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Congratulations to fellow Quianta Moore, who has been named the first Huffington Fellow in Child Health Policy. The Huffington Foundation gifted the Baker Institute $4 million to endow Moore …
“They’re not huge steps, but they make a big difference in the lives of many, many people,” Tony Payan, director of the Center for the United States and Mexico said …
Jan. 28, 2021, 1 p.m.
Webinar — COVID-19, Climate Change and Reaching Across the Aisle
At this Civic Scientist lecture, Katharine Hayhoe, co-director of Texas Tech University's Climate Center, discusses her work as an atmospheric scientist and a renowned science communicator who works to bridge cultural and political divides with regard to climate science.
Jan. 29, 2021, 9 a.m.
Webinar — Quarterly Gas Report, International Energy Agency
Global gas markets are facing unprecedented volatility, and demand recovery in 2021 remains uncertain. Join us as experts from the International Energy Agency (IEA) consider these trends and present the IEA's Quarterly Gas Report.
Feb. 3, 2021, 10:30 a.m.
Webinar — Prospects for Mining and Minerals Processing in the United States
At this roundtable from the Energy, Minerals & Materials program, experts survey the state of the U.S. mining and minerals processing industries and the complexities and commercial hurdles involved with non-fuel minerals of interest.
Founded in 1993, Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy has established itself as one of the premier nonpartisan public policy think tanks in the country. The institute ranks 2nd among university-affiliated think tanks worldwide and 16th among U.S. think tanks, according to a 2019 study by the University of Pennsylvania's Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program. The survey again ranked the institute's Center for Energy Studies No. 1 among the world's energy- and resource policy think tanks.
