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2013 Crook Fellows Announced
The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law has announced the winners of the 2013 William H. Crook Fellowship awards. Now in its sixth year, the Crook Fellowship program provides summer fellowships to students working for nonprofit organizations in developing countries. Since 2008, it has enabled forty-three students to work on development projects…
A Recap: 2012-2013 Events at the Strauss Center
The Strauss Center had another successful year of its International Security Speakers series with guests from academia, the military, policy and government, and the private sector. Guests spoke on a diverse array of topics from the Vietnam War to religion in US foreign policy, from the rise of China to the Iraq War, from the…
Distinguished Scholar Kenneth Flamm on Digital Inclusion
Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar Kenneth Flamm recently posted two working papers to the Social Science Research Network that focus on digital inclusion in the United State. His first paper, “National, Regional, and ISP Variation in U.S. Broadband Quality Improvement: Has a Rising Time Floated All Boats,” takes newly available data to measure trends in broadband…
UT Chapter of Alexander Hamilton Society Wins Award
The Strauss Center is pleased to report that the UT chapter of the Alexander Hamilton Society (AHS) has been named the “Best Graduate Organization” campus-wide by the Dean of Students as a part of the Annual “Swing Out Awards.” The Swing Out Awards are given out by the University of Texas Leadership and Ethics Institute…
New Research on Climate Security, Aid and Conflict, and Food Price Spikes
The CCAPS program released a collection of new research, including briefs on the CCAPS Climate Security Vulnerability Model, Mapping Territorial Control in Violent Armed Conflict, Food Price Spikes and Social Unrest in Africa, and real-time analysis of conflict in Africa.
Strauss Scholar Michael Webber Hosts “Energy at the Movies”
Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar Michael Webber was recently interviewed by State Impact Texas regarding his upcoming work on “Energy at the Movies,” a new television show on Central Texas public television station KLRU. From Back to the Future to The Matrix, energy concerns serve as important plot points, if not the foundation, of many Hollywood…
Call for Applications for the 2013-2014 Next Generation Scholars Program
The application period for the 2013-2014 Next Generaion Scholars program is now closed; we are no longer accepting any applications. The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law is pleased to announce a call for applications for the Next Generation Scholars program, a unique research and mentorship program for University of Texas undergraduate…
Conversations with Experts
Check out the below videos of conversations with past Strauss Center International Security Series guest speakers, the Texas Next Generation Project fellows, and Strauss Center Distinguished Scholars and Associates:
