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Quality of Life — News and Press Releases
Date
Title/Source
Organization
Category
07-16-2018
Rice University to break ground on $38 million building soon
— Houston Business Journal
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
07-16-2018
Rice to break ground on new School of Social Sciences building this summer
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
07-16-2018
Rice University Social Sciences school to get new building
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
06-07-2018
Houston nonprofit launches sister organization with Kinder Foundation gift
— Houston Informer
Project Row Houses
Quality of Life
06-07-2018
Houston nonprofit launches sister organization with Kinder Foundation gift
— Houston Business Journal
Project Row Houses
Quality of Life
06-06-2018
How Houston’s Third Ward is fighting gentrification
— Houston Chronicle
Emancipation Economic Development Council
Quality of Life
06-06-2018
Project Row Houses announces creation of sister non-profit, PRH Preservation, Inc.
Project Row House
Quality of Life
05-17-2018
HAMILTON Will Bring EduHam Program to Houston
— Broadway World Houston
Kinder Foundation
Quality of Life
05-16-2018
Steven Holl-designed Glassell School of Art opens at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston
— The Architects Newspaper
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
05-15-2018
Steven Holl’s Glassell School of Art in Houston features a sloped rooftop garden
— Dezeen
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
05-15-2018
Say Hello to the New Glassell School of Art
— Houstonia Magazine
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
05-14-2018
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, completes first phase of campus redevelopment project with inauguration of the Glassell School of Art on May 20
Houston
,
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
05-14-2018
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, completes first phase of campus redevelopment project with inauguration of the Glassell School of Art on May 20
Houston
,
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
05-14-2018
Glassell School of Art gives Houston a grand new public space
— Houston Chronicle
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
05-14-2018
Photo Gallery: Glassell School Of Art’s New Building Unveiled
— Houston Public Media
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
05-14-2018
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Inaugurates the Glassell School of Art
— Architect Magazine
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
05-14-2018
MFAH previews new campus; Kinders issue $25M challenge grant to finish fundraising
— Houston Business Journal
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
04-23-2018
Harvey Impacted Houstonians In More Ways Than One: Houston Area Survey
— Houston Public Media
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
04-16-2018
How can Houston live with the certainty of flooding?
— Houston Chronicle
Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium
Quality of Life
04-13-2018
Inside Museum Fine Arts, Houston’s More Connected $450 Million Campus Redevelopment
— Forbes
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
04-06-2018
SPARK Parks across the city offer outdoor recreation for schools and communities alike
Quality of Life
,
Urban Green Space
04-05-2018
Full Show: Flood Mitigation Tactics, And Dealing With Towing Companies
— Houston Public Media
Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium
Quality of Life
04-05-2018
Report: Houston region must take fresh approach on flooding
— Houston Chronicle
Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium
Quality of Life
03-05-2018
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston parties royally with a Maharaja
— Houston Chronicle
Houston
,
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
02-09-2018
Museum of Fine Arts Houston to open first phase of $450M transformation
— Houston Business Journal
Houston
,
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
02-03-2018
Area-specific flood alerts give residents time to save lives, property
— Houston Chronicle
Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium
Quality of Life
12-22-2017
How Disaster Charity Can Pivot to Sustainable Philanthropy
— New York Times
Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium
Quality of Life
,
Urban Green Space
12-18-2017
Area Researchers Want To Implement A New Flood Warning System For Greater Houston
— Houston Public Media - Houston Matters
Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium
Quality of Life
12-05-2017
Spotlight on Stephen Klineberg
— TMC News
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
11-22-2017
Bayou City’s philanthropic legacy
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Foundation
Education
,
Quality of Life
,
Urban Green Space
11-20-2017
Rich Kinder tells all at record-breaking M.D. Anderson fundraiser
— Houston Business Journal
MD Anderson
Quality of Life
11-20-2017
‘A Conversation with A Living Legend’ reveals 5 things we didn’t know about Rich Kinder
— CultureMap
MD Anderson
Quality of Life
11-20-2017
Reluctant billionaire steps out of his comfort zone to help raise record amount for vital hospital
— PaperCity Magazine
MD Anderson
Education
,
Quality of Life
,
Urban Green Space
11-16-2017
Gray Matters: To fight flooding in Houston we have to think big
— Houston Chronicle
Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium
Quality of Life
11-16-2017
Rich Kinder gets candid, helps raise record $1.3 million for MD Anderson Cancer Center
— Houston Chronicle
MD Anderson
Quality of Life
11-14-2017
Post-Harvey, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston moves Glassell School of Art opening to May 2018
— The Art Newspaper
Houston
,
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
11-14-2017
Sneak Peek: The new Glassell School of Art
— Houston Chronicle
Houston
,
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
10-27-2017
Houston comes together to figure out flooding
— Houston Chronicicle
Greater Houston Flood Mitigation Consortium
Quality of Life
08-10-2017
Delicate Relations to the Real: Walking Donald Barthelme’s Houston
— LA Review of Books
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
07-26-2017
Affordable housing – City needs real action, not just gimmicks, as Houstonians face new pressure
— Houston Chronicle
Emancipation Economic Development Council
Quality of Life
06-20-2017
Emancipation Avenue a home for economic dreams in Third Ward
— Houston Chronicle
Emancipation Economic Development Council
Quality of Life
,
Urban Green Space
06-08-2017
Ground breaks on Steven Holl’s design for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
— The Architect's Newspaper
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
06-08-2017
More groundbreaking at MFAH
— Glasstire
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
06-01-2017
MFAH breaks ground on Nancy and Rich Kinder building
Houston
,
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
06-01-2017
MFAH groundbreaking helps spur imagination for the future
— Houston Chronicle
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
06-01-2017
Museum of Fine Arts Houston’s $450M expansion hits milestone
— Houston Business Journal
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
06-01-2017
‘Now the real fun time starts’ after MFAH breaks ground on new building
— CultureMap
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
05-31-2017
MFAH Marks Milestone in Campus Redevelopment Project, As Nancy and Rich Kinder Building Breaks Ground
Houston
,
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
05-09-2017
How Houston has become the most diverse place in America
— Los Angeles Times
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
05-04-2017
Taking Houstonians’ pulse on traffic, crime, immigration and more
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
05-01-2017
The state of Houston transportation, and the Houston Area Survey
— Houston Matters
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
05-01-2017
Kinder study highlights traffic concerns, optimism for economy
— Houston Business Journal
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
05-01-2017
Traffic Is Still the Worst, But Houstonians Are Bullish on Jobs and Safety in Annual Rice Survey
— Houston Press
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
05-01-2017
Kinder survey shows racial divides even as immigration attitudes improve
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
05-01-2017
2017 Kinder Houston Area Survey – Most residents would stay in Houston even if given a choice to move
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
03-15-2017
The Black Voice – Emancipation Economic Development Council (EEDC)
— Fox 26
Emancipation Economic Development Council
Quality of Life
01-25-2017
Emancipation Economic Development Council receives $460,000 from Kinder Foundation to fund community impact projects
Emancipation Community Development Partnership
,
Emancipation Economic Development Council
Quality of Life
01-24-2017
Promoting the arts
— Houston Chronicle
Houston
,
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
11-01-2016
Rain: Magdalena Fernández at the Houston Cistern
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
,
Houston
,
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
,
Urban Green Space
08-09-2016
Houston pension liability has doubled since 2008 to $3.9 billion — Report from Rice’s Kinder Institute provides overview of Houston pensions and options for reform
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
08-09-2016
How Houston got into a $4 billion pension mess
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
08-09-2016
Here’s how Houston can fix its pension problem
— Houston Business Journal
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
07-12-2016
At interdisciplinary conference, Houston highlights its new relationship to the natural landscape
— The Architect's Newspaper
Bayou Greenways
,
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
,
Discovery Green
,
Kinder Foundation
Quality of Life
07-05-2016
Third Ward Plan
— Houston Chronicle
Emancipation Economic Development Council
,
Emancipation Park
Quality of Life
05-19-2016
Young Mothers Residential Program at Project Row Houses receives Kinder Foundation gift
Project Row House
Quality of Life
05-09-2016
City leadership 1,200 strong applauds Kinder Institute’s Stephen Klineberg
— CultureMap
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
04-25-2016
New Houston Area Survey Shows Houstonians Want An Equal Rights Ordinance
— Houston Public Media
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
04-25-2016
Houstonians fairly upbeat despite oil price crash
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
04-10-2016
Bayou Bend Garden Party soars with perfect weather, blue bloods and serious greenbacks
— CultureMap
Houston
,
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
03-08-2016
How Houston got beautiful. (At least in places.)
— Houston Chronicle
Bayou Greenways
,
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
,
Discovery Green
Quality of Life
02-01-2016
Rice’s Kinder Institute receives major donation
— Houston Business Journal
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
02-01-2016
Kinder grant seeks solutions to ‘complex issues’
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
02-01-2016
Rice to receive $7 million from Houston Endowment for urban research
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
10-27-2015
Gary Tinterow, Hometown Boy Made Good, Goes Home to Houston
— New York Times
Houston
,
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
10-16-2015
MFAH breaks ground on campus and Glassell School
Houston
,
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
10-16-2015
New York is “boring” while Houston art scene thrives, architect tells crowd at MFAH groundbreaking
— Culture Map
Houston
,
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
09-23-2015
Green Acres
— Texas Monthly
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
,
Discovery Green
,
Houston Parks Board
Quality of Life
,
Urban Green Space
09-15-2015
Buffalo Bayou Park is getting ready to open
— Houston Press
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
Quality of Life
08-25-2015
Kinder Institute for Urban Research’s Urban Edge – Director’s Address
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
08-25-2015
Kinder Institute for Urban Research’s Urban Edge – Director’s Addess
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
05-14-2015
How to make sure philanthropy pays off
Kinder Foundation
,
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Other
,
Quality of Life
,
Urban Green Space
05-04-2015
The Bayou City
— Urban Land Magazine (May)
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
,
Houston Parks Board
Quality of Life
03-29-2015
Capital campaigns attract large donations for Houston arts groups
— Houston Chronicle
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
03-03-2015
Rich and Nancy Kinder open up on foundation’s biggest projects
— Houston Business Journal
Buffalo Bayou Partnership
,
Discovery Green
,
Kinder Foundation
,
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
,
Urban Green Space
01-23-2015
Museum of Fine Arts Houston Expands Its Campus and Steven Holl’s Reputation
— Blouin
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
01-22-2015
Can a Massive Museum Expansion Get Texans Walking?
— The Atlantic - City Lab
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
01-17-2015
Planned expansion of Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts is a bright idea
— Dallas Morning News
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
01-16-2015
Big Donors Power $450-Million Makeover for Houston Museum
— Chronicle of Philanthropy
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
01-16-2015
Transformational: Campus expansion of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will reflect the city’s spirit
— Houston Chronicle
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
01-15-2015
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Unveils Designs for Campus Redevelopment, with more than 70 Percent of Funding Goal Secured
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
01-15-2015
Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts Reveals Expansion Plans
— Wall Street Journal
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
01-14-2015
Nancy and Rich Kinder Building for 20th and 21st Century Art Announced as Part of MFAH Redevelopment Project
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
01-13-2015
Texan billionaires shell out for $450m MFA Houston expansion
— The Art Newspaper
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
01-13-2015
Museum of Fine Arts to undergo $450M redevelopment, chaired by Rich Kinder
— Houston Business Journal
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
01-13-2015
Museum of Fine Arts unveils $450 million expansion plan with new buildings, roof garden, top-tier restaurant
— CultureMap
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
01-13-2015
Museum of Fine Arts Houston unveils dramatic $450 million redevelopment plan
— Houston Chronicle
Museum of Fine Arts
Quality of Life
12-29-2014
Rice’s expanding Kinder Institute to use ‘Houston laboratory’ to elevate city
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
08-07-2014
Nationally Recognized Planner Bill Fulton to head Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
08-07-2014
Rice University’s Kinder Institute names new director
— Houston Business Journal
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
08-01-2014
‘The Century of Cities’: Kinder Institute names an urban planner as its new director
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
08-01-2014
‘Visionary’ planning director Bill Fulton to depart for Rice University
— Times of San Diego
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
08-01-2014
Nationally recognized urban planner William Fulton named director of Kinder Institute
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
05-12-2014
Facing Challenge to Execution, Texas Calls Its Process the Gold Standard [Kinder Houston Area Survey]
— New York Times
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
01-09-2014
Mantle Cell Lymphona Research At MD Anderson Gets $1 Million Donation From Kinder Foundation
— BioNews Texas
MD Anderson
Quality of Life
01-06-2014
Kinder Foundation donates $1M to M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
— Houston Business Journal
MD Anderson
Quality of Life
01-06-2014
Kinder Foundation commits $1 million for mantle cell lymphoma resesearch
MD Anderson
Quality of Life
11-12-2013
KUHF Conversations: Who In Houston Values Education Beyond High School The Most
— KUHF-FM
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
04-24-2013
Survey finds area growing in ‘tolerant traditionalists’
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
04-24-2013
New survey paints Houston as the pulse of the nation
— KHOU-TV (CBS)
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
04-24-2013
Survey says … ‘rise of the rest’ driven by younger generation
— KRIV-TV (FOX)
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
04-23-2013
According To Survey, Houstonians’ Perception Of Economy Differs From Personal Experiences
— KUHF-FM Houston Public Radio
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
03-21-2013
Kinder Foundation Donates $1 Million to Feed Hungry Kids
— KUHF-FM Houston Public Radio
Houston Food Bank
Quality of Life
03-20-2013
$1 million Kinder gift to Backpack Buddy effort means fewer school kids arrive hungry
— Houston Chronicle
Houston Food Bank
Quality of Life
03-18-2013
Kinder Foundation donates $1 million to Houston Food Bank
— Houston Business Journal
Houston Food Bank
Quality of Life
03-18-2013
Houston Food Bank announces $1 million gift from the Kinder Foundation to provide for chronically hungry children
Houston Food Bank
Quality of Life
10-28-2012
Research unraveling the risks of deadly hidden heart problems
— Houston Chronicle
Texas Heart Institute
Quality of Life
08-20-2012
Dutch soccer star treated at Texas Heart Institute
— West U Ultimate
Texas Heart Institute
Quality of Life
04-24-2012
Dr. Stephen Klineberg on Kinder Houston Area Survey
— KUHF-FM Houston Public Radio
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
04-23-2012
Mass transit gains momentum in Houston Area Survey
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
04-18-2011
There’s no place like home
— (Kinder Houston Area Survey) Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
11-22-2010
High on our town: Rich and Nancy Kinder are hellbent on making Houston a better city
— Houston Chronicle
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
11-17-2010
Rice announces the Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Quality of Life
11-11-2010
Texas Heart Institute, Houston ISD Announce Medical Research Program to Screen/Study 10,000 Houston Students/Athletes for Heart Conditions Associated With Sudden Cardiac Death
Texas Heart Institute
Quality of Life