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December 9, 2014
NFL Players Getting Stem Cell Treatments Kirstin Matthews, fellow in science and technology policy, comments on NFL players' use of unproven stem cell therapies.
December 8, 2014
Peter Hotez Named U.S. Science Envoy Peter Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and Baker Institute fellow in disease and poverty, has been named a U.S. science envoy by the State Department. Hotez will focus his efforts on Saudi Arabia and Morocco in the areas of global health and vaccine development.
December 5, 2014
The Texas Legislature and Tax Relief George Zodrow, the Cline Professor of Economics at Rice University and a Rice faculty scholar at the Baker Institute, is interviewed in State Tax Notes, providing expert insight on state tax policies, including thoughts on the looming tax relief debate in the next session of the Texas legislature.
December 3, 2014
Mexico's Left Faces Problems as Leader Quits Tony Payan, Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies, comments on Mexico presidential candidate Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas' resignation from politics.
December 3, 2014
Falling Oil Prices Affect Nations Differently Jim Krane, Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies, comments on the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ decision to not make oil production cuts to defend their share of the market.