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Rice lab details conditions to decontaminate disposable masks
Heating PPE to the right degree kills 99.9% of SARS-CoV-2 virus without degrading material
Here’s the recipe to decontaminate a disposable facemask: Heat it at 160 degrees Fahrenheit in an oven for five minutes. You can use your own oven.
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Unveiling the Gucci Xbox Bundle
Year after year, Gucci’s curious nature reflected the eternal vitality of times, marking the new while intercepting and traversing aesthetics. In the year of its centenary, the House manifests a deeper than ever connection between its language and the codes that shaped popular culture, embodying self-expression, and collective memories. For the occasion, Gucci joined forces with another brand at the forefront of its industry and blowing out on its candles: Xbox, now reaching its 20th birthday. The two companies come together to celebrate their respective anniversaries with a first-ever, limited-edition collaboration.
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Crime Stoppers of Houston’s Annual Gala Celebrates with Historic Record-Breaking Results – Over $1,035,000 Raised for Crime Solving and Prevention Programs
Powerful Evening Honors and Remembers Crime Victims and Calls for ‘Community Solutions’ to Stop the Crime Trends Plaguing Houston
Crime Stoppers of Houston’s ‘Leading the Way to a Safer Houston’ Annual Gala, held on November 7, 2021 at the Hilton Americas Houston, raised a record-setting $1,035,000 for crime prevention programs, including a new Safe Community Research Center launching in 2022, as well as critically-needed victim services. This historic event brought together more than 500 generous supporters, courageous victims of crime, devoted community advocates, elected officials and law enforcement from across Texas for a moving evening that honored the innocent lives lost to senseless violence in our City and County.
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Rice expert: Medical robots poised to become smaller, softer, smarter, more autonomous
O’Malley available for interviews about medical robotics’ prospects, progress since first transoceanic surgery 20 years ago
Medical robots have advanced quickly since the milestone achievement of long-distance telesurgery 20 years ago. Today’s medical robots are capable of guiding cameras in colonoscopies and endoscopies, implanting electrodes in the brain, performing microsurgeries inside the eye, providing rehabilitation therapy for stroke patients and much more.
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Two Black-led Nonprofits Merge to Form Powerhouse Organization Aimed at Reversing Hollywood’s Systemic Racism Problem
Goal is to raise $1M to fund capacity building and vital new programs
The Black TV & Film Collective (BTFC), a nonprofit development and production hub for artists of Black and African descent, is excited to announce a historic merger with The Parity Project, a data-driven organization with the mission to create financial and narrative equity for African American professional writers within the TV industry.
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Poverty, Racism and the Public Health Crisis in America
University of Houston Chief Population Health Officer Tackles Multidimensional Factors of Health
Although extreme poverty in the United States is low by global standards, the U.S. has the worst index of health and social problems as a function of income inequality. In a newly published article, Bettina Beech, clinical professor of population health in the Department of Health Systems and Population Health Sciences at the University of Houston College of Medicine and chief population health officer at UH, examines poverty and racism as factors influencing health.
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Foti Kallergis Named Director of Public Relations and External Communications for Comcast Houston
Foti Kallergis has been named director of Public Relations and External Communications for Comcast’s Houston Region. In this role, Kallergis will be responsible for strategic planning and implementing public relations and communications goals for the entire region.
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Houston Grand Opera Opens Dialogues of the Carmelites on January 14
Director Francesca Zambello returns to HGO to helm the Houston premiere
On January 14, 2022, Houston Grand Opera (HGO) will open Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites.
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Meet the teens making the digital world a kinder and gentler place
Deny your kids access to digital life, and you hamstring their social life — especially in a pandemic. You also limit their ability to develop online skills that will help them succeed.
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Kyle Rittenhouse provoked fatal shootings by pointing AR-15 at man, prosecutors say in closing arguments
Kyle Rittenhouse provoked the fatal shootings in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year by pointing his AR-15-style weapon at Joseph Rosenbaum, prosecutors said Monday in closing arguments of his homicide trial.
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Kyle Rittenhouse breaks down on the stand as he testifies about his encounter with Joseph Rosenbaum during his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse on …
Published on November 15, 2021
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Popular Christmas light display impacted by supply chain issues
Global supply chain problems have threatened to dim a holiday light display that is a community favorite.
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Pat Farley (left) wonders how supply chain issues will impact his annual Christmas display, Farley Christmas Wonderland, located in the front yard of his Santa …
Published on November 15, 2021
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Man says he has no electricty bill in his home from the future
There is a growing push at the state and local level to shake off our reliance on fossil fuels and power our homes with electricity.
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Eric Peterson stands in the kitchen of his North Andover, Massachussets home. Peterson says he doesn't pay a utility bill because his house is powered …
Published on November 15, 2021
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Taylor Swift debuts Blake Lively directed video for 'I Bet You Think About Me'
Taylor Swift has delivered another red present. The Grammy Award winner dropped the music video for "I Bet You Think About Me," a newly released track off of her "Red (Taylor's Version)" album, on Monday.
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YMCA International Services Hosts 6th Annual Triumph of the Human Spirit Art Show and Auction
Art showcase celebrates the work of refugee and immigrant artists from around the globe who now call Houston home on Friday, Nov. 12
YMCA International Services, a unique center of the YMCA of Greater Houston, will host its 6th annual Triumph of the Human Spirit art show and auction Friday, Nov. 12 at St. Johns School.
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Rice names Reginald DesRoches as next president
Provost will assume command of university next summer
Reginald DesRoches, who is now serving as the university’s provost, has been named as the next president of Rice University.
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This governor just became the most important Republican recruit in the country
At first glance, Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy's decision to retire rather than seek a 9th(!) term in office does little to affect the fight for the US Senate majority in 2022.
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Rev. Jesse Jackson attends Ahmaud Arbery killing trial as testimony from investigators continues Monday
As the defense cross-examined a Georgia state investigator who interviewed one of the defendants in the trial for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, noted civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson attended Monday's court proceedings in a show of support for the Arbery family.
