Rice to begin play in American Athletic Conference next year
June 15, 2022
Rice will officially join the American Athletic Conference for competition in the 2023-24 academic year, the university and league has announced.
People, papers and presentations for June 13, 2022
June 12, 2022
Zaochen Ye, a research scientist in the lab of Rice physicist Frank Geurts, received a prestigious Merit Award during the virtual annual users’ meeting of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider and Alternating Gradient Synchrotron at Brookhaven National Laboratory held June 7-10.
Forbes’ runner-up finish paces Owls at track and field championships
June 10, 2022
Grace Forbes’ second-place finish in the 10,000 meters led a contingent of five Rice athletes at the NCAA outdoor track and field championships this week in Eugene, Oregon.
People, papers and presentations for May 31, 2022
May 31, 2022
Rice track and field athletes Grace Forbes (10,000 meters), Erna Gunnarsdottir (shot put), James McNaney (javelin), Tara Simpson-Sullivan (hammer throw) and Alex Slinkman (pole vault) qualified for the NCAA Championships with their performances at the NCAA West Prelims May 25-28 in Fayetteville, Arkansas
People, papers and presentations for May 23, 2022
May 23, 2022
Alexander Dessler, an emeritus professor of physics and astronomy, has published a personal history of the early days of Rice’s Space Science Department in the journal Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists.
People, papers and presentations for May 16, 2022
May 16, 2022
Several Owls claimed Conference USA titles at the league’s outdoor track and field championships May 12-15 in San Antonio.
Dateline Rice for April 25, 2022 (Weekend Edition)
April 25, 2022
Dateline Rice for April 25, 2022 (Weekend Edition)
People, papers and presentations for April 18, 2022
April 18, 2022
Fred Oswald, a professor of psychological sciences, is one of 27 experts recently appointed to the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee, which will advise President Joe Biden and the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office.
Leebron’s town hall, reception lunch set for April 21
April 13, 2022
Rice President David Leebron will deliver his town hall address April 21, and university staff members are invited to a lunch reception following the event.
Open enrollment for benefit plans begins April 15
April 11, 2022
Taxes might be top of mind these days, but it is also time for Rice employees to start thinking about their health, welfare and retirement benefits for the upcoming fiscal year.