Experts in the News

"We could have a resurgence — a third peak — that’s potentially worse than the one we just went through,” Peter Hotez, fellow in disease and poverty, told The Texas Tribune in an interview. Watch the video here.

Fellow Kirstin Matthews gave her weekly update on Covid-19 developments. 

“Barring one of the two dozen Democratic [judicial] candidates committing a felony between now and Nov. 3, no Republican has any hope whatsoever of winning one of those races,” said political science fellow Mark Jones of Harris County's judicial contests.

Political science fellow Mark Jones discussed what's next after the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. 

“Up until [Hurricane] Harvey happened, nobody really wanted to address the elephant in the room, which is that the climate is changing and this is a real risk,” said CES senior director Ken Medlock. He anticipated the position of Texas' GOP officials will change over time not because their voters necessarily demand more action, but because the business community and institutional investors will keep moving ahead without them to cut carbon. Medlock is the James A. Baker, III, and Susan G. Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics. He anticipates the position of Texas' GOP officials will change over time not because their voters necessarily demand more action, but because the business community and institutional investors will keep moving ahead without them to cut carbon.