Attacks on health care in conflict zones are occurring at unprecedented levels, according to Safeguarding Health Care in Conflict Coalition and Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders). Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy on April X hosted global leaders in the field and frontline medical professionals to discuss the erosion of protections for health care in conflict zones and explore solutions to ensure these critical rules are respected.
The Department of Justice announced today that state-licensed medical marijuana products and Food and Drug Administration-approved products are now treated as Schedule III substances under the Controlled Substances Act, while most other marijuana remains Schedule I pending further action by the Drug Enforcement Administration.
A recent survey found that 75% of Asian Americans report experiencing racial discrimination across contexts, yet formal workplace complaints and charges remain comparatively low. That gap is the focus of a paper published in Organization Science and co-authored by Sora Jun, assistant professor of management and organizational behavior at Rice Business.
One team rose to the top of this year’s Veterans Business Battle: IntuBlade. Their win capped a competitive two-day event at Rice Business that brought together veteran entrepreneurs from across the country.
BRCĒ is a material-tech startup replacing failure-prone textiles with polymer composites engineered for strength, fire resistance and intrinsic stability. Its patented Lattice-Grip technology enables directional grip and controlled tension at the yarn level, eliminating slippage and performance loss under extreme conditions. The recent “Shark Tank” participant won over judges during the Rice Business Plan Competition and walked away with 11 prizes totaling $611,500.
Religious pluralism as an ideal exists around the world, flourishing under certain conditions of state, cultural and grassroot-level support. To do so, it requires active engagement, according to a new research paper from Rice’s Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance.
New consumable hemp rules from the Texas Department of State Health Services are officially in effect, and the biggest change comes down to how THC is measured, according to an expert from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
The Center for Energy Studies at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and the University of Houston Energy Transition Institute are launching a strategic partnership to advance scalable, real-world solutions for plastics circularity by integrating policy, economics, science and engineering.
Energy security has become central to how global leaders are weighing policy responses and considering the risks of further escalation regarding the conflict surrounding the Strait of Hormuz, according to the experts on the latest episode of “Baker Briefing,” the foreign and domestic policy podcast from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
“The war in Iran has entered a more dangerous and unpredictable phase,” said David Satterfield, former U.S. ambassador and director of Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy in the latest episode of “Baker Briefing,” the institute’s podcast that explores timely topics with domestic and foreign policy.
More than 50 energy tech companies presented to the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship’s extensive network of investors and partners during CERAWeek March 25. The fast-paced global competition featured three industry tracks, ranging from advanced materials to decarbonization.
Do cues like gender diversity operate the same way when investor attention depends on interactions between two different teams? New research tests this question. Co-authored by Alessandro Piazza of Rice Business and Dana Kanze of Georgetown University, the study analyzes data from 984 startups that participated in Techstars accelerator programs worldwide.
Chief Justice John Roberts returned to the Rice campus March 17 for a special public conversation hosted by Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. The event marked two decades of Roberts serving on the United States’ highest court and offered a rare opportunity to hear him reflect on his time on the bench.
Rice’s Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business has been ranked among the world’s leading online MBA programs in the Financial Times Global Online MBA Rankings, placing No. 13 globally (tied with the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University) and No. 6 in the United States.
Rice’s Virani Undergraduate School of Business is introducing the Moody Business Scholars Program, a highly selective, cohort-based undergraduate experience designed to prepare high-achieving business students for high-profile careers in competitive industries.
