Avery Ruxer Franklin

Rice’s Boniuk Institute unveils strategic plan to advance religious pluralism

Rice’s Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance hosted a 10th anniversary celebration at Cohen House Oct. 4 to commemorate a decade of work and share its vision for the next 10 years. The event featured the launch of the institute’s strategic plan to understand the conditions that lead to religious discrimination and conflict and to promote religious tolerance locally and globally.

Consequences of 1973 oil embargo on current energy climate to be examined at Rice’s Baker Institute Oct. 17

Energy and foreign policy experts will examine the lessons learned from the 1973 oil embargo and their renewed relevance for today’s energy crises — triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the risks presented by climate change — for countries, policymakers, companies and the public on Oct. 17 at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

Secretary of State Blinken discusses foreign policy, diplomacy at event hosted by Rice’s Baker Institute

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Rice’s campus Oct. 3 to discuss foreign policy and diplomacy at an event held at the Shepherd School of Music’s Stude Concert Hall.

Scientia opens fall season with lessons on resilience

Rice University’s Scientia Institute hosted its first lecture of the fall semester Sept. 26 to explore the concept of resilience through different fields of study. Scientia is a faculty-led institute at Rice that promotes multidisciplinary engagement to benefit the university community and Houston.

Rice students win commodity competition at University of Houston

Four Rice students took the top prize and $2,000 in cash at the University of Houston’s Undergraduate Commodity Competition Sept. 9. The event allows undergraduate students from across the nation to demonstrate their proficiency in commodity knowledge and investment research and present to a panel of judges from top firms in Houston.

Rice sociologist elected president of Religious Research Association

Elaine Howard Ecklund, the Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences and director of Rice University’s Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance, has been elected president of the Religious Research Association (RRA) for 2023-24.

Secretary of State Blinken to join foreign policy discussion at Rice’s Baker Institute Oct. 3

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will join Rice University Baker Institute for Public Policy Director David Satterfield and Honorary Chair James A. Baker III to discuss the country’s foreign policy strategy at an event at Rice Oct. 3.

Rice’s Baker Institute and Baker Botts to host global energy summit Oct. 4-5

The Baker Institute Center for Energy Studies at Rice University and Baker Botts L.L.P. will co-host their seventh annual energy summit Oct. 4-5. The two-day conference at Rice’s James A. Baker III Hall will feature international and domestic perspectives through keynote addresses and discussions with energy experts in industry, government and academia.

Rice Alliance Energy Tech Venture Forum showcases transformative innovations

The Energy Tech Venture Forum, hosted by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, named 10 energy companies "most promising" by energy investors, highlighting them for driving innovations that shift energy practices toward a more sustainable, reliable and lower carbon future.

Maruska powers Rice to sweep of Tulsa

Rice volleyball picked up its fifth-straight win with a sweep of Tulsa (30-28, 25-20, 25-21) behind Sahara Maruska’s season-high 17 kills Sunday afternoon in Tulsa. With the win, Rice moves to 9-4 (3-0 AAC).

Baker Institute expert discusses economic burden of American brain health at UN General Assembly

The economic burden of brain and mental health-related disorders — along with the need to fuel innovation in the field so the U.S. can continue to compete economically — has prompted the need for a brain science-inspired industrial strategy that will build America’s “brain capital,” argues an expert from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

Baker Institute report: European energy at risk of overdependence on unreliable supply

European buyers’ reluctance to sign long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) contracts risks repeating energy challenges from Europe’s previous overreliance on Russian natural gas as well as further burdening consumers who are already paying billions more for energy than necessary, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

Rice study: Peer religious discrimination harms mental health more than exclusionary organizational policies

Religious discrimination from one’s peers has a far greater impact on an individual’s mental health than exclusionary organizational policies, according to a new study from Rice University’s Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance.

OpenStax welcomes largest group of schools into Institutional Partner Program to date

Rice University’s OpenStax is welcoming 16 colleges and universities into its Institutional Partner Program for the 2023-24 school year. Participants receive support from experts in institutional change management and strategic initiatives aimed at increasing campus use of free, openly licensed OpenStax textbooks. 

Hospital prices vary for those who call to ask, Rice report shows

Hospitals in the United States may quote vastly different prices for their services – depending on how you find that information, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association: Internal Medicine.