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President Kennedy talked about the U.S. space program, arguing that America should be the leader in space exploration and the first to land a man on the moon. He said his goal to send a man …

Political reporters about covering the 2020 presidential campaign during the coronavirus pandemic. The panel discussed the Democratic primary season through the general election, how Preside…

Steven Lewis, the C.V. Starr Transnational China Fellow, and Aynne Kokas, a nonresident scholar with the Baker Institute’s China Studies Program and an associate professor of media studies a…

House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Representative Don Beyer (D-VA) discussed the U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement at an event hosted by Rice Unive…

Former President Barack Obama spoke with former Secretary of State James Baker at a discussion moderated by presidential historian Jon Meacham. Topics included their experiences in office, b…

Mitt Romney, a U.S. Senate candidate in Utah, talked about Trump administration policies, leadership and the future of the Republican party at Rice University’s Baker Institute in Houston. M…

Internet activist and blogger Ethan Zuckerman, who runs the Center for Civic Media at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, addressed a student audience at Rice University abo…

Chief Justice John Roberts addressed students at Rice University, touching on issues ranging from challenges to the Constitution to his favorite movie. Chief Justice Roberts said reporters a…

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor spoke to students and faculty at the Rice University Baker Institute for Public Policy. In his remarks he talked about American discontent with congressiona…

Energy policy analysts spoke about the state of the energy industry, regulatory changes, and efforts to continue energy exploration in the year since the Deepwater Horizon explosion and subs…

Rice University in Houston, Texas held a forum to discuss the risks and challenges of offshore oil and gas drilling.

Participants talked about U.S. energy policy and the future of oil exploration. Among the issues they addressed were lessons learned from the Deepwater Horizon accident in the Gulf of Mexico…

Energy industry executives talked about the future of offshore drilling, lessons learned in the BP oil spill, and safety improvements being considered as a moratorium on offshore oil explora…

Michael Bromwich spoke about the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the future of offshore drilling and the operations of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. He also responded to questio…

Nir Rosen looks at the consequences of the U.S. war in Iraq and the implications for the war in Afghanistan. He spoke at Rice University in Houston, Texas.

Roman Papadiuk spoke about President George H.W. Bush’s leadership and management style. Among the topics he addressed were his interpersonal relations with other, his personal style as pres…

Pulitzer Prize-winning talked about the future of reading and books. Mr. McMurtry said that in his bookstores people buy books for “imaginative reasons,” not for information. He believes boo…

John Doerr, a venture capitalist, delivered the commencement address to the graduating class of Rice University on the Academic Quadrangle.

Former national security advisers spoke about their role in the administration and how the job had changed over the years. Following their remarks they answered questions from the audience.

Mayor Bill White delivered the commencement address to the graduating class of Rice University. He spoke about public service, and the lesson of Houston’s response to victims of Hurricane Ka…