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    • <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://news.rice.edu/2017/10/19/dateline-rice-for-oct-19-2017/' addthis:title='Dateline Rice for Oct. 19, 2017 ' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Trump kicks issues to Congress, is erratic trading partner Rice Professor of History Douglas Brinkley is quoted in a story on President Donald Trump...<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://news.rice.edu/2017/10/19/dateline-rice-for-oct-19-2017/' addthis:title='Dateline Rice for Oct. 19, 2017 ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>
      Dateline Rice for Oct. 19, 2017
      19 October 2017 12:54 PM | No Comments
    • <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://news.rice.edu/2017/10/18/dateline-rice-for-oct-18-2017/' addthis:title='Dateline Rice for Oct. 18, 2017 ' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>FEATURED ITEMS Experts offer tips for SUSTech growth Rice President David Leebron was one of 14 leaders of the world’s top universities who provided commentary...<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://news.rice.edu/2017/10/18/dateline-rice-for-oct-18-2017/' addthis:title='Dateline Rice for Oct. 18, 2017 ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>
      Dateline Rice for Oct. 18, 2017
      18 October 2017 3:11 PM | No Comments
    • <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://news.rice.edu/2017/10/17/dateline-rice-for-oct-17-2017/' addthis:title='Dateline Rice for Oct. 17, 2017 ' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Harvey’s runoff takes toll on the coast The more than 13 trillion gallons of floodwater from Hurricane Harvey have created a massive plume of...<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://news.rice.edu/2017/10/17/dateline-rice-for-oct-17-2017/' addthis:title='Dateline Rice for Oct. 17, 2017 ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>
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    • <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://news.rice.edu/2017/10/19/new-committee-studying-mobility-safety-on-campus/' addthis:title='New committee studying mobility safety on campus ' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>A new committee has been appointed to study the ongoing safety issues related to transportation on campus.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://news.rice.edu/2017/10/19/new-committee-studying-mobility-safety-on-campus/' addthis:title='New committee studying mobility safety on campus ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>
      New committee studying mobility safety on campus
      19 October 2017 3:03 PM | No Comments
    • <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://news.rice.edu/2017/10/19/rice-scientist-ready-to-study-first-cores-from-active-continental-rift/' addthis:title='Rice scientist ready to study first cores from active continental rift ' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>Rice geochemist Clint Miller is part of an international team of scientists that is collecting the first sediment samples ever drilled from Greece's Gulf of Corinth, an active continental rift where Earth's crust expands and thins. <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://news.rice.edu/2017/10/19/rice-scientist-ready-to-study-first-cores-from-active-continental-rift/' addthis:title='Rice scientist ready to study first cores from active continental rift ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>
      Rice scientist ready to study first cores from active continental rift
      19 October 2017 2:01 PM | No Comments
    • <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://news.rice.edu/2017/10/19/microfluidics-probe-cholesterol-of-the-oil-industry-2/' addthis:title='Microfluidics probe ‘cholesterol’ of the oil industry ' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>Rice University researchers employ microfluidic devices to show how and why dispersants are able to break up deposits of asphaltene that hinder the flow of crude oil in wellheads and pipelines. <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://news.rice.edu/2017/10/19/microfluidics-probe-cholesterol-of-the-oil-industry-2/' addthis:title='Microfluidics probe ‘cholesterol’ of the oil industry ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>
      Microfluidics probe ‘cholesterol’ of the oil industry
      19 October 2017 12:37 PM | No Comments
    • <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://news.rice.edu/2017/10/19/tangled-up-in-gray-2/' addthis:title='Tangled up in gray ' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>A Rice study has found negative correlation between flexibility and modularity in the brain. Understanding how they interact is essential to the advance of neuroscience, the researchers said. Flexibility allows for better performance on complex tasks, and modularity allows proficiency on simple tasks. <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://news.rice.edu/2017/10/19/tangled-up-in-gray-2/' addthis:title='Tangled up in gray ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>
      Tangled up in gray
      19 October 2017 6:00 AM | No Comments
    • <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://news.rice.edu/2017/10/19/fossil-coral-reefs-show-sea-level-rose-in-bursts-during-last-warming-2/' addthis:title='Fossil coral reefs show sea level rose in bursts during last warming ' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>Scientists from Rice University and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi's Harte Research Institute have discovered that Earth's sea level did not rise steadily when the planet's glaciers last melted during a period of global warming; rather, sea level rose sharply in punctuated bursts. <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://news.rice.edu/2017/10/19/fossil-coral-reefs-show-sea-level-rose-in-bursts-during-last-warming-2/' addthis:title='Fossil coral reefs show sea level rose in bursts during last warming ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>
      Fossil coral reefs show sea level rose in bursts during last warming
      19 October 2017 4:00 AM | No Comments
    • <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://news.rice.edu/2017/10/18/art-history-conference-explores-health/' addthis:title='Art history conference explores ‘health’ ' ><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet"></a><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="medium"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style"></a></div>Scholars and artists from across the United States and from the University of London gathered at Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts Oct. 14 to present research and art that seek to explore the nature of “health.” The gathering marked the Rice Department of Art History’s first interdisciplinary graduate conference, “Vital Constitutions: The Appearance of ‘Health’ in History.”<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://news.rice.edu/2017/10/18/art-history-conference-explores-health/' addthis:title='Art history conference explores ‘health’ ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>
      Art history conference explores ‘health’
      18 October 2017 4:11 PM | No Comments
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