Community Bridges

The 2022-2023 Community Bridges application is OPEN! Share this unique experiential learning opportunity with your service-focused, research-minded undergraduate friends at Rice! Learn more today and apply by Friday, April 29th.

https://kinder.rice.edu/bridges

Community Bridges The 2022-2023 Community Bridges application is open! Find it here and apply by 11:59 pm on Friday, April 29th.

ATTN current Rice students: The Kinder Institute's Houston Community Data Connections team is seeking two student research assistants to support ongoing projects during the coming academic year! This is an excellent opportunity to hone your research skills and gain exposure to some of the most pressing urban issues in our region and beyond. The applications are OPEN and can be found via the link below in the 'Student Positions' section!

Student Opportunities The Kinder Institute is now accepting applications through August 31 for its Rice Kinder Scholars program. Other student research opportunities are also available.

We are very excited to announce that we have selected our 2021-2022 Community Bridges cohort! In the coming academic year, 23 students from 17 majors across campus will dive into coursework in urban sociology and research-based collaborations with our Community Bridges partner organizations. We can't wait to see how they learn, grow, and serve.

ICYMI: Our Community Bridges course instructor, Dan Bolger, wrote a great piece about the program for Rice University Kinder Institute for Urban Research's Urban Edge Blog. Read about how our 2020-21 fellows collaborated with partner organizations in the midst of the challenges and change that the pandemic has brought.

In its 10th year, Community Bridges projects confront ever-apparent inequalities in Houston The inequality that exists across Houston neighborhoods has perhaps never been more evident than it has over the past year.