Rice is now ranked 68th on the Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted Utility Patents in 2024, a list published by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) — a leap of 26 spots from last year’s list. Rice ranked 94th in 2023 with 14 granted patents; this year, Rice brought in 30 new patents, leading to its sharp increase in ranking.
Medicine is so much more than delivering treatments or writing prescriptions: It’s about helping a person. The Medical Humanities Research Institute at Rice, launched in October 2023, is aiming for a paradigm shift in medicine that refocuses on the human beings at the core of medicine, both as health care professionals and patients. Medical humanities not only elevates the contributions and perspectives that the humanities can bring to health care; it’s a multidisciplinary approach that also engages the arts, social sciences, engineering and other fields to ensure that patients are seen as people in the context of healing and to make health care more equitable and inclusive for all.
Rice Innovation announced its two most recent awardees of the One Small Step Grant , marking a significant milestone in accelerating the transition from lab to market for these Rice-developed technologies. Launched in September 2023, the grant aims to support lab-stage projects across campus, providing crucial capital for projects to spin out of the university and successfully attract investment from angel investors and venture capital.
A new list published by the National Academy of Inventors June 4 highlights Rice’s push for patenting its innovative research. With 14 utility patents issued in 2023 by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Rice ranks among the Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted Utility Patents according to the NAI.
KTRU’s 32nd annual Outdoor Show March 30 will once again take place all afternoon and into the evening on the grassy Central Quad off Alumni Dr. and features a diverse array of acts from around the country.