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November 28, 2016
Kuwaiti women fare poorly in election A study on women politicians in Kuwait conducted by Marwa Shalaby, director of the Women's Rights in the Middle East program, is cited in a Fortune magazine article on Kuwait's recent elections, which saw only one woman elected to parliament: http://for.tn/2gpPYp8.
November 18, 2016
Who will advise Trump on science? The Atlantic interviewed senior fellow Neal Lane on who will hold the crucial role of President-elect Donald Trump’s scientific advisor. Lane directed the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy during the Clinton administration.
Read more November 15, 2016
The Keystone pipeline under Trump Energy director Ken Medlock comments. KUT: http://bit.ly/2eDh3Z3
November 14, 2016
An unusual result as Jefferson County voters cross party lines Voters in southeast Texas who elected a black, Democratic woman as sheriff while choosing Donald Trump for president are likely saying "'I voted straight-ticket Democratic but I'm not voting for Hillary Clinton. I voted for Donald Trump. But I'm supporting the rest of the party,'" said political science fellow Mark Jones. Read more at the Associated Press via The New York Times: http://nyti.ms/2exWnSa
Read more November 10, 2016
The ethics of using DNA to explain sudden deaths Health policy scholar Quianta Moore talks about the medical and ethical challenges associated with the use of genetic tests to determine the cause of a sudden, unexplained death. Houston Matters: http://bit.ly/2fUV3d7