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Latest Urban Edge Stories

Urban Edge's Favorite 2018 Books

There was no shortage of texts tackling some of the biggest urban challenges: inequality, disaster recovery, walkability and more. Here are a few worth adding to your bookshelves.
Bookshelf
Feature Story
: Dec 19, 2018
Education, Health, Housing, Urban Disparity, Urban Planning

Urban Review: Costly Commutes, New Apple Hub and Texas' Uninsured

In this weeks roundup, Houston's commute costs near the top nationally, Apple announces plans for Austin hub, a look at who is uninsured in 2018 and a failed promise of prison reform.
Apple HQ in California
News Story
: Dec 14, 2018
Economic Development, Health, Transportation

Urban Review: The Power of Porches, Subsidized Healthcare and a 100-Day Agenda for Harris County

This week, new research on the link between access to subsidized health care and falling behind on rent or mortgage payments, a poetic look at the power of porches, possible priorities for Harris County's new leadership and more.
Stethoscope with piggy bank
News Story
: Dec 7, 2018
Governance, Health, Housing

Experts

Katherine B. Ensor

Katherine Bennett Ensor

  • Kinder Fellow
  • Director, Kinder Institute Urban Data Platform
  • Noah G. Harding Professor of Statistics
  • Rice University
713-348-4132
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Rachel Kimbro

  • Kinder Fellow
  • Professor of Sociology
  • Founding Director, Kinder Institute Urban Health Program
  • Rice University
713-348-4265
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Tony N. Brown

  • Kinder Fellow
  • Professor of Sociology, Rice University
  • Associate Director, Kinder Institute’s Urban Health Program
  • Founding Director, Racism and Racial Experiences (RARE) Workgroup
713-348-3242
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Loren Raun

  • Kinder Fellow
  • Chief Environmental Science Officer, Interim Bureau Chief, Bureau of Community and Children's Environmental Health, Houston Health Department
  • Assistant Professor of Statistics, Rice University
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Urban Health Program

The program facilitates research, education and community outreach on urban health issues, broadly defined. It also brings together faculty and community affiliates from institutions across the Houston area who focus on the social determinants of health.