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Welcome

Girl on the BikeWelcome to the Center for Civic Research and Design (CCRD), the research component of the Center for Civic Engagement (CCE). Our mission is to cultivate and expand opportunities for Rice undergraduates to participate in research and design projects, under the guidance of Rice faculty and in collaboration with community partners, to address timely questions and issues. We promote course work and individual research and design projects that provide opportunities for students to acquire sound research skills and to use those skills in solving community problems.  

Please explore our website to learn more about current community-based research and design projects at Rice University. If you are interested in one of our existing projects or would like to propose a new project, please contact me at post@rice.edu or (713) 348-2223.  

I look forward to working with you.  

Stephanie Shirley Post
Executive Director  

News & Announcements

  • A New Rice University Report Shows Houston SafeClear Program Saves Money, Reduces Collisions
    A new Rice University study shows that the city of Houston's SafeClear program to remove disabled vehicles resulted in 120 fewer auto accidents per month and a monthly cost savings of $4 million to the driving public. The study, "SafeClear Performance Report 2008," was co-authored by Robert Stein, Robert Dahnke and Benjamin Stevenson of Rice University and Tim Lomax of the Texas Transportation Institute.  »
  • Beyond Traditional Borders Students Spreading Warmth Around the World this Summer
    Rice University students are spreading warmth around the world as they bring their plans for the Hot Cot – a low-cost warming crib for neonatal care – to developing nations this summer. »
  • A Healthy Obsession
    Seniors Yining "Tommy" Fu and Neil Parikh traveled to Washington, D.C., this weekend to present their ideas on how to streamline Medicaid and improve health care access for undocumented citizens at a workshop sponsored by the Roosevelt Institution, a student-oriented think tank.  »

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