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April 28, 2014
Primary runoff battle ramps up for Texas Senate 10 seat Mark Jones, fellow in political science, comments on the primary runoff for gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis' Senate seat.
April 25, 2014
Johnson Space Center Has Lost Its Identity and Purpose George Abbey, Baker Botts Senior Fellow in Space Policy and former director of Johnson Space Center, is quoted in the Houston Press about the lack of direction and bold leadership in the U.S. space program.
April 24, 2014
Students engage in public policy through the Baker Institute The spring 2014 edition of Humanitas magazine, published by Rice University's School of Humanities, features an article about humanities students' involvement at the Baker Institute. "By making connections between course work and the real world, issues that are studied in a theoretical form in the classroom can be given new dimensions when applied to the real situations," the article says.
April 24, 2014
Ukraine’s Unpaid Russian Gas Bills Dwarf U.S. Aid Offer Ukraine's energy dependence gives Russia powerful economic leverage. Ken Medlock, fellow in energy and resource economics and senior director of the Center for Energy Studies, is quoted in this article about Ukraine's energy supply options.
April 24, 2014
What Heartbleed Means for Critical Infrastructure Chris Bronk, fellow in information technology, explains what the Heartbleed bug means for critical infrastructure such as industrial control systems.