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Pardee Alumna Gina Ortiz Jones Wins the 2025 San Antonio Mayoral Election

in Alumni

On June 7, Gina Ortiz Jones (Pardee ‘03), former under secretary of the Air Force under the Biden administration won a runoff election to become the new mayor of San Antonio, the country’s seventh largest city. A Filipino American and progressive, Jones will be the city’s first openly gay mayor. Jones beat Rolando Pablos, a…

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Storella Dissects Trump’s Response to the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

in In the Media

Professor Storella weighed in on Trump’s unconventional diplomatic dialogue around the Russia-Ukraine war.

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