Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research and the Houston chapter of the American Jewish Committee will host Immigration Summit: The Cost Savings of Implementing Immigration Reform Jan. 10 from 8 to 10 a.m. at Rice Memorial Center's Grand Hall.
Kinder Institute Co-director Michael Emerson gave a presentation entitled “Dynamic Houston – Religion and Social Service Delivery” to a delegation from China’s State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA) in Fondren Library’s Kyle Morrow Room on August 2, 2011.
Despite economic anxiety and concern for the future of the country, most Houstonians perceive an improving quality of life locally and 90 percent believe that Houston is a better place to live than most other metropolitan areas.
What began as a class project with undergraduate students at Rice University has now become the Kinder Houston Area Survey, the longest ongoing study of any metropolitan area in the United States.
On March 1, 2011, members of the Rice community joined with local Asian-American civic and business leaders in the "R" Room at Rice University for the official launch of the 2011 Houston Area Asian Survey.
Scholars in religion and medicine will take part in a panel discussion March 14 at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy on how new reproductive technologies might change the meaning of being human. The event is free and open to the public.
Young children living in urban public housing spend more time playing outdoors than other urban children, according to researchers at Rice University, Columbia University and Princeton University.
Kinder Institute prepares for launch of the Religion and Public Life Program Prepared by Anthony Chung and Sabrina Toppa, Staff assistants.
Gift from Rich and Nancy Kinder will support valuable research on Houston and other cities.
Last week, Rice's IUR launched its Race Scholars at Rice (RSR) program with a screening of the
award-winning documentary "When I Rise" and a panel discussion on race
relations.
Faith in the Corridors of Medicine A Discussion on Religion and Medicine Part of the Religion and Public Life Lecture Series Friday, December 3, 2010 6 30 pm — Panel Discussion Doré Commons James A. Baker III Hall, Rice
With a special screening of the award-winning documentary film "When I Rise" at 4 p.m. Oct. 28 in Herring Hall, Room 100, Rice's Institute for Urban Research will launch its Race Scholars at Rice (RSR) program.
Renowned political scientist Robert Putnam will present the findings from his new book "American Grace How Religion Divides and Unites Us."
Michael Lindsay, assistant professor of sociology and director of the Program for the Study of Leadership at Rice's Institute for Urban Research, has won a grant to further his study of the White House Fellows program.
This year the United Way of Greater Houston asked Rice's Institute for Urban Research (IUR) to measure the effectiveness of its many programs.
A new Rice University study finds enormous variety in how leaders engage their personal faith in workplace decision-making.
Many scientists in academia bemoan the fact that their lifestyles do not allow them to have as many children as they would like. Surprisingly, male scientists harbor more regrets than female scientists, according to a study by Rice University sociologist Elaine Howard Ecklund.
Michael Lindsay's lecture, titled "Selecting and Developing the Best," was the inaugural event of the Program for the Study of Leadership at Rice's Institute for Urban Research (IUR).
The Institute for Urban Research is proud to announce the launch of the Program for the Study of Leadership. Dr. Michael Lindsay, director of the PSL, will inaugurate this occasion by presenting his most recent research in a talk entitled
Concerns about the economy are changing Houstonians' attitudes toward jobs, immigration and the role of government, according to the 2010 Houston Area Survey, conducted by Rice University's Institute for Urban Research.