Past Events

The Strauss Center at the University of Texas at Austin, in partnership with the National Security Law Program at Columbia Law School, presents the latest installments in an ongoing series of national security law webinars. In this lecture, Professor Waxman will explore the Constitution's distribution of power of the decision to take the nation to war or to otherwise initiate military operations, with an emphasis on what has changed over time.

The Strauss Center at the University of Texas at Austin, in partnership with the National Security Law Program at Columbia Law School, presents the latest installments in an ongoing series of national security law webinars. On July 29 and Aug. 5, Professor Matt Waxman of Columbia will present a series of lectures concerning the Constitution and war powers.

Join the LBJ School's Center for the Study of Race and Democracy for an event in the William C. Powers Jr. Speaker Series:  Pedro Noguera on "The Search for Racial Justice in Education: Uprooting Structural Racism."

Please join us as we celebrate Ruth Bloch Rubin, recipient of the LBJ Foundation's 31st D.B. Hardeman Prize for the best book on the United States Congress. U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-6,) Chair of the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress will deliever a keynote address. Michael Thorning, Associate Director of Governance at the Bipartisan Policy Center, will lead the discussion of Rubin's book "Building the Bloc: Intraparty Organization in the US Congress."

Register and join the conversation featuring Austin Mayor Steve Adler and Austin City Council Members Alison Alter and Natasha Harper-Madiso, moderated by Dr. Peniel Joseph and Dr. Jeremi Suri.

The 2020–21 academic year resumes on Aug. 26, 2020. Enjoy your summer.

The LBJ School 2020 Virtual Commencement Ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 23, at 3 p.m. 

Admitted Students Day has moved online! Click here for videos from students, faculty and alumni, program and class information, a guide to fellowships and so much more. 

Classes begin for the spring semester of the 2019–20 academic year.
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Over the Holiday Break—Dec. 23, 2019 until Jan. 3, 2020—The University of Texas and the LBJ School of Public Affairs will be officially closed.