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.
Eleanor Dearman
Eleanor Dearman is a former reporting fellow. She majored in journalism at the University of Texas at Austin. She has also interned for the San Antonio Express-News in its Austin bureau covering Texas politics and contributed to PolitiFact Texas.
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The Q&A: Eric Boerwinkle
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.
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The Bookshelf: Dec. 16, 2015
In this week’s Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights The Planet Remade.
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The Q&A: Lucas Gregory
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.
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Abbott, Paxton Make Pitches for Nativity Scene
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.
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The Brief: 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.”
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Texas Weekly List: Legislative Candidate Filings
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.
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The Brief: 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.
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Technology Creates News Opportunities in Art Education
Most education aficionados are familiar with STEM disciplines — science, technology, engineering and math — but with the addition of “art” the acronym becomes STEAM and includes newer technologies like 3-D printing and robotics.
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North Carolina District Struggles to Maintain School Diversity
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.