Sociology

Owls return to the nest

Role models at church could lead Black, Latinx Christians to STEM careers

HISD partners with Rice University to conduct districtwide study on educational equity

The Houston Independent School District (HISD) has partnered with Rice University’s Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC), a program of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research and School of Social Sciences, to conduct a comprehensive study on educational equity across the district.

Global health students’ innovation not stopped by COVID-19

Students at Rice University and in Malawi present device designs to deal with the COVID-19 crisis during the Rice 360˚ Institute for Global Health Intern Showcase.

Houston and Texas expected to fall short of postsecondary education goal

HOUSTON – (July 16, 2020) – As demand for workers with college degrees rises, Houston and Texas are predicted to fall short of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s (THECB) goals for the next decade, according to a new report from Rice University's Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC), part of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research and School of Social Sciences.

Rice U. expert: Hagia Sophia should remain interfaith

Attendance, grades, advanced courses best predict whether students from Houston ISD will go to college

HOUSTON – (July 8, 2020) – The best way to predict whether Houston ISD students will go to college is to examine a combination of attendance rates, grades, and credits in advanced courses, according to a study by Rice University's Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC), part of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research.

Inaugural lecture series at Rice will commemorate, contemplate Juneteenth

A new annual lecture series from Rice will remember June 19 through discussions on the legacy of slavery and race in America.

New $2.9M grant to fund science and religion research

HOUSTON – (June 11, 2020) – A new subfield of sociological research examining how identities and beliefs are related to attitudes about science and religion will be advanced by a $2.9 million grant to sociologists at Rice University and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).

Tony Brown: Dear well-meaning white people, you have 8 minutes, 46 seconds to make a change. The clock is ticking.

Racism should be your burden too. You benefit from it.

Rice sociologist's new book examines why science and faith need each other

The scientific and faith communities are often perceived as being at odds, but a new book from a Rice University sociologist explores why they need each other, now more than ever.

Online conference to focus on how science and church communities can cooperate amid COVID-19

HOUSTON – (May 20, 2020) – Strengthening the faith of churches through science will be the focus of a virtual conferenceJune 5 hosted by Rice University's Religion and Public Life Program (RPLP).

Graduating Mellon Mays fellows grateful for opportunity — and the Rice mentors who helped

Increasing diversity in the faculties of colleges and universities across the U.S. is the mission of the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) program, which has helped fund the doctoral dreams of over 5,000 students at 48 member schools since 1986.

How Muslims are preparing for Ramadan amid COVID-19

Rice sociologist available to discuss how the religious will 'gather' on holidays amid COVID-19