Avery Ruxer Franklin

Rice Business celebrates Stephen Zeff’s career, birthday

Rice Business celebrated the career of Professor Stephen Zeff at an Aug. 19 event honoring his 90th birthday.

Varied regional culture may affect individual expression of religion in US

Religious expression in the workplace — from wearing symbols of one’s beliefs to discussing faith at work — varies from geographic location to location, with Christians more likely to express their faith in the South, Jews most likely in the Northeast and Muslims most likely to do so out West, according to a new paper from researchers at Rice University’s Boniuk Institute and its Religion and Public Life Program, Purdue University, West Virginia University and Wheaton College.

Crisis Management Team looking for volunteers Oct. 13

The Rice Crisis Management Team will conduct a training Oct. 13, and a variety of roles are available for volunteers.

Rice Night at the Ballpark!

Owls will take flight to watch the Astros battle the Orioles Sept. 18 at Rice Night at the ballpark. Rice has two reserved sections for group seating and the ticket prices are $13 - $26, plus fees.

Adrian Trömel joins Rice Office of Innovation as assistant vice president for strategy, investments

Rice University’s Office of Innovation has named Adrian Trömel as assistant vice president for strategy and investments.

Puentes Consortium program provides undergrads with research experience

Five Rice University students traveled to Mexico this summer to undertake the third annual Undergraduate Research Experience – an initiative presented by the Puentes Consortium, which consists of five universities and is housed in Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

Rice mourns history professor, author Harold Hyman

Former Rice University history professor, author and award-winning scholar of American legal history Harold Hyman passed away Aug. 6 at age 99.

Second annual renewable energy leadership conference convenes at Rice Aug. 22

The Renewable Energy Alliance – Houston (REAL) will present its Second Annual Renewable Energy Leadership Conference at Rice University to explore the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) signed one year ago.

OpenStax to launch open access organic chemistry textbook

The first 12 chapters of the textbook Organic Chemistry: A Tenth Edition are now freely accessible to students through OpenStax, an educational initiative of Rice University. On Sept. 12, students and faculty will have free access online to the full version of this historically costly textbook that is a required material for organic chemistry courses nationwide.

Kissinger, Clinton and Baker to headline anniversary gala at Rice’s Baker Institute

Three former U.S. Secretaries of State will join a moderated discussion on geopolitics, foreign affairs and public service at the 30th anniversary gala celebrating Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy Oct. 26.

Price increases to blame for rising hospital emergency room costs

Price increases were the largest source of spending per visit in emergency rooms over the past decade in four of five states studied, according to a new report from researchers at Rice University and UTHealth Houston School of Public Health.

Rice economist available to discuss Big Tech profit reports following layoffs

As Big Tech releases its latest round of profit reports, Rice University economist John Diamond is available to discuss the reports following major layoffs over the past several months and what the future holds.

A 'neuroshield' could protect citizens from artificial intelligence

Steps to regulate advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-enhanced social media are needed to protect people from AI “hacking” our interpersonal relationships and collective intelligence, says Harris Eyre, fellow in brain health at the Baker Institute.

OpenStax unveils new project to drive equity in education

OpenStax, an educational initiative from Rice University, unveiled a project designed to solve one of the trickiest challenges in education research: facilitating research projects about equity in education while also preserving student privacy and protecting sensitive learner demographic data. 

Rice Business celebrates five years of the Online MBA

This month, the online MBA program at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business celebrates five years since matriculating its first cohort of students. The online MBA has become the fastest growing program at the business school since its launch in 2018.