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Houston employers face emerging opportunities to lower health care costs with price transparency data, according to Baker Institute report

A new report from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy compares the cost of receiving care at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, Houston Methodist Hospital and Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center using insurers’ price transparency files. The data suggests that employers can use the new information to achieve significant savings by choosing insurers that have negotiated lower prices with the major hospitals and by encouraging workers to choose lower priced hospitals within their insurance plan.

Mayor Whitmire provides Houston update at Rice’s Baker Institute

Houston Mayor John Whitmire and Rice Baker Institute of Public Policy fellow Ed Emmett discussed Houston’s challenges and opportunities to a packed house May 29 at Baker Hall on Rice’s campus.

Houstonʼs audit shows ongoing financial challenges, Baker Institute experts say

A recent audit of Houston’s finances reveals ongoing challenges, with experts warning that without major structural reforms the city could face financial instability that affects essential services.

Annual event showcases AI and high-performance computing advances in energy

Rice’s Ken Kennedy Institute will host its annual Energy HPC Conference Feb. 25-27.

Moody Center for the Arts named city’s best free museum by Houston Press

Houston Press selected the Moody Center for the Arts at Rice the Best Free Museum in Houston in its Best of Houston® 2024.

First look at the Rice Nexus, Rice University’s premier innovation factory at the Ion

Rice has unveiled the first architectural renderings of the Rice Nexus, a groundbreaking innovation factory within the Ion that will transform ideas from Rice faculty and students into market-ready technology.

Beyond names and dates: ‘The Red Book’ comes alive thanks to Rice student research

In the digital archives of Rice University’s Woodson Research Center at the Fondren Library lies a unique treasure: “The Red Book,” freely available to view by the public thanks to the African American History Research Center at the Gregory School, which loaned Woodson its copy to scan and preserve.

Rice engineer featured on panel showcasing Houston’s biomedical innovation economy to state lawmakers

Rice engineer Jacob Robinson participated in the first “Houston Day: Beyond the Bayou” program organized by the Greater Houston Partnership, which brought together state legislators from across Texas for a two-day legislative advocacy event in Houston earlier this month.

Climate catastrophe produced instantaneous evolutionary change

A unique experiment by Rice University biologists in the wake of 2017’s Hurricane Harvey that revealed species can instantly evolve when they move in response to a climate catastrophe.

Houston positioned to lead energy transition, venture capitalists, Rice leaders say at HX Venture Fund event

HX Venture Fund hosted its third annual Venture Houston conference Sept. 7 in Rice’s Stude Concert Hall where entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and business leaders convened to network and learn about the future of clean energy.

Rice and Texas partners’ energy transition proposal named semifinalist for major NSF Engines grant

A coalition between Rice University, the Greater Houston Partnership’s Houston Energy Transition Initiative (HETI) and four other leading Texas research universities has been named a semifinalist for the National Science Foundation Engines program.

New report examines gun violence ‘hot spots’ in Houston area

A new report by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy sheds light on the reality of gun violence in the Houston area.

Rice, TSU announce expanded partnership

Rice University and Texas Southern University (TSU) have announced a partnership to share resources, expertise and best practices to build stronger bridges between their institutions and communities.

SSPEED-hosted demo featured water-inflatable flood barriers

Large, water-inflatable barriers were featured in a March 7 demonstration of flood-defense technologies hosted by Rice’s SSPEED Center.

Wastewater study monitors Houston schools for viral threats

A new study by Rice University and the Houston Health Department finds that wastewater-based monitoring is an effective way to detect viral outbreaks in schools.