Rhetoric Race and Religion
Rice University will establish an institute to promote religious tolerance after receiving a $28.5 million donation from Houston philanthropists, Dr. Milton and Laurie Boniuk.
The gift will be used to build a 3,000 square feet Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance, which will conduct research, public outreach and educational programming.
Its mission is to encourage multidisciplinary research that results in understanding and achieving tolerance. Research will be done in religious studies, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and engineering.
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