The Hobby Center for Public Policy News Archives
News Releases, Articles, and Media from 2007 thru 2012
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The Certified Public Manager Program Is Now Offered at UH
The Hobby Center for Public Policy (HCPP) brings the nationally recognized Certified Public Manager (CPM) Program to the University of Houston. The CPM Program offers a challenging professional program designed to help today’s manager become tomorrow’s leader with innovative curriculum, problem-solving, and networking opportunities. Read the press release.
UH Author Transports Aristotle Into Modern Age
Susan Collins, co-author of a new translation of Aristotle's thoughts, thinks he would have some advice for today's America and the world. Read the Q&A article published in the Chronicle by Todd Ackerman.
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics translated by Robert C. Bartlett and Susan D. Collins
Dr. Bartlett teaches Hellenic politics at Boston College and Dr. Collins is a political scientist at the University of Houston and HCPP Research Associate. Click here to read the book review by the New York Tines.
Operator Positions Available
Operator positions available at the Survey Research Institute - Hobby Center for Public Policy. Pay range up to $15 an hour. Bilingual opportunities for Mandarin, Korean, Vietnamese and Spanish speakers. Contact Chris Mainka at 713-743-1529 or at cmainka@uh.edu.
The Hobby Center for Public Policy Partners with NALEO for Citizenship Outreach
The University of Houston's Hobby Center for Public Policy has joined the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) as a partner to ensure that the close to 8 million Legal Permanent Residents (LPR) become US citizens and have a voice in the American political process. Learn more about the partnership and the various citizenship workshops taking place throughout Houston.
Energy Management and Policy Group (EMAP).
EMAP is an interdisciplinary group whose research addresses
academics as well as policy makers in business and government. In our work,
"energy management" includes the assurance of adequate supplies, more efficient
use of energy, the balancing of energy/environmental demands, and the
development of new sources of energy. "Energy policy" includes public policy,
business strategy, and the coordination of the two. Recent debates of our energy
future stress the need for a transition from fossil fuels to other energy
sources that produce less greenhouse gases. Given the scale of global energy use
and the dominance of fossil fuels in the current energy mix, however, they will
remain important for generations. Indeed, natural gas seems likely to serve as a
"bridge fuel" to any alternative fuel that might grow large enough to make a
difference in global energy supply. The location of the University of Houston in
the petroleum capital of the world makes it a logical place to study the long
transition away from fossil fuels with an emphasis on the management and policy
issues facing oil and natural gas. The EMAP Group is organized around five major
centers and programs on the University of Houston campus:
(1) Global Energy
Management Institute in the Bauer College of Business. (2)
Energy, Environment,
Natural Resources and Center in the Law Center. (3)
Center for Public History in the
history department. (4) Hobby Center for
Public Policy in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, and (5)
Texas Institute for
Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistics (TIMES) a university-wide research
institute with strong ties to the psychology department. Learn more about
UH Energy.
An Evening with Former Lieutenant Governor Bill Hobby
An evening of conversation with Bill Hobby and Saralee Tiede about his new book How Things Really Work: Lessons from a Life in Politics was held on October 14, 2010. Written with his former chief of staff Saralee Tiede, Hobby frankly discusses Texas politics with remembrances of working with state leaders Ben Ramsey, Dolph Briscoe, Bill Clements, and Ann Richards. Details and event photos.
Read an article from The Texas Tribune, "Bill Hobby on Getting Elected Lt. Governor."
Hobby Center for Public Policy Launches Inside Policy & Politics Blog
Houston Chronicle readers can now interact with the Hobby Center for Public Policy (HCPP) through our Inside Policy & Politics blog. As one of the blogs featured by the Chronicle's City Brights section, Inside Policy & Politics promises to bring readers the latest information on research and analysis taking place at the University of Houston's Hobby Center for Public Policy. Topics for discussion will be diverse and timely as you hear from experts such as Jim Granato, Richard Murray, Barton Smith, Bill Hobby, Renée Cross, and numerous others.
Current Training of Future Social Scientists to be Evaluated at NSF Event
The Hobby Center for Public Policy headed a workshop on the future of a National Science Foundation Program. A gathering of some of the nation's best social scientists strategized about the future of of their research fields and how best to prepare the next generation. Continue reading the full news release.
Hobby Center for Public Policy to Study Houston Housing Market, Foreclosure
The Hobby Center for Public Policy is the recipient of a grant from the National Science Foundation to study Houston's regional housing market, particularly significant in the wake of the nation's crisis in leading financial institutions. Read more about this grant and the project to be done in partnership with the UH Institute for Regional Forecasting (IRF) to help create a comprehensive Houston area real estate database. Read an article about this grant by The Daily Cougar and the Houston Business Journal.