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Kinder Institute for Urban Research — News and Press Releases
Date
Title/Source
Organization
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08-14-2024
Kinders invest $122M in the Black Community
— Defender
Buffalo Soldiers National Museum
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EEDC
,
Emancipation Park
,
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
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Law Harrington Senior Living Center
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MacGregor Park
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PRH Preservation
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Project Row Houses
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The Lawson Academy
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Third Ward
Education
,
Quality of Life
,
Urban Green Space
09-29-2023
Houston residents willing to pay more for city parks, Rice Kinder Institute survey shows
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Urban Green Space
09-23-2022
$50M Kinder Foundation grant will expand Kinder Institute’s work to solve challenges facing Houston
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
09-23-2022
Kinder Foundation gives Rice University institute $50 million grant
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
12-01-2021
Rice University has named a new director at the Kinder Institute for Urban Research
— Houston Public Media
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Education
12-01-2021
Ruth López Turley named next director of Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Education
05-18-2020
Houstonians are more positive than ever, Rice survey shows
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
05-18-2020
Calm before COVID-19: 2020 Kinder Houston Area Survey reveals growing sense of solidarity, empathy ahead of pandemic
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
01-23-2020
2019 Year in Review: Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
12-09-2019
Does Charity Still Start at Home? Exploring the State of Place-Based Giving
— Inside Philanthropy
Kinder Foundation
,
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Education
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Other
05-13-2019
Public concern about flooding ebbs in area, Kinder survey shows
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
04-16-2019
Rethinking Water Detention and Development Regulations in Greater Houston.
— Houston Matters
Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium
,
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
12-11-2018
‘Dream job’: Harris County Judge Ed Emmett ’71 returning to Rice
— Rice University
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Education
10-13-2018
Too many traffic cops, not enough safety [Opinion]
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
04-23-2018
Harvey Impacted Houstonians In More Ways Than One: Houston Area Survey
— Houston Public Media
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
12-05-2017
Spotlight on Stephen Klineberg
— TMC News
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
05-09-2017
How Houston has become the most diverse place in America
— Los Angeles Times
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
05-04-2017
Taking Houstonians’ pulse on traffic, crime, immigration and more
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
05-03-2017
Grants Roundup: $25 Million From Bloomberg Aims to Curb Drowning Deaths
— The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Education
05-01-2017
The state of Houston transportation, and the Houston Area Survey
— Houston Matters
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
05-01-2017
Kinder study highlights traffic concerns, optimism for economy
— Houston Business Journal
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
05-01-2017
Traffic Is Still the Worst, But Houstonians Are Bullish on Jobs and Safety in Annual Rice Survey
— Houston Press
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
05-01-2017
Kinder survey shows racial divides even as immigration attitudes improve
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
05-01-2017
2017 Kinder Houston Area Survey – Most residents would stay in Houston even if given a choice to move
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
04-24-2017
Gifts Roundup: T. Denny Sanford Gives $28 Million to Advance Fundraising and Education
— The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Education
04-21-2017
Rice University Receives $10.7 Million for Houston School Partnership
— PhilanthropyNewsDigest.org
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Education
04-20-2017
How A $10.7 Million Grant Will Improve Education In Houston
HERC
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Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Education
04-20-2017
With New Research ‘Lab,’ D.C. Aims Big for Better Public Policy
— Governing.com
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Education
04-18-2017
Rice receives $10.7 million research grant to study Houston-area schools
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Education
04-18-2017
Rice to receive $10.7 million from Kinder Foundation for education research
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Education
04-18-2017
Rice University gets major grant from Kinder Foundation
— Houston Business Journal
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Education
08-09-2016
Houston pension liability has doubled since 2008 to $3.9 billion — Report from Rice’s Kinder Institute provides overview of Houston pensions and options for reform
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
08-09-2016
How Houston got into a $4 billion pension mess
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
08-09-2016
Here’s how Houston can fix its pension problem
— Houston Business Journal
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
05-09-2016
City leadership 1,200 strong applauds Kinder Institute’s Stephen Klineberg
— CultureMap
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
04-25-2016
New Houston Area Survey Shows Houstonians Want An Equal Rights Ordinance
— Houston Public Media
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
04-25-2016
Houstonians fairly upbeat despite oil price crash
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
02-01-2016
Rice’s Kinder Institute receives major donation
— Houston Business Journal
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
02-01-2016
Kinder grant seeks solutions to ‘complex issues’
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
02-01-2016
Rice to receive $7 million from Houston Endowment for urban research
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
09-18-2015
America’s city rankings set for Texas-sized shake up; Houston to edge past Chicago
— Reuters
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Urban Green Space
08-25-2015
Kinder Institute for Urban Research’s Urban Edge – Director’s Address
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
08-25-2015
Kinder Institute for Urban Research’s Urban Edge – Director’s Addess
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
05-14-2015
How to make sure philanthropy pays off
Kinder Foundation
,
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Other
,
Quality of Life
,
Urban Green Space
12-29-2014
Rice’s expanding Kinder Institute to use ‘Houston laboratory’ to elevate city
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
08-07-2014
Nationally Recognized Planner Bill Fulton to head Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
08-07-2014
Rice University’s Kinder Institute names new director
— Houston Business Journal
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
08-01-2014
‘The Century of Cities’: Kinder Institute names an urban planner as its new director
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
08-01-2014
‘Visionary’ planning director Bill Fulton to depart for Rice University
— Times of San Diego
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
08-01-2014
Nationally recognized urban planner William Fulton named director of Kinder Institute
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
05-12-2014
Facing Challenge to Execution, Texas Calls Its Process the Gold Standard [Kinder Houston Area Survey]
— New York Times
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
11-12-2013
KUHF Conversations: Who In Houston Values Education Beyond High School The Most
— KUHF-FM
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
04-24-2013
Survey finds area growing in ‘tolerant traditionalists’
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
04-24-2013
New survey paints Houston as the pulse of the nation
— KHOU-TV (CBS)
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
04-24-2013
Survey says … ‘rise of the rest’ driven by younger generation
— KRIV-TV (FOX)
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
04-23-2013
According To Survey, Houstonians’ Perception Of Economy Differs From Personal Experiences
— KUHF-FM Houston Public Radio
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
04-24-2012
Dr. Stephen Klineberg on Kinder Houston Area Survey
— KUHF-FM Houston Public Radio
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
04-23-2012
Mass transit gains momentum in Houston Area Survey
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
04-18-2011
There’s no place like home
— (Kinder Houston Area Survey) Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
11-22-2010
High on our town: Rich and Nancy Kinder are hellbent on making Houston a better city
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
11-17-2010
Rice announces the Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life