Rice University News & Media

A federally funded research effort to revolutionize water treatment has yielded a direct solar desalination technology that uses energy from sunlight alone to heat salt water for membrane distillation. The technology could provide off-grid water treatment for some of the 1 billion people who lack access to clean water.

Yvonne Romero Da Silva, vice dean and director of admissions at the University of Pennsylvania, has been named vice president for enrollment at Rice University.

Terrence Gee, Tommy Huie and Brian Patterson have been elected to the Rice University Board of Trustees.