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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
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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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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]

NNIP Partners Remind Residents Staying at Home Saves Lives

April 2020
CI:NOW reframed the gloomy conversation around the COVID-19 outbreak to a message of thanks to the community members who are sheltering at home to protect their families and neighbors. Their... [read more]

Welcoming two new NNIP Executive Committee members

January 2, 2020
The National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP) is pleased to announce two stellar additions to the network's elected Executive Committee - John Killeen, Executive Director of... [read more]

Publications

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The 2020 State of Housing in Harris County and Houston

June 23, 2020
Report - By: Kyle Shelton, John Park, Carlos Villegas, Luis Guajardo, Chris Servideo , Zhiyan Zhang