Vivian Ho, director of the Center for Health and Biosciences, has been named a Rice Academy Faculty Fellow. The inaugural program was created to significantly raise Rice's overall research profile by fostering intellectual exchange and advancement of research. http://bit.ly/1Oc9bD1
Chagas disease could be going unnoticed in many people in southern Texas. Kirstin Matthews, fellow in science and technology policy, and Jennifer Herricks, postdoctoral fellow in disease and poverty, discuss reports of the kissing bug in Houston. Fox 26 Houston: http://bit.ly/1Ip1QUm
Kenneth B. Medlock III, senior director of the Center for Energy Studies, explains how the Paris climate treaty to reduce carbon emissions could boost the natural gas industry in Texas. Washington Times Herald: http://bit.ly/1MgVKR2.
Jim Krane, fellow in energy studies, comments on whether lifting the crude oil export ban in the U.S. would improve oil prices and the domestic energy sector. Vice News: http://bit.ly/1RNtaOv.