Dateline Rice for April 14, 2017

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Glasses offer vision of eye damage from diabetesA set of snap-together glasses designed by students at Rice University lets people with diabetes see into the future and know that without proper care, the future does not look good. The educational tool developed by the Eye See You See team will help doctors show patients how their vision could deteriorate over time due to diabetic retinopathy, an eye disease that can result from uncontrolled diabetes and lead to blindness. Maria Oden, director of Rice’s Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen and a professor in the practice of engineering education, research scientist Richard Schwarz and undergraduate students Anna Klineberg, Truce Pham, Caroline Brigham and Catherine Levins are mentioned.Futurityhttp://bit.ly/2peyX8ZSimplest vision demo? The eyes have it Health News Digesthttp://bit.ly/2p3hnoO
Obama said there was never a better time to be alive. Trump thinks a ‘nasty’ world offers nothing but problems.Douglas Brinkley, professor of history, is quoted.Washington Post (This also appeared in MSN News.)http://wapo.st/2phOHoIWhere Obama saw a world filled with hope, Trump sees ‘a mess’ Sydney Morning Herald (This also appeared in the Age, Brisbane Times, Canberra Times, the Daily Millbury and the Standard Examiner.)http://bit.ly/2p31vCx
What’s new in civic tech: Open gov groups voice concern over removal of Trump transition dataAn article mentions a voting machine project at Rice.Government Technologyhttp://bit.ly/2ouonYr
Commentary: Chicago should annex adjoining suburbsKyle Shelton, director of strategic partnerships at Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research, is quoted.Chicago Tribunehttp://trib.in/2phAqZ0
Girls with single parents twice as likely to be obese A Rice study is mentioned.Yahoo Beautyhttps://yhoo.it/2ofctjj
Home visiting supporters push for fundingRice will replace the title “college master” with “college magister” at the beginning of academic year 2017-18.Politicohttp://politi. ...

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