Rice University News & Media

Rice University researchers haven’t let a minute go by without putting their minds and talents to solving the problems caused by the devastation left by Hurricane Harvey.

The 37th Kinder Houston Area Survey also revealed that respondents believe traffic is still the area’s biggest problem and that significantly more money is needed for public education.

At the beginning of each semester, James Brown, a professor of economics, tells his students good news and bad news about his courses.

When asked to define excellent teaching, Robert Werth, a lecturer of sociology in Rice University’s School of Social Sciences and the 2018 recipient of the university’s highest teaching award — the George R. Brown Prize for Excellence in Teaching, admitted that is not such an easy question to answer.