Uncertainty and the future of North American trade discussed by international experts
The Claudio X. González Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy convened leading trade experts to examine the implications of the U.S. decision not to renew the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on July 1, and what the prolonged negotiations could mean for North American businesses.
The secret to continuous creativity with gen AI
Published in the journal Information Systems Research and co-authored by Jing Zhou, the Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Management at Rice Business, the paper explores “augmented learning,” a process in which people and AI actively adjust to each other across creative tasks, gradually improving what they can produce together.
New research shows the hidden challenges facing religious scientists
A recent study from Rice’s Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance titled “Religious Representation in Science: How Scientists in the United States, Mexico and South Africa Respond” explores the aspect of religious representation in science.
Rice entrepreneurship’s Summer Venture Studio selects nine ventures for 2026 cohort
Rice’s Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship has selected nine student-led ventures for the 2026 Summer Venture Studio, its flagship venture-building experience designed to help ambitious founders transform breakthrough ideas into venture-scale companies. The selected teams represent industries ranging from health care and artificial intelligence to advanced manufacturing, robotics, agriculture and defense technology.
Rice Business launches early career track within MBA@Rice Online Program
Rice Business today announced the launch of a new Early Career Track within its MBA@Rice Online MBA program. The new track gives high-potential professionals with less than three years of work experience a path to earn their MBA earlier in their careers. The program will launch with the October cohort and applications are open now.
‘Timely and urgent’: Conference studies pathways to religious pluralism
The Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance at Rice held the third annual Convening on Religious Violence and Religious Pluralism, a creative conference that brings together emerging and established academic experts from around the world to energize the intellectual climate around issues of religious pluralism and to spur interdisciplinary research on the conditions that foster and inhibit religious pluralism and religious conflict and violence.
Rice’s Baker Institute launches Eastern Mediterranean Energy Center with U.S. Department of Energy
Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy welcomed dignitaries from the United States, Cyprus, Greece and Israel on June 11 to mark the launch of the Eastern Mediterranean Energy Center (EMEC), a new initiative focused on advancing energy security, regional stability and international collaboration.
Hot temps, cold treats at annual Ice Cream Social
Rice staff enjoyed a sweet afternoon of appreciation at the June 4 Ice Cream Social, hosted by Staff Council and served by university leadership.
Rice Business has partnered with Service to School (S2S), a national nonprofit that helps veterans and service members access higher education, adding a new admissions and outreach partner to the school’s growing ecosystem of support for military-affiliated students.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright will be at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy June 11 to participate in a signing ceremony with the institute’s Center for Energy Studies. The signing commemorates the establishment of a global partnership in line with U.S. commitment to energy security.
Rapid changes in federal health policy result in uninsured Americans, Baker Institute report shows
A new health policy research brief from the Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice is drawing attention to the sweeping pace of health care policy changes implemented during the first year of President Donald Trump’s second administration.
Rice students modernizing dental clinics with AI
A student-founded health care startup is fixing the busiest and most overlooked part of a dental clinic: the front desk. For co-founder and Rice University junior Adhira Tippur, it all started at her mother’s clinic in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley.
Rice Business’ Rodriguez celebrates 10 years at university and new role
Deans, faculty, staff and board members gathered June 2 to celebrate Rice Business Dean Peter Rodriguez’s 10 years transforming the business school at Rice University and bid farewell as he steps into a new role as the 15th president of Wake Forest University.
Artemis II engineer shares stories from space at Rice’s Ion
“NASA Stories at the Ion” is a morning series that spotlights the human side of space exploration with each session featuring personal and powerful stories from astronauts and key NASA personnel.
Texas universities show sharp differences in health insurance premiums, Baker Institute report finds
Annual health insurance premiums for faculty and staff vary by more than $5,000 per employee across Texas universities, according to a new report from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. For PPO (or POS plans) — the only plan type offered at every institution in the sample — the report finds that the total annual cost of individual coverage, combining employer and employee contributions, ranges from $8,095 for Texas universities belonging to Employees Retirement System of Texas (such as the University of Houston) to $15,742 at Trinity University.
