Lozano, Medina and Ramos win inaugural Rice Staff Excellence Awards
Three Rice staff members — Kandice Lozano, Christine Gocek Medina and Armandina Ramos — were named the inaugural recipients of the Rice Staff Excellence Award at an April 18 staff appreciation event hosted by the Office of the President at Tudor Fieldhouse.
When faced with perceived racial discrimination in the workplace, new Rice University research finds that Christians lean on their faith to get them through these experiences. However, researchers warn this can lead to employee exploitation or, on the flip side, encouraging feelings of victimhood.
Great teaching cannot be accomplished without first taking great responsibility in the classroom, said Betul Orcan-Ekmekci, an associate teaching professor in mathematics and Rice’s 2024 recipient of the George R. Brown Prize for Excellence in Teaching.
New book from Rice anthropologist: ‘Our fossilized civilization has no sustainable future’
What would the world look like with no fossils — and therefore no fossil fuels?
Student research highlighted during Social Sciences Undergraduate Research + Creative Symposium
Research on racial identity and fair pay, mental and physical health, foreign affairs and other topics was on display at the Social Sciences Undergraduate Research + Creative Symposium (SSURS) held April 11 at Rice University’s Kraft Hall.
New Rice research explores why we remember what we remember
We’ve all been in a similar situation — you lock your front door for the umpteenth time in a given week only to panic minutes later when you’re driving to work as you struggle to remember if you actually locked the door.
Rice sociologist hosts viewing of Israeli music festival massacre documentary
Members of the Rice and Houston community recently gathered for a screening of “SUPERNOVA: The Music Festival Massacre,” a documentary by award-winning German production company GebruederBeetz Filmproduktion. The film focuses on Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel, specifically on the Supernova music festival.
Prestigious Truman Scholarship awarded to Rice’s Lee Waldman
Lee Waldman, a Rice junior majoring in sociology in the School of Social Sciences, has been awarded a Truman Scholarship , the premier graduate fellowship in the U.S. for those pursuing careers as leaders in public service.
Rice University and Lone Star College will celebrate the renewal of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) and signing of an articulation agreement April 12 to allow transfer students in LSC’s Take Flight Program to receive Rice credit for core science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses completed at Lone Star College. The event will take place from 2-2:30 p.m. in the Rice Founder’s Room in Lovett Hall.
Spring has a nice ring for Rice Staff Council
Rice Staff Council hosted its Spring Staff Social March 28 at Valhalla. Staff members mingled while enjoying free food, drinks and conversation with their fellow colleagues. The event was sponsored by the Rice Provost’s Office.
Kellan Dunlap , a Rice Shepherd School of Music graduate student studying vocal performance, is a recipient of the 2024 Presser Graduate Music Award for a musical project that will take listeners on a “thought-provoking musical journey that addresses the multifaceted dimensions of school shootings.”
Video: Future Rice Owls’ emotional reactions to acceptance letters
In a heartwarming display of emotion, potential future students of Rice University captured video of themselves opening their acceptance letters for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle.
New book authored by Rice’s Douglas Brinkley documents coal mining communities in postwar America
A new book co-authored by Rice University historian Douglas Brinkley paints a picture of the lives of individuals in coal mining communities and their vital contributions to the first wave of post-WWII growth in the U.S.
New research from the Rice University Kinder Institute for Urban Research’s Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC) finds that female students may be more likely to stick with STEM curriculum when they receive support from high school guidance counselors.
National Medal of Science winner Richard Tapia, a University Professor at Rice University who is widely recognized as a national leader in the preparation of women and underrepresented minorities for advanced degrees in science, engineering and mathematics, will be celebrated for five decades of service to the university at 4 p.m. April 3 at Rice’s Faculty Club.
