Webinar — Benefits of U.S. Natural Gas Exports and Global LNG Context: Focus on Western States May 26, 2021
The Baker Institute Center for Energy Studies and Western States and Tribal Nations (WSTN) hosted a virtual discussion of U…
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Recent Changes to Sharing Economy Tax Reporting
With the rise of the gig economy has come an increase in concerns about tax compliance. This blog post reviews two recent…
May 25, 2021 
Mexico’s PEMEX Doubles Down on Crude Oil Refining
Why did Mexico’s state-owned PEMEX buy a Houston-area oil refinery this week, when many other oil companies are moving away…
May 25, 2021 
Webinar — Preventing the Next Pandemic: Vaccine Diplomacy in a Time of Anti-Science May 24, 2021
While the world still grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, experts already warn of the risk of another novel pathogen…
Davoudi Emerging Leaders Lecture Series: How Do We Develop the Leaders We Need? May 21, 2021
The fourth and final event in the fall's Davoudi Emerging Leaders Lecture Series featured retired Brigadier General Tom…
RYP Happy Hour May 20, 2021
The Roundtable Young Professionals gathered in person for the first time in over a year at the Kirby Ice House in Houston…
Webinar — Regenerative Medicine: Proven Treatments, Unproven Treatments and the Policies That Promote Both May 20, 2021
Stem cells have been marketed to the public for their regenerative properties and their promise to revolutionize medicine…
Has Unconventional Oil & Gas Development in the Texas Permian Basin Created a Subnational Resource Curse?
This is the first analysis focused specifically on whether subnational resource curse dynamics seen in other oil-rich…
May 20, 2021 
Houston Global Freight Summit 2021 Day 2 — Moving Freight in a Low-Carbon World May 19, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic and other disasters, both natural and man-made, have made clear the need for a resilient global supply…
Engineers and Economists Prize Efficiency, but Nature Favors Resilience — Lessons From Texas, COVID-19 and the 737 Max
Baker Institute Rice Faculty Scholar and University Professor Moshe Vardi analyzes three recent crises — the 2021 winter…
May 19, 2021