Emerging focus on brain health among several Rice researchers’ expertise
Rice is a hub of cutting-edge, multidisciplinary research on the brain. In addition to a critical mass of researchers in the field, Rice is home to entities dedicated to collaborative clinical and scientific research on the brain.
Rice faculty and Baker Institute leadership are remembering former President Jimmy Carter — his life, legacy and connection to the university.
Baker Institute remembers Jimmy Carter
James A. Baker III, former secretary of state and honorary chair of Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, remembers the 39th president.
Baker Institute hosts US national security diplomats at recent Director’s Lecture Series event
Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell and President Joe Biden’s Principal Deputy National Security Adviser John Finer spoke at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy Dec. 17 to discuss the current administration’s successes.
Rice experts available to discuss threats of government shutdown
As Congress debates a funding bill and time runs short to avert a government shutdown, Rice University faculty are available to discuss the rapidly changing situation.
Mexico is likely to face challenges politically, economically and diplomatically in 2025, according to the newest edition of the Mexico Country Outlook from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy released this week. The report provides a strategic edge to investors, businesses and policymakers as they navigate Mexico’s complex, ever-evolving political and regulatory landscape as well as its relationship with the U.S. and President-elect Donald Trump.
New Rice-TMC research projects drive advances in health and medicine
Seven research partnerships involving Rice, the Baker Institute for Public Policy and various institutions within the Texas Medical Center (TMC) received seed grants in 2024 through the Provost’s TMC Collaborator Fund. These grants were facilitated by Rice’s office for Educational and Research Initiatives for Collaborative Health (ENRICH).
Rice thought leaders examine Texas’ move toward Bible-based school curriculum
Mark Jones and David R. Brockman discuss the ongoing Republican-led initiatives in the U.S. to introduce more religious content into classrooms.
Rice public health summit addresses politics of vaccine hesitancy
Health, religion and public policy experts discussed the challenges of vaccine hesitancy as well as the upcoming Texas legislative session at the 2024 Texas Vaccine Policy Symposium, hosted by the Center for Health and Biosciences at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy Nov. 15.
‘Surprised and moved’: Rice student Jae Kim named Rhodes Scholar
Rice senior Jae Kim ’25 has been awarded a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship, one of just 32 American recipients – and the sole representative from a Texas university – chosen to study at the University of Oxford in England next fall.
Vaccine summit at Rice’s Baker Institute to focus on Texas legislative session
The Texas Vaccine Policy Symposium, hosted by Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy Nov. 15, will discuss the impact of vaccines in Texas and the challenges ahead as experts look toward the 89th Texas legislative session that starts in January.
Nonpartisan data and insights on the top issues of the upcoming election such as U.S. fiscal, science and technology, energy transition and school choice policy are available in Election 2024: Policy Playbook, a series of policy briefs presented jointly by Rice and the Baker Institute for Public Policy. The series offers critical context, analysis and recommendations to equip policy leaders governing the U.S. and Texas in 2025.
A vast collection of over 900 political campaign buttons was recently donated to the Baker Institute at Rice.
Hospital service prices surged more than 220% between 2000 and 2022, according to a report from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. While hospitals attribute rising prices to increased operating costs — particularly due to labor shortages from the pandemic — evidence shows that hospital prices have consistently risen faster than other medical services since 2006, according to the authors.
Religious diversity in the workplace could foster more inclusion, experts argue in new book
Including religious identities in diversity, equity and inclusion efforts could positively impact workplace culture and communities as a whole, according to newly published research from Rice University’s Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance.
