Dateline Rice for March 27, 2023 (Weekend Edition)
March 28, 2023
Dateline Rice for March 27, 2023 (Weekend Edition)
People, papers and presentations for March 27, 2023
March 27, 2023
Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, has been elected to the board of directors of the National Archives Foundation, which works to generate financial and creative support for National Archives exhibitions, public programs and educational initiatives.
Dateline Rice for March 20, 2023 (Weekend Edition)
March 22, 2023
Dateline Rice for March 20, 2023 (Weekend Edition)
Cherukuri provides update on Office of Innovation
March 20, 2023
Rice Vice President for Innovation Paul Cherukuri shared an update on the Office of Innovation in a recent email to the university community.
Owls basketball teams receive invitations to postseason tournaments
March 13, 2023
The Rice men’s basketball teams will compete in the College Basketball Invitational, while the women are headed to the Women’s National Invitation Tournament.
People, papers and presentations for March 13, 2023
March 13, 2023
Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Ming Yi has won the 2022 Outstanding Young Researcher Award, or Ardentic Prize, from the International Organization of Chinese Physicists and Astronomers, a New York-based non-political, not-for-profit organization that promotes physics and astronomy research and achievements by ethnic Chinese physicists and astronomers.
Rice leaders reaffirm commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion
March 8, 2023
President Reginald DesRoches, Provost Amy Dittmar and Vice Provost for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Alex Byrd stressed Rice’s commitment to upholding diversity, equity and inclusion in a March 8 email to the university community.
People, papers and presentations for March 6, 2023
March 6, 2023
Ed Emmett, Baker Institute Fellow in Energy and Transportation Policy, and Ruth Simmons, who was recently named a Rice President’s Distinguished Fellow, were named Houston Independent School District (HISD) Centennial Alumni Impact honorees at HISD’s State of the Schools event March 3.
People, papers and presentations for Feb. 27, 2023
February 27, 2023
Lorraine Kung, a Rice Architecture master’s student, has received an Expanding Horizons Fellowship, which funds research-related travel that also benefits the communities where the research takes place.