Vecinos Lecture Series -- Security in Central America: Outlook and Options April 23, 2012
The Latin America Initiative of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University and Americas Society…
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Chevron Excellence in Leadership Energy Lecture Series -- Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Channeling Oil for Sustainable Peace, Energy, S April 20, 2012
Her Excellency Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of the Republic of Liberia, is the first elected female head of state in…
Baker Institute Update: Civic Scientist Lecture 2012 with Nobel laureate David Baltimore and Alice Huang April 18, 2012
Through Civic Scientist Lectures and talks with students, Baltimore and Huang make science accessible to non-scientists.
Cli… Reinventing Fire: The Business-led Transition Beyond Oil and Coal April 17, 2012
A global clean-energy race is emerging with astounding speed, and the ability to operate without fossil fuels will define…
Voters as Fiscal Liberals: Incentives and Accountability in Federal Systems
This paper posits that the structure of fiscal federalism in countries like Argentina causes voters to reward fiscal…
April 13, 2012 Civic Scientist Lecture 2012 -- David Baltimore and Alice Huang April 12, 2012
The Civic Scientist Lectures are a series of talks by leading scientists and engineers from around the world who have…
Global Affairs and the Global Economy April 11, 2012
Jamie Dimon is chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co., a global financial services firm with assets of $2.2 trillion and…
Innovation Generation April 10, 2012
Whether you are a student or an established scientist, researcher or engineer, you can learn to be more innovative. In…
Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic: Issues and Initiatives April 9, 2012
The Arctic plays an important role on our interconnected planet, though it may seem geographically isolated from the rest of…
Science and the Media April 5, 2012
Many Americans use the media as their sole source for locating information on new health and scientific discoveries. They…