Chief Justice Roberts to visit Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy March 17
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. will return to the Rice campus and join the Baker Institute for Public Policy March 17 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Stude Concert Hall for a public conversation reflecting on the state of the American judicial branch and his two decades of service on the nation’s highest court.
What US engagement in the Middle East looks like today: Insights from Satterfield and Deutch
David Satterfield, director of Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, sat down Jan. 12 with Ted Deutch, CEO of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) and former chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, for a wide-ranging discussion on U.S. engagement in the Middle East. Drawing on decades of diplomatic and policy experience, the two explored the evolving dynamics shaping the region today.
Drug policy expert available to speak about fentanyl executive order
President Donald Trump’s executive order designating fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction (WMD) is a significant escalation of efforts to curb the fentanyl supply, said Katharine Neill Harris, the Alfred C. Glassell III Fellow in Drug Policy at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Harris is available to speak to the news media about drug usage and U.S. drug policy.
Study finds employer health insurance costs have tripled relative to employee pay since 1999
A new Rice University study examines how the cost of employer-provided health insurance and the consumer price index have changed over the past 25 years to help explain why insurance premiums continue to rise and are becoming increasingly difficult for families to afford.
US elections in review: Carter Center and Baker Institute examine 25th anniversary of Bush v. Gore
Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and the Carter Center hosted their fifth annual elections conference Dec. 8 that focused on the 25th anniversary of the presidential race of George W. Bush v. Al Gore.
Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy has received a landmark $7.5 million gift from entrepreneur Claudio X. González, the largest individual contribution in the institute’s 32-year history. The gift endows and renames the institute’s leading research hub on U.S. and Mexico relations as the Claudio X. González Center for the United States and Mexico. The naming honors González’s long-standing leadership and generosity in promoting collaboration, understanding and shared prosperity across North America.
The Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy has released its Mexico Country Outlook 2026, an annual forecast examining the major political, economic and social trends shaping Mexico in the year ahead. The data can provide a strategic edge to investors, businesses and policymakers as they navigate Mexico’s complex, ever-evolving political and regulatory landscape.
Rice’s Baker Institute and The Carter Center to host annual elections conference in Houston
Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and The Carter Center will co-host their fifth annual elections conference, “25 Years After Bush v. Gore: Contested Elections Then and Now,” Dec. 8 at Rice in Houston.
Rice launches Brain Institute to accelerate discoveries in brain science and health
Rice has announced the creation of the Rice Brain Institute, an ambitious, interdisciplinary hub that unites faculty members across campus, including engineering, natural sciences and social sciences, to tackle one of humanity’s most complex and promising frontiers: the brain.
Rice, BCarbon join forces with Mexican state government to build community-driven carbon market
Representatives from the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, Earth Carbon and the nonprofit BCarbon met at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy last month to sign a memorandum of understanding recognizing their collaboration in carbon sequestration. Since then, Since then, in accord with an MOU between BCarbon and Rice, the team has been in Mexico meeting with stakeholders and changemakers to create a carbon market that benefits the community.
Rice's Ken Kennedy Institute hosted the fourth annual AI in Health Conference, convening over 550 attendees across the four-day event for plenary speaker sessions, networking and workshops that explored key areas for artificial intelligence-driven advancement across health and public health domains.
Rice’s Baker Institute appoints Russell as senior fellow and director of Center for Health Policy
Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy has named Dr. Heidi Russell as the director of the Center for Health Policy. She is also appointed as the L.E. and Virginia Simmons Senior Fellow in Health Policy and the Huffington Fellow in Child Health Policy. She will step into these roles at the Baker Institute Oct. 13.
Rice plants new oak tree to celebrate German-American friendship
The Berlin Wall section in front of Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy is now joined by a new oak tree as a symbol of German-American friendship and solidarity from the Goethe-Institut Houston.
Gov. Abbott issues order to ban minors from THC products
An expert in drug policy from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy is available to explain and comment on today’s executive order from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on hemp-derived THC products.
Inflation-adjusted CEO pay in nonprofit hospitals increased from roughly $1 million to $1.3 million between 2012 and 2019, and the greatest pay increases went to CEOs who grew the profits and size of their health care organizations the most, according to new research from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
