Climate Change: Water as a Bridge to Mitigation and Adaptation June 11, 2015
Beginning in the late 1980s, climate change issues were divided into two distinct policy categories: mitigation (carbon…
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Finding the Balance: Border Security in the 21st Century
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June 8, 2015
Featured Speaker
The Honorable Jeh Johnson
Secretary of Homeland Security, United States of America
Welcome and Introduction
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International Space Medicine Summit 2015 June 4, 2015
On June 4-7, 2015, the Space Policy Program at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and Baylor College of…
Talent, Skill and Brain Circulation: How Migrants Contribute to Labor Integration May 21, 2015
One of the most controversial aspects of human mobility is “brain drain” — the emigration of talented, educated…
The State of Mexican Democracy: A Conversation With Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas May 18, 2015
In June 2015, voters in Mexico will head to the polls to elect the 63rd Congress as well as a number of governors, mayors…
Water and Energy Workshop: Understanding Impacts and Trade-Offs to Facilitate Transitions May 14, 2015
Faculty and scholars from the Baker Institute Center for Energy Studies, Rice University and Texas A&M University will…
The Value of Clean Air May 8, 2015
How can society make informed choices about activities that cause emissions that simultaneously lead to climate change and…
Roundtable Young Professionals Crawfish Boil May 3, 2015
Join the Roundtable Emerging Leaders and the Associate Roundtable as we celebrate our successful membership growth! Spend…
Civic Scientist Lecture Series — Restoring the Foundation: Reviving the U.S. Science, Engineering and Technology Enterprise April 30, 2015
Scientific and technological advancements are essential for securing quality of life, economic well-being and a sustainable…
Mexico’s Energy Reform: Let the Bidding Begin April 28, 2015
Mexico is on track to tender some of its more lucrative conventional oil and gas blocks in successive auction rounds…