Barriers to Preferred Contraceptive Use in Texas
Insurance gaps are limiting contraceptive choice in Texas. A new report from the Center for Health Policy and Resound…
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Rice’s Baker Institute and The Carter Center to host annual elections conference in Houston November 4, 2025
Fifth annual event to examine challenges of contested elections on 25th anniversary of Bush versus Gore
Rice University’s…
Statement of James A. Baker, III on the death of Vice President Dick Cheney November 4, 2025
With the death of Vice President Dick Cheney, America has lost a true powerhouse and enthusiastic patriot who never wavered…
CES Graduate Student Fellow
John Coudsi is a graduate fellow at the Baker Institute Center for Energy Studies and is currently completing his Ph.D. in…
America’s New Demographic Reality
For the first time in decades, the U.S. immigrant population is shrinking. Bill King joins the “Baker Briefing” podcast to…
November 3, 2025 
Women, War, and State Power in Russia With Julia Ioffe October 30, 2025
Co-Sponsored by the Houston Committee on Foreign Relations, the Baker Institute hosted a conversation in Baker Hall with…
Reaffirming Scientific Medicine Through Physician Leadership in Health Care Technology and Innovation
Facing funding cuts, rising professional stress, and federal health policy misalignments, physicians are experiencing…
October 29, 2025 
Oil Markets: Resilience, Risks, and What’s Next
Nonresident fellows Abhi Rajendran and Skip York joined “The Energy Forum” to examine the state of global oil markets in…
October 28, 2025 
Is US Big Tech’s Dominance of Social Media Waning?
Is the age of American Big Tech social dominance ending? In a new commentary for the Center for the U.S. and Mexico, Simon…
October 27, 2025 
National Health Care Reform: Policy Challenges in the Trump Era October 24, 2025
On Oct. 24, we hosted our ninth biennial National Healthcare Reform Conference, featuring four leading health economists — M…