Past Contributions

• The Q&A: Afzal Siddiqui

  by Eleanor Dearman Jan. 4, 2016

  In this week's Q&A, we interview Afzal A. Siddiqui, an immunology and molecular biology professor at the Texas Tech University School of Medicine. Full Story 

• The Q&A: Eric Boerwinkle

  by Eleanor Dearman Dec. 21, 2015

  In this week's Q&A, we interview Eric Boerwinkle, the incoming dean of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health. Full Story 

• The Bookshelf: Dec. 16, 2015

  by Eleanor Dearman Dec. 15, 2015

  In this week's Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights The Planet Remade. Full Story 

• The Q&A: Lucas Gregory

  by Eleanor Dearman Dec. 15, 2015

  In this week's Q&A, we interview Lucas Gregory, a project specialist and the quality assurance officer at the Texas Water Resources Institute at Texas A&M University. Full Story 

• Abbott, Paxton Make Pitches for Nativity Scene

  by Eleanor Dearman Dec. 15, 2015

  The town of Orange took down its nativity scene when a local atheist group requested permission to display a “Happy Holidays” sign alongside. Top state officials are urging them to reconsider. Full Story 

• The Brief: Dec. 11, 2015

  by Eleanor Dearman and John Reynolds Dec. 11, 2015

  Accounts of a planned update to the state's child support enforcement system that is behind schedule and over budget left at least one lawmaker "kind of speechless." Full Story 

• Texas Weekly List: Legislative Candidate Filings

  by Madlin Mekelburg, Eleanor Dearman and John Reynolds Dec. 10, 2015

  With one weekend left in the candidate filing period, a compendium of who's submitted their paperwork so far to get on their respective party primary ballots. Full Story 

• The Brief: Dec. 10, 2015

  by Eleanor Dearman and John Reynolds Dec. 10, 2015

  The campus carry debate took center stage again on Wednesday following a gun rights group's announcement that it plans to hold a fake mass shooting demonstration this weekend just off the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. Full Story 

• Stories from Staff and Family at a New Charter School

  by Eleanor Dearman Dec. 9, 2015

  The opening of yet another alternative charter school in one of New York City’s most troubled neighborhoods, Brownsville in Brooklyn, means little without the personal stories of its founders. Full Story 

• North Carolina District Struggles to Maintain School Diversity

  by Eleanor Dearman Dec. 9, 2015

  Researchers from Duke University have published a study examining the effects of socioeconomic status school assignment policies, implemented by the Wake County Public School System in North Carolina. Full Story