Ukrainian energy CEO to discuss energy security at Baker Institute webinar
November 9, 2022
Maxim Timchenko, CEO of Ukraine’s largest private energy provider, DTEK, will discuss the company’s efforts to maintain operations during war and continue to provide energy for the Ukrainian people at a webinar presented by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Seizures happen like clockwork — but depend on the clock
November 7, 2022
Statisticians use electronic diary entries by more than 1,000 patients with epilepsy to gain a better understanding of how “attractors” are associated with the likelihood of seizures.
Could state-sponsored retirement plans help workers save more? Maybe, says Baker Institute report
November 7, 2022
State-sponsored retirement plans could help workers save more and help retirees rely less on social services — as long as the cost-effectiveness of such plans aren’t bogged down by fees — according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Rice, Baylor to study how screen use affects young children
November 7, 2022
Rice engineers and Baylor College of Medicine researchers are studying how screen use affects young children.
Early planetary migration can explain missing planets
November 7, 2022
Computer simulations by Rice University scientists and their collaborators explain two puzzling observations of exoplanets orbiting distant stars.
Why some Latino communities fear the COVID-19 vaccine, and what can be done to help
November 4, 2022
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, some people in medically underserved Latino communities avoided getting vaccinated due to fears of side effects, mistrust of health officials and vaccine manufacturers and discrimination from health care workers, according to a new study from Rice University.
Rice expert: GOP road to House control runs through South Texas
November 2, 2022
The Republicans’ path to winning control of the U.S. House passes through South Texas, according to Rice political scientist Mark Jones, who is able to discuss the stakes of the 2022 midterm elections.
Bacterial sensors send a jolt of electricity when triggered
November 2, 2022
Rice researchers develop programmable bacteria that sense contaminants and release an electronic signal in real time.
November 2, 2022
The largest crowd in the history of the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC) Conference gathered last week in Las Vegas to celebrate creativity and innovation in university-based entrepreneurship education.
Role of White House science advisers to be examined in Baker Institute webinar
November 2, 2022
The evolution of science policy and expert advice to the White House will be examined in a Nov. 9 webinar featuring a digitized collection of materials related to the history of presidential scientific advising.
Expanding immigration work permits recognizes essential jobs, says Baker Institute report
October 31, 2022
Expanding work permits for undocumented immigrants could fix the United States immigration system’s “large, overlooked and often invisible crack” that fails to account for essential workers, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
New catalyst can turn smelly hydrogen sulfide into a cash cow
October 31, 2022
Rice engineers and scientists and collaborators have discovered an efficient, one-step process for converting hydrogen sulfide gas into clean-burning hydrogen fuel.
OpenStax announces 10 schools participating in this year’s Institutional Partner Program
October 28, 2022
OpenStax, Rice University’s educational technology initiative, will see 10 colleges and universities join its Institutional Partner Program for the 2022-2023 school year. All of those institutions will receive support from OpenStax experts as they work to save students’ money by increasing the use of free, openly licensed textbooks on their campuses.
Biden appoints Rice's Ruth López Turley to National Board for Education Sciences
October 27, 2022
President Biden has appointed Ruth López Turley, director of Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research and professor of sociology, to the National Board for Education Sciences.
US-Middle East relations to be examined at Baker Institute event
October 26, 2022
The future of relations between the United States and the Middle East – particularly Iran – will be the focus of a Nov. 1 conference at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.