Tonight, the Baker Institute Student Forum welcomes M. Sophia Aguirre, an associate professor of economics at The Catholic University of America, to examine the connections between health, families and poverty. Empirical evidence suggests that sustainable economic growth and the eradication… Continue Reading
Over the weekend, numerous reports emerged that Google was drawing ever closer to closing Google.cn, the company’s China search portal. One source claimed that the company was “‘99.9 per cent’ certain,” that it would be closing its search portal serving… Continue Reading
After hearing that I work in science policy, countless people have asked me “Do you believe in climate change?” They expect that since I have a Ph.D. in science that I will be able to articulately communicate the sophisticated and… Continue Reading
This weekend, two of Colombia’s political parties will hold primary elections to select their presidential nominees. One is the historical Conservative party and the other is the fledgling Green Party. Unlike the United States, Colombia has had a multiparty system… Continue Reading
In a recent Houston Chronicle op-ed, my colleague and I called on our local members of Congress to focus on obesity prevention as a primary goal of the Child Nutrition Act when it is reauthorized later this year. We base… Continue Reading
Tonight, the Baker Institute welcomes speaker Ben Vinson III, Ph.D., who will discuss “Mexico, Race, Blackness and Shared Borders: Reflections on Divergent and Common Histories.” Vinson, a professor of history and director of the Center for Africana Studies at The… Continue Reading
The U.S. public has a “dysfunctional” relationship with science, author Chris Mooney recently told a Baker Institute audience, urging scientists to engage in a “new project of public outreach” to deal with it. Mooney, a 2009-2010 Knight Science Journalism Fellow… Continue Reading