Senate Testimony: Use of Energy as a Tool & Weapon
Center for Energy Studies senior director Ken Medlock submitted the written statement below (PDF) before his U.S. Senate…
March 11, 2022 5527 Results
Energy Security, Energy Transitions and International Relations: A Conversation With His Excellency Philippe Etienne March 10, 2022
In the midst of the Russia-Ukraine crisis, the Baker Institute Center for Energy Studies hosted His Excellency Philippe…
Reroute, Reduce, or Replace? How the Oil Market Might Cope With a Loss of Russian Exports After the Invasion of Ukraine
The authors evaluate the global oil market's ability to deal with a disruption of Russian production and exports after…
March 10, 2022 
Did Recent Efforts to Develop Policy for Genome Editing Have Adequate Public Engagement?
Input from the public is particularly important when developing science policies that involve controversial and morally…
March 10, 2022 
Assessing Mexico’s National Guard: The Impact on Public Safety in Mexico and the U.S.-Mexico Security Relationship March 9, 2022
The election of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador brought a populist political leader to power under a new political…
Visiting With the Ambassador: An RYP Open House at Baker Hall March 8, 2022
Fellow and future Roundtable Young Professionals held a membership recruitment, networking and open house event in Baker…
RYP Rice Baseball Game: Rice vs. Harvard March 5, 2022
The Roundtable Young Professionals and their families joined on the lawn of Reckling Park to watch the Rice Owls take on the…
Failures in COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Data Collection Complicated Efforts to Ensure Vaccine Equity in Texas
As the pandemic persisted across the state, did Texans living in cities have better access to Covid-19 vaccines than those…
March 4, 2022 COVID-19: Science vs. Anti-Science March 3, 2022
The Baker Institute Student Forum hosted a discussion with Dr. Peter J. Hotez, an internationally recognized vaccine…
A Call to Action for Recycling and Waste Management Across the Alternative Energy Supply Chain
The authors write that enormous volumes of “energy transition waste” — waste from wind turbines, solar panels, lithium-ion…
March 2, 2022