Strengthening the Humanitarian Sector Brick by Brick
Over 300 million people may need humanitarian assistance in 2025. Yet global aid funding is in decline, and the U.S. Agency…
August 11, 2025 5508 Results
Julie A. Cohn
I Teach Computer Science, and That Is Not All
In a commentary for Communications, Moshe Vardi argues that computer science education should go beyond technical skills to…
August 11, 2025 
Texas’ Redistricting Fight Goes National
Texas Republicans are moving to redraw the state’s congressional map — an unusual mid-decade redistricting effort that’s…
August 7, 2025 
Kaitlin May
Kaitlin May is program manager for the Center for Health Policy at the Baker Institute. She oversees budget and financial…
Laura Grobe
Laura Gould is a communications specialist for the Center for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute. She oversees…
Nonresident Scholar
Julie A. Cohn, Ph.D., is a research historian in the Center for Public History at the University of Houston. Her work…
‘Trainsmission’: An Old New Idea August 5, 2025
Introduction — Solar by Train?
In a world where electricity is the currency of both information and energy aspirations, a key…
Advanced Recycling: Potential, Controversy, and the Future of Plastics (Part 1)
Rachel Meidl and City College of New York professor Marco Castaldi unpack the complex world of advanced recycling, also…
August 5, 2025 
Advanced Recycling: Potential, Controversy, and the Future of Plastics (Part 2)
Rachel Meidl continues her conversation with Marco Castaldi, professor of chemical engineering at the City College of New…
August 5, 2025 Non-Medical Drivers of Health
Improving health outcomes and health care value by addressing the health-impacting conditions where people live, learn, work…