collaborate to stage and webcast separate live interviews with Rick Perry and Bill White from The University of Texas at Austin campus. These interviews come in response to an impasse between the Perry and White campaigns. Warning: If you’re frustrated by politics, what follows isn’t going…
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LBJ School Professor Awarded $100,000 Ford Foundation Grant for Sustainable Housing Research
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 colonias, residential…
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Tsunami Risk Higher in Los Angeles, Other Major Cities
Geologists studying the Jan. 12 Haiti earthquake say the risk of destructive tsunamis is higher than expected in places such as Kingston, Istanbul and Los Angeles.
