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What Houstonians secretly search for online: Top Google searches are very revealing

Google reveals Houston's top search terms for 2014.

Thanks to Google's annual "Year in Search," Houstonians can find out exactly what their neighbors are searching for most online.

The top searches for 2014 overall included several celebrities who died this year, including Robin Williams at No. 1, Joan Rivers at No. 5 and Philip Seymour Hoffman at No. 7 (they were also the top three people searches of the 2014).

Apparently Houstonians really want to know more about skin care as the No. 4 "how to" search was "how to exfoliate," coming in right behind "how to knit," "how to coupon" and "how to fish," respectively.

As in many cities, the No. 1 "What is" search in Houston was "What is ALS?" — most likely due to the intense popularity of the ALS Association's Ice Bucket Challenge this past summer.

Below are the complete listings of Houstonians' top Google searches from 2014:

Top Trending Searches

1. Robin Williams
2. World Cup
3. Ebola
4. iPhone 6
5. Joan Rivers
6. Black Friday 2014
7. Philip Seymour Hoffman
8. Jennifer Lawrence
9. Malaysia Airlines
10. NFL Draft

Top Trending News/Events

1. World Cup
2. Ebola
3. Black Friday 2014
4. Malaysia Airlines
5. NFL Draft
6. ALS
7. ISIS
8. Olympics
9. Ferguson
10. Oscars 2014

Top Trending People

1. Robin Williams
2. Joan Rivers
3. Philip Seymour Hoffman
4. Jennifer Lawrence
5. Tracy Morgan
6. Ray Rice
7. Iggy Azalea
8. Adrian Peterson
9. Donald Sterling
10. Johnny Manziel

Top Trending "What Is" Searches

1. What is ALS
2. What is Ebola
3. What is ISIS
4. What is Bitcoin
5. What is wcw
6. What is anxiety
7. What is MS
8. What is Uber
9. What is ohms
10. What is Alibaba

Top Trending "How To" Searches

1. How to knit
2. How to coupon
3. How to fish
4. How to exfoliate
5. How to drive
6. How to cook
7. How to freestyle
8. How to pray
9. How to whistle
10. How to dance

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Houston's Texas Medical Center wins prestigious innovation award

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The Texas Medical Center is home to many life science jobs.

Last month, a global organization honored innovation leaders in life sciences, and the Texas Medical Center was among the recipients of the prestigious awards program.

The 18th annual Prix Galien Awards Gala awarded TMC Innovation with the win in the "Incubators, Accelerators and Equity" category. The Galien Foundation created the awards program in 1970 in honor of Galien, the father of medical science and modern pharmacology. Alongside TMC, the other winners represented biotech, digital health, startups, and more.

"We are super proud of this distinction," Tom Luby, director of TMC Innovation says at Envision 2024 last month, crediting the TMCi team and TMC leadership for the award. "We lean on a lot of advisers and experts — people who volunteer their time to work with startups. Without (them), we would not have been successful."

Luby explains that a Prix Galien Award holds a Nobel Prize level of significance for the community.

TMCi was named a finalist in August, and competed against programs from Cedars-Sinai, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, TechConnect, and more.

"The Awards Committee is honored to witness the exceptional dedication and creativity of our nominees as they turn visionary ideas into transformative solutions for patients worldwide," says Michael Rosenblatt, chair of the Prix Galien USA Awards Committee, in a news release. "Their unwavering commitment to advancing patient care is truly commendable, and we are honored to celebrate their outstanding contributions to global health."

The award is displayed at TMC Innovation's office, located in the medical center at 2450 Holcombe Blvd.

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