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Rice University

Contact:

Jie Wu, Director of Research Management

jie.wu@rice.edu

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Kinder Institute for Urban Research

Kinder Institute Urban Data Platform

Houston Community Data Connections

Urban Edge

Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research is a “think and do” tank that advances understanding of the challenges facing Houston and other urban centers through research, policy analysis, and public outreach. By collaborating with civic and political leaders, the Kinder Institute aims to implement promising solutions to these critical urban issues. Created in 2010, the Kinder Institute was endowed with a $15 million gift from Houston philanthropists Richard and Nancy Kinder.

Recently Houston Endowment has awarded $7 million to the Kinder Institute to expand its research capacity and ability to help solve urban issues and to provide a cluster of data and research services to the Houston communities under the Houston Community Data Connections (HCDC) initiative. A steering committee was formed to guide HCDC's priority points and to help build stronger partnership with community organizations in the region.

Sarah Diez
Research Analyst

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Bill Fulton Twitter
Director

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Katie Wang
Program Manager

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Jie Wu Twitter
Director of Research Management

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Mingming Zhang
Research Analyst

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Activities

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Training for Houston's COVID-19 Community Health Education Fellows Program

August 2020
In late August, the Kinder HCDC team partnered with the Mayor’s Office of... [read more]

Kinder Institute Lunch-Out

May 2020
In response to global coronavirus concerns, the Kinder Institute offered its 2020 annual luncheon on Monday, May 18 as a virtual Lunch-Out. Guests from Houston and around the world gathered online... [read more]

Taking residents on a data walk to democratize community research findings

April 2020
Through workshops, community feedback and an interactive data walk, a Houston Community Data Connections team empowered Third Ward community members and other stakeholders to use data from a multi... [read more]