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Rice experts available to speak on ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’

July 2, 2025

The Senate narrowly approved President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” on Tuesday, following a more than 24-hour series of amendment votes. The legislation includes spending on border security, defense and energy production while extending trillions in tax cuts, partially offset by reductions to healthcare and nutrition programs.

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Former presidential advisers discuss their role shaping science policy

March 12, 2025

Three former presidential science advisers spoke with the director of Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy March 5 to discuss the critical role of science and technology in a complex world. The conversation explored the panelists’ experiences leading the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the office’s critical role in shaping national policies to advance science, technology, innovation and higher education. 

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Rice hosts Southeast Mellon Mays Fellowship conference, fostering future scholars in humanities and social sciences

November 6, 2024

The Southeast Regional conference of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) Program unfolded at Rice Nov. 1-3, gathering undergraduate fellows from across the Southeast to present their research, connect with peers and explore graduate school opportunities.

Political reporters discuss potential outcome of Texas elections at Baker Institute event

Political reporters discuss potential outcome of Texas elections at Baker Institute event

October 10, 2024

Top Texas political journalists gathered at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy Oct. 8 to analyze the key factors shaping both the Texas U.S. Senate and presidential elections.

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Rice undergraduate Joshua Fang named a 2023 Key into Public Service Scholar

May 1, 2023

Joshua Fang, a Rice junior majoring in mathematical economic analysis and social policy analysis with a minor in data science, is one of 20 students selected as a Key into Public Service Scholar by the Phi Beta Kappa Society, one of the nation’s most prestigious academic honor societies.

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Kumon or Montessori? It may depend on your politics, study of 8,500 parents finds

March 30, 2021

Whether parents prefer a conformance-oriented or independence-oriented supplemental education program for their children depends on political ideology, according to a study of more than 8,500 American parents by a research team from Rice and the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Wiess College senior Arisa Sadeghpour, Hanszen College junior Mason Reece and McMurtry College senior Carolyn Daly won the inaugural MetroLab Student Cup pitch competition.

Voter research amid pandemic wins Rice students new national award

November 19, 2020

Undergrad team wowed judges by helping secure millions for polling place safety across Harris County.

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Polling location at Rice Stadium to be staffed entirely by students

September 10, 2020

Hanszen junior Mason Reece confirmed as Rice precinct’s first student election judge in years.

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