HOUSTON – (April 25, 2017) – Stephen Klineberg, founding director of Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research and a sociology professor in Rice’s School of Social Sciences, will release findings from the 2017 Kinder Houston Area Survey at a downtown luncheon May 1. The 36th annual study covers such topics as Houstonians’ current economic outlooks and perspectives on the region’s demographic transformations.

Prior to the luncheon at the Marriott Marquis hotel, 1777 Walker St., Klineberg will discuss highlights from the survey during a press conference on the third floor of the hotel in the Hunter's Creek Room (A-side).

Who: Stephen Klineberg, founding director of Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research and professor of sociology.

What: Press conference highlighting findings from the 2017 Kinder Houston Area Survey.

When: 11 a.m. Monday, May 1.

Where: Marriott Marquis hotel, Hunter's Creek Room (A-side) on the third floor of the hotel, 1777 Walker St., in downtown Houston. Press check-in will be located directly outside of the room. Media should proceed to the room for the press conference after checking in.

Members of the news media who would like to speak with Klineberg about the survey should attend the press conference and RSVP to Amy McCaig, senior media relations specialist at Rice, at amym@rice.edu, 713-348-6777 (office) or 217-417-2901 (cell).