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Took the whole family to vote. Get out there! Don’t delay.

Thinking about a Ph.D. in political science? Join us virtually tomorrow to learn about the Rice University Political Science Rice University Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies Ph.D. program.

Democracy and threats to it were front and center at Rice University’s Scientia Institute lecture. The faculty lecturers explored American voting systems, election administration and public policy — key areas that influence election outcomes and voter confidence. #RiceSocSci

Today is #ElectionDay and it’s important to get out and vote! Rice Social Sciences offers students experiential learning opportunities to engage with politics at every level, from learning how to run for office to how voting technology works. bit.ly/4hnerKk

The New Playbook event features renowned experts from across the political spectrum who will discuss defining aspects of the 2024 election. Mark P. Jones, Rice University Political Science, will moderate the session, "How Accurate Were the Opinion Polls and Forecasters?" #RiceSocSci #ShapingTheFuture

Fred Oswald highlights AI's role in HR, emphasizing its potential to improve practices while addressing fairness, transparency, and equitable access to tools. #RiceSocSci #ShapingTheFuture Read More: blog.welliba.com/en/blog/charti…

Interested in a #postdoc on #LGBTQ childhood experiences? Come work with the PI on my latest project. We're especially interested in people with qualitative analysis skills. higheredjobs.com/faculty/detail…

Our ⁦Texas Medical Center⁩ before WWII and today (my photo from a Southwest Airlines flight). Today our Texas Medical Center in Houston is the world’s largest, and also the first biomedicine city of >100,000 employees, >60 institutions, including several medical schools

Rice University this morning with 1” of snow on the ground and light/moderate snow falling as of 6:30amCT. Stay warm, Owls! #houwx #txwx NWS Houston Rice University

It’s a hoot in the snow! 🦉✨ Our Owls are enjoying the frosty fun! Snap and share your snowy fun and use #SnowOwls for us to see how you're spending this wintry day!

Rice’s Summer in D.C. Policy Research Program offers hands-on public policy experience at top organizations like the State Dept. Open to all majors. Apply by Jan. 24. More Info: news.rice.edu/news/2025/owls… #RiceSocSci #ShapingTheFuture

An executive order ending federal DEI programs cites costs, but research by Eden King and Mikki Hebl of Rice University highlights DEI benefits like improved job satisfaction, engagement, and performance, supporting organizational success. Read More: psychologytoday.com/us/blog/workin…

Ten minutes of your time can inform housing research that impacts generations of Houstonians. Please join the Housing Quality Registry, and share it with your neighbors and friends so they can also help make our city a better place to live! ➡️ Survey: kinder.rice.edu/housingquality

Want to learn about computational social science *for free* and launch interdisciplinary research projects? We are so excited to announce there will be *26* Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science this year! Apply to one of them here: sicss.io/locations

Want to help save research using NCES restricted-use data? Here is a gdrive with actions, background, and context from my colleague sean reardon (sharing with permission): 1) actions 2) background 3) list of data files drive.google.com/drive/folders/…

We're excited to announce the launch of the Rice University Institute for Health Resilience and Innovation — a bold new effort to study how life experiences impact long-term health and to create targeted interventions that make a difference. This institute will unite experts

Congrats to Political Science’s Matthew Tyler on his NSF CAREER Award for advancing methods to reduce bias in survey research and improve data quality across disciplines. #RiceSocSci #ShapingTheFuture Read More: news.rice.edu/news/2025/matt…

New study: The relative wage premium for going to college has halved for low-income Americans since 1960. What is to blame? Rising selectivity? Tuition hikes? State disinvestment? We decompose changes in the premium since 1900 to find out. 🧵#EconTwitter nber.org/papers/w33797

1. Trump's tax cuts overwhelmingly help the rich 2. His spending cuts are targeted at the poor 3. Tariffs cost the poor a larger share of their income Roll these three regressive policies together and you get the largest redistribution from poor to rich in American history.

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