
Expert available to discuss trauma and grief among immigrants following tragedy in San Antonio
An expert from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy is available to discuss this week’s horrific migrant deaths in San Antonio.
Expert available to discuss trauma and grief among immigrants following tragedy in San Antonio
An expert from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy is available to discuss this week’s horrific migrant deaths in San Antonio.
Blockchain tech can help small businesses launch and grow, says Baker Institute expert
Blockchain technology can give small businesses and entrepreneurs new avenues for funding their ventures and create opportunities for growth, according to a report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Baker Institute hosts gun safety symposium
The Baker Institute for Public Policy hosted a gun safety symposium June 21 featuring health care and policy experts as well as elected officials.
US needs more foreign workers to solve labor crisis, says Baker Institute expert
Allowing more legal immigration and creating a workable solution for the millions of people living in the United States illegally is the only way to effectively address the nation’s worsening labor shortage, according to a report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Embryo and embryoid research state regulations are morally inconsistent, say Baker Institute experts
State policies on human embryo and embryoid research are morally inconsistent, according to a paper by Kirstin Matthews and Daniel Moralí published in the Journal of Law and the Biosciences, which reviewed all applicable federal and state laws.
Two experts from the Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Center for Health and Biosciences at Rice University are available to explain the regulatory landscape of human embryo and embryoid research, especially in light of changes to federal policy after Roe v. Wade was overturned.
What’s up with oil? Impact on consumers, policy focus of upcoming Baker Institute event
Oil industry experts will discuss market response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, investor reluctance to fund shale operations and OPEC’s production decisions during a June 22 event at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
People, papers and presentations for June 13, 2022
Zaochen Ye, a research scientist in the lab of Rice physicist Frank Geurts, received a prestigious Merit Award during the virtual annual users’ meeting of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider and Alternating Gradient Synchrotron at Brookhaven National Laboratory held June 7-10.
Immigration, diplomacy with Mexico focus of Baker Institute event
The president of El Colegio de México will speak on challenges testing the United States-Mexico relationship at a June 15 Baker Institute for Public Policy event.
New members elected to Baker Institute Board of Advisors
The Baker Institute Board of Advisors added five new members in April, with expertise ranging from business and health to energy, finance and software. The new members are Greg Armstrong, Paul Hobby, Rob Kaplan, Arshad Matin and Wade Rakes.
Zoghbi shares prestigious 2022 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience
Rice trustee Dr. Huda Zoghbi is a co-recipient of the prestigious 2022 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience.
Gun violence prevention, policies to be examined in Baker Institute health and biosciences event
Preventing firearm-related injury and death will be the topic of a June 21 event from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Leading US diplomat David Satterfield named director of Rice’s Baker Institute
Ambassador David M. Satterfield, who has over four decades of diplomatic service and policy and management leadership experience in the United States and overseas in the Near East and Europe, has been named the new director of Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Top hospitals blatantly violating price-transparency mandate, says Baker Institute report
Many of the nation’s most prominent hospitals are blatantly violating federal mandates requiring transparency in pricing, and all too often patients are being kept in the dark about dramatic differences between publicly reported prices for services and their actual cost, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
An expert panel will discuss what’s driving prices at the pump in a May 26 webinar from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.