Experts in the News

Faculty scholar Jim Blackburn was quoted in a story highlighting Texas' underfunded, aging flood infrastructure.

“In order to help someone out of drug addiction, you often have to address problems in other parts of their lives, help people get jobs, etc. That costs money so it is an investment, an important public health investment,” said drug policy fellow Katharine Neill Harris.

“With the G-7 deal yielding no substantial improvement and companies still needing to endure tedious and unproductive procedures to comply with the French Digital Sales Tax, the stakes are higher than ever,” wrote fellow Joyce Beebe.

"As long as [Jair] Bolsonaro remains president of Brazil — and his current term expires in January 2023 — we should expect deforestation in the Amazon to continue relatively unabated," fellow Mark Jones wrote.

State leaders, lawmakers and law enforcement officials are convening to discuss how to respond to mass shootings in Texas. Fellow Mark Jones did not expect any concrete changes as a result.