“No one is expecting these prices to stick around,” @CES_Baker_Inst fellow Michelle Michot Foss tells the @mwtnews. She said she also expects #gasprices to drop back to more seasonal levels.https://www.mrt.com/business/oil/article/Crude-prices-rise-for-fourth-straight-week-16258680.php … #oil #oilprice #crudeoil #oilandgas #gasprice #energy #Texas
Those companies that did well had to navigate an environment in which people stayed home but essential business activity still needed to be done, @jorge_barro, an economist at the @BakerInstitute, tells @osborneja.https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/In-brutal-year-for-oil-other-industries-shine-in-16250507.php … #Houston #HoustonTX #Texas #economy
Rice’s Task Force on Slavery, Segregation and Racial Injustice presented updates on the university’s links to slavery and racial injustice as well as the future of a founder memorial at “#Juneteenth and Emancipations to Come.”
Updates: http://bit.ly/3hzJWkf
The @RiceUniversity Task Force on Slavery, Segregation, and Racial Injustice, which I am honored to be co-chairing with @AlexanderXByrd, released two updates yesterday that document parts of our ongoing work.
𝕎𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕖𝕖 𝕚𝕥, 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕖𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕚𝕥.
Proud to provide visibility/accessibility for resources that strengthen our campus culture of care. Care extends to each member of our community; may our actions reflect respect & care each day.#OwlIn x #PrideMonth
Texas Heart Institute Partners with Rice University’s Baker Institute for Fifth Annual Stem Cell Policy Panel Session as Part of Ongoing Lecture Series. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3gwiJAy #THI #BakerInstitute @BakerInstitute
"#SaudiArabia’s #energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, speaking recently at the St. Petersburg economic forum, said 'we’ll have to see demand before you see supply.' That’s a recipe for losing control," writes @BakerInstitute fellow @finley_mark.https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/558936-the-oil-market-needs-central-bank-style-guidance-from-saudi-arabia …
To boost employees’ #creativity, managers should consider offering a set of #rewards for them to choose from, according to a new study by #management experts at @Rice_Biz, @FreemanSchool, @BryanSchoolUNCG and National Taiwan Normal University.http://news.rice.edu/2021/06/17/rice-study-use-rewards-effectively-to-boost-creativity/ … #psychology
A new exhibition at @RiceArch’s Anderson Hall reveals what’s behind the walls in a typical #home, thanks to an award-winning design by visiting critic Liz Gálvez. The exhibit explains the variety of paths #air takes as it enters and leaves #buildings.http://news.rice.edu/2021/06/14/how-buildings-breathe/ …
“If he’s going to try to win across the country, he needs to first win in his home state,” said @MarkPJonesTX, a political science fellow with the @BakerInstitute. “The announcement is what’s important, not actually constructing the #wall.”https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2021/06/16/400746/texas-will-solicit-donations-to-fund-construction-of-border-wall-governor-says/ … #border #Texas
“This week we saw that the #Texaspowergrid barely even prepared for #weather that is #hot for #June, but nowhere near how hot it can get in #July and #August,” Rice professor @cohan_ds said.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/16/texas-power-grid-conservation-heat-wave … #Texas #Texasgrid #Texaselectricity #ERCOT #txlege #electricity
‘Dreams do come true:’ Jose Cruz Jr. introduced as head baseball coach at Rice University https://www.click2houston.com/sports/2021/06/16/dreams-do-come-true-jose-cruz-jr-introduced-as-rice-new-baseball-coach/?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar …
José Cruz Jr. Introductory Press Conference https://www.pscp.tv/w/c5fX5jYzNjUzM3wxeW9LTUFYRHB5ektRoUKwSs6u8xCfIcRpZrdV0D0tJsqwEyjYgTtL2U31s7g= …
Rice professor @cohan_ds compared the situation in #Texas with someone trying to save a little money by going without insurance. “It’s really cheap, until it’s not,” he said.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/15/climate/texas-heat-wave-electricity.html … #ERCOT #Texasgrid #Texaspowergrid #Texaselectricity #txlege #powergrid #energy
Lyda Hill Philanthropies and @LeverforChange have awarded us a $1 million challenge grant after being a finalist for the #LoneStarPrize. As a project in @macfound's Bold Solutions Network, join us in improving #Texans' quality of life. Learn more
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Rice Magazine has been judged a Grand Gold winner in the international Council for Advancement and Support of Education (@CASEAdvance) Circle of Excellence Awards for the team’s work during the unconventional year of 2020.http://news.rice.edu/2021/06/14/rice-magazine-takes-top-prize-in-international-competition/ … #highereducation #highered
We invite you to support @RiceUniversity's new Engineering and Science Building — a facility that will sit at the forefront of inspiring discoveries and serve as a resource that will inspire and support a new era of innovation and entrepreneurship.https://futureofresearch.rice.edu/
“The governor would be better off talking to the #Texas business community, to the Texas NGOs, establish a cross-party dialog to see how to deal with this issue and, of course, reach out to Washington, D.C.,” says the @BakerInstitute’s @PayanTony. https://www.kvue.com/article/news/politics/how-would-texas-build-its-own-border-wall-we-broke-down-the-obstacles/269-56e5d77d-98d8-4cd0-b904-4793153032ef … #border
Today in 2012, James Turrell's Twilight Epiphany opens at @RiceUniversity.
“I shudder to think what things would be [like] if we were actually having a #heat wave,” said @cohan_ds, a civil engineering professor at Rice, after a similar call for conservation was released during relatively mild #weather in April.https://www.kut.org/energy-environment/2021-06-14/ercot-calls-on-texas-to-conserve-power-amid-high-summer-demand-forced-outages … #Texas #ERCOT
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