Student Opportunities

Community Bridges

The Kinder Institute's Community Bridges program, in partnership with Rice University's Center for Civic Leadership (CCL), encourages students to participate in high-impact, community-engaged learning, research, service and civic leadership. Working with dozens of Houston-area nonprofit organizations, students gain hands-on experience while helping to solve pressing issues within our community. Many alumni describe Community Bridges as one of the most transformative programs of their undergraduate careers.

Student Positions

Student work opportunities, when available, are posted on 12twenty.

Student Writers for the Urban Edge

If you have a story idea that fits what the Kinder Institute is all about — data-driven analysis aimed at informing urban policy and development — send us an email with a little bit about your background, story idea and why you’re the right person to tell it.

Approved stories will run on the Kinder Institute's Urban Edge blog with your byline. While student submissions are unpaid, they may be promoted through the institute's e-newsletter and social media platforms and possibly shared and/or republished by Apple News and other outlets.