Dateline Rice for July 12, 2017

Rice University News & Media

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Understanding Sectarianism in the Middle EastUssama Makdisi, the Arab-American Educational Foundation Professor of Arab Studies in History and professor of history, authored an op-ed.Cairo Review of Global Affairshttp://bit.ly/2t4dtOQ
Woody Harrelson gets insanely candid on sex, drugs, ‘Apes’ and those Han Solo firings In an interview, actor Woody Harrelson mentions that his mother attended Rice.Hollywood Reporterhttp://bit.ly/2uiMHSZ
JUMPSTART 2017 will be held on 4 and 5 August 2017 at the India International Centre, New DelhiRice is mentioned.MenaFNhttp://bit.ly/2t4dJ0g
HOUSTON/TEXAS
Good news, bad news for electricity deregulationResidential electricity rates in competitive areas in Texas have declined relative to wholesale electricity prices, which suggests that Texas electricity providers are minimizing costs to meet market demands, according to a new paper from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.Houston Chronicle (Subscription required. This article appeared on the front of the Business section in the July 12 print edition with a different headline, “Twist emerges on power prices.”)http://bit.ly/2vcTBWgReport finds ‘mixed results’ from electric market deregulationHouston Public Mediahttp://bit.ly/2tIIyX5KUT-FMhttp://bit.ly/2uRbDOi (Click on the audio button to listen to the broadcast.) 
Rice top Texas school on latest ‘Best Colleges for Your Money’ listRice is No. 12 on Money’s list of “Best Colleges for Your Money.”Houston Business Journalhttp://bit.ly/2u9mg1r3 Texas schools make top 50 ‘Best Colleges for Your Money’WBAPhttp://bit.ly/2uj1kWjUT, Texas A&M make top 40 ‘Best Colleges for Your Money’Fort Worth Star-Telegramhttp://bit.ly/2vdfPrg25 best US colleges and universities for your money: Princeton, Baruch, UMich, Berkeley and UCLA top 2017 listCEO World Magazinehttp://bit.ly/2sQkvSS
Criticism of Trump is piling up. But what has he done right?Mark Jones, the Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies, professor of political science, fellow in political science at ...

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