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At work, bosses express religion more than subordinates, study says

February 22, 2023

How much individuals express their religious beliefs in the workplace depends on how much power they hold there, according to new research from the Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance’s Religion and Public Life Program at Rice University.

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Religious violence increases anxiety among Muslims and Jews, even if they have never been personally targeted

December 5, 2022

Fear of hate crime looms especially large in the minds of Jews and Muslims, even if they have never been personally targeted, according to a new study from Rice University and West Virginia University.

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Baker Institute event: COVID-19’s impact on Muslim world

November 28, 2022

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on religiosity and practices in the Muslim world will be discussed in a Nov. 29 event at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

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Muslims of Middle Eastern or North African descent most likely to report police harassment, study shows

August 22, 2022

New research from sociologists at Rice University and West Virginia University finds that almost 20% of Muslims report having been harassed by the police specifically because of their religion, more than four times the rate reported by people of other faiths.

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Sociologist Ecklund named director of Boniuk Institute

May 26, 2022

Elaine Howard Ecklund, an internationally acclaimed sociologist of religion, is the new director of the Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance at Rice University.

Compassion Week 2021

Boniuk Institute, empathy advocates to present Compassion Week

October 15, 2021

Compassionate Houston, a partner of Rice’s Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance, is hosting Compassion Week Oct. 16-22 to provide the community with perspectives from a variety of backgrounds through virtual sessions.

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Kassim wins prestigious dissertation completion fellowship

May 10, 2021

A series of setbacks didn’t deter this Rice grad student, who is soon to publish his second book.

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The questions of our time: Humanities courses encourage closer examination of daily life

March 19, 2021

Rice's Big Questions courses speak to issues that are fundamental to our experience.

Religious hate crimes will increase, says Rice expert

August 5, 2020

The Black Male Leadership Initiative meets Congressman John Lewis in Atlanta.

Remembering John Lewis: Activist, Civil Rights Icon and Humanitarian

July 20, 2020

The Black Male Leadership Initiative (BMLI), with support from the Dean of Undergraduates and Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance, is honored to have serendipitously met John Lewis during our cultural excursion in May 2019 to Atlanta

Mitzvah Marathon 2020

Mitzvah Marathon lights up campus

March 2, 2020

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Good deeds wanted at annual Mitzvah Marathon

February 14, 2020

To do a mitzvah is to do a good deed. And that’s exactly what you’ll be able to do at the Mitzvah Marathon.

José María Barreto, the consul general of Peru in Switzerland during World War II, is one of 15 diplomats recognized as Righteous Among the Nations and spotlighted in the Rayzor Hall exhibition.

Holocaust’s defiant diplomats: Jewish Studies exhibition honors extraordinary envoys

January 27, 2020

Rayzor Hall lobby now showing ‘Beyond Duty’ throughout spring semester.

(Pictured from left: Raul Orlando Edwards, Paula Sanders and Letitia Plummer.)

Jan. 16 declared ‘Dr. Paula Sanders Day’ in Houston

January 24, 2020

A rare pamphlet printed in Ukraine in 1907 sheds new light on the Galveston Movement. (Photos by Jeff Fitlow)

New light on the Galveston Movement: Houston Jewish History Archive acquires rare pamphlet

January 21, 2020

A 1907 guide for immigrants illuminates a fascinating chapter in Texas history.

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