Rice University’s Global RICE Empowers Academics and Training (GREAT) Project continues to bridge cultures and foster inclusive learning experiences.
Rice-Hamburg U. of Technology launch research collaboration
Rice chemical engineer Walter Chapman is spearheading a collaboration with the Hamburg University of Technology’s SMART Reactors Collaborative Research Center, which aims to develop solutions in support of a transition from fossil fuel to renewables-based economic and production chains through innovative reactor design and development.
Rice SIMS Workshop draws more than 130 from a dozen countries
More than 130 people from 48 institutions in a dozen countries attended the 2023 Rice University Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Workshop at the Bioscience Research Collaborative.
Rice to host International Space University program in 2024
Rice University and NASA’s Johnson Space Center will host the International Space University’s 2024 Space Studies Program, an intensive, eight-week summer program for professionals in space-related fields that will be held on Rice’s campus next summer.
SCI Summer Research Colloquium awards; Applied physics students study in France
Rice wins award for expanding international education
The Institute for International Education has honored Rice University with one of its 2023 IIE Andrew Heiskell Awards for Innovation in International Education. Awarded in the category of “Widening Access for International Education,” Rice received the honor for the Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS)-sponsored Global Rice Empowers Academics and Training (GREAT) Project.
Plasmonics conference showcases Rice for international audience
Some 250 researchers attended the 10th International Conference on Surface Plasmon Photonics (SPP10) at Rice May 21-26.
Rice provides update on Global Paris Center
Vice President for Global Caroline Levander, Provost Amy Dittmar and President Reginald DesRoches gave an update on the Rice Global Paris Center in an April 11 email to the university community.
Ocean warming intensifies viral outbreaks within corals
A groundbreaking three-year study has found evidence that ocean warming can trigger outbreaks of viruses that attack the symbiotic algae inside corals.
Rice U. hosts international women’s STEM research program
Rice University is host to a women’s leadership and STEM research program that welcomes students from Japan and Taiwan for an immersive five-week internship.
Rice joins neutrino megaproject. Engineering launches energy transition initiative. McHugh lands cancer research grant. Keck Foundation funds quantum research. West named Cottrell Scholar.
Rice-U. of Edinburgh partnership funds research for global impact
Rice University and the University of Edinburgh in Scotland have unveiled the winners of the inaugural Rice-Edinburgh Strategic Collaboration Awards as part of their historic joint research initiative launched last year.
Rice grad students bring Latin America to special needs community
In the most recent class in the Global Rice Empowers Academics and Training (GREAT) Project Feb. 11, local young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities were treated to a fun-filled afternoon where international graduate students and Rice staff with the Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS) hosted a “Walk Through Latin America.”
Rice organizes drive to house, assist international students over winter break
Hosted by the Office of International Students and Scholars — International Connections (OISS), the International Holiday Hospitality Help Program aims to provide amenities such as low-cost/no-cost housing accommodations, meals and gift cards/cash to international undergraduate students who cannot return to their home this holiday season.
Physicists use ‘electron correlations’ to control topological materials
Physicists from Rice and other institutions have discovered a way to switch topological states on and off.