Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy is ranked No. 21 – up from No. 24 in 2011 – among the top think tanks in the US, according to the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program’s (TTCSP) 2012 survey at the University of Pennsylvania.

According to the release, Baker Institute is also one of 10 US university-affiliated think tanks ranked among the top 20 in the world. It rose to No. 13 in 2012 from No. 17 in 2011. The institute was also ranked No. 6 among energy and resource ...