Rebuilding Global Health Starts With Neglected Diseases
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect more than a billion people worldwide, yet remain largely unknown to the public…
October 9, 2025 5512 Results
Kiara Reyes Gamas
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Kirsten Ostherr
Annual Energy Summit — Resilience in Energy Supply Chains October 7, 2025
Join us on Oct. 7-8 for our ninth annual Energy Summit, co-hosted by Baker Botts and the Center for Energy Studies at Rice…
Energy Insights 2025
Energy markets are rarely straightforward, and trade-offs are inevitable. "Energy Insights 2025" draws on research from the…
October 7, 2025 
Nonresident Postdoctoral Scholar
Kiara Reyes Gamas, Ph.D., is an environmental synthetic biologist, science illustrator, and nonresident postdoctoral scholar…
Politics and Propaganda in the Digital Media Age
Steven W. Lewis and Brandon Zheng explore how governments and organizations around the world are leveraging digital…
October 6, 2025 
US Economy Is Already on the Edge — a Prolonged Government Shutdown Could Send It Tumbling Over
How might a government shutdown affect the U.S. economy and consumer confidence? John W. Diamond examines the broader…
October 3, 2025 
Why Government Shutdowns Don’t Work — And Keep Happening Anyway
John Diamond explains what led to the current government shutdown and what it reveals about budgetary and policymaking…
October 2, 2025 
Nonresident Fellow
Kristin Kostick-Quenet, Ph.D. is a bioethicist and medical anthropologist whose research focuses on ethical, social and…
Baker Institute Rice Faculty Scholar
Kirsten Ostherr, Ph.D., M.P.H is is a Baker Institute Rice faculty scholar in the Science and Technology Policy program. She…
Youth Safety Strategies: Insights from the Firearm Safety Conference
Young people face rising risks from firearm injuries. This new brief outlines prevention strategies: strengthen school…
October 1, 2025