Dateline Rice – Rice in the News
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Zhao receives Fondren’s 2017 Shapiro Award
Members of the Rice community gathered in Fondren Library’s historic Kyle Morrow Room July 10 for a reception honoring an exceptional library employee. Jane Zhao, director of the Digital Media Commons, was recognized with the 2017 Shapiro Award.
Current News
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Rice’s Initiative for Students expands experiential learning opportunities
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Glasscock School’s fall catalog of personal and professional development courses
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Scientists seek to engineer chatter among cells
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Provost co-chairing NIH working group
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Spencer Foundation funds RUSMP study
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Here’s a tip: Indented cement shows unique properties
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Expert: Russia’s use of the ‘energy weapon’ against Western Europe still a strategic threat
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Could math method for students with visual impairments help others?
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Space scientist John Freeman dies at 82
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Beat the heat at the annual ice cream social July 27
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Baker Institute expert examines migration of skilled Mexicans to Texas, particularly Houston
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Zealandia should hold answers about tectonics, past climate
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More children living in high-poverty neighborhoods following Great Recession
Posted on July 17, 2017 | No CommentsMore children are living in high-poverty neighborhoods following the Great Recession – a troubling shift because children in these neighborhoods are a year behind academically, according to new research from researchers at Rice University, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Wisconsin. -
People, papers and presentations
Posted on July 17, 2017 | No CommentsPeople, papers and presentations -
‘Upconverted’ light has a bright future
Posted on July 17, 2017 | No CommentsA new method that takes advantage of plasmonic metals' production of "hot" electrons and holes to boost light to a higher frequency could be suitable for medical, energy and security applications. -
Baker Institute expert: Growing interest among states to tax remote online sales
Posted on July 14, 2017 | No CommentsOnline retail giant Amazon recently announced that it would voluntarily start collecting sales taxes in four additional states -- Hawaii, Idaho, Maine and New Mexico -- making the company a nationwide state sales tax collector. The move comes at a time of growing interest among states in taxation of remote online sales as a potential source of revenue, according to an expert at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. -
Fluorine grants white graphene new powers
Posted on July 14, 2017 | No CommentsFluorination of hexagonal boron nitride, a common insulator, turns it into a magnetic semiconductor. That may make the heat-resistant material suitable for electronics and sensors in extreme environments. -
Doerr Institute’s Tom Kolditz panelist at World Economic Forum
Posted on July 13, 2017 | No CommentsTom Kolditz (center right), director of the Ann and John Doerr Institute for New Leaders, was part of the panel “Building Skills for Life Through Creativity” at a meeting of the World Economic Forum in Dalian, China, last month. Photo credit: World Economic Forum/Faruk Pinjo -
Americans more likely to vote in times of uncertainty
Posted on July 13, 2017 | No CommentsDuring times of economic and political uncertainty, Americans are more likely to vote, according to a new book by two Rice University political scientists. The researchers also found that when there's less uncertainty, many Americans stay home on Election Day.
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July 20, 2017
Scientists seek to engineer chatter among cells
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July 19, 2017
Here’s a tip: Indented cement shows unique properties
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July 19, 2017
Baker Institute expert: Russia’s use of the ‘energy weapon’ against Western European countries still a strategic threat
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July 19, 2017
Could math method for students with visual impairments help others?
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July 18, 2017
OER expert available to comment on Amazon Inspire relaunch
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July 18, 2017
Baker Institute expert examines migration of skilled Mexicans to Texas, particularly Houston
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July 18, 2017
Zealandia should hold answers about tectonics, past climate
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July 17, 2017
Baker Institute expert: Growing interest among states to tax remote online sales
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July 17, 2017
‘Upconverted’ light has a bright future
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July 14, 2017
Fluorine grants white graphene new powers
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July 12, 2017
Rice team developing flat microscope for the brain
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