Valentin Radutiu appointed professor of cello at Rice’s Shepherd School of Music
Acclaimed cellist Valentin Radutiu began his musical journey at the age of 6 when he started learning the cello from his father, a cellist with the Munich Radio Orchestra who had fled communist Romania.
Rice, Texas Medical Center institutions jointly award seed grants
Rice, together with Baylor College of Medicine and the Houston Methodist Academic Institute, has awarded seed grants in support of research on health equity and digital health.
David Abraham received the United Nations Association of Houston’s Global Citizen Award.
At Rice, novelist Andrea Bajani finds himself in translation
At the bustling crossroads of the Frankfurt Book Fair where novelist and poet Andrea Bajani visited for the prelaunch of his new novel “The Anniversary” (“L’anniversario”), he found himself face-to-face with four people — no, four versions of himself.
Shepherd School alumni, recent students take center stage at elite opera companies
Recent graduates and students of Rice’s Shepherd School of Music are making waves in the opera world with several securing coveted positions in some of the nation’s most renowned opera companies.
Rice study: Chinese scientists prioritize government service more than global peers
New Rice research finds Chinese scientists feel a greater obligation to serve their government with research efforts than international counterparts.
Rice Vietnamese Student Association welcomes high school students for college leadership workshop
Rice’s Vietnamese Student Association hosted its 22nd annual college leadership workshop Oct. 19. The one-day event aims to equip high school students in the Houston area with resources to prepare them for the college application process.
Scientia lectures explore challenges to US democracy
Democracy and threats to it were front and center as the Rice Scientia Institute hosted its first event of the fall semester Oct. 24.
A new study on iron-tin thin films reshapes scientific understanding of kagome magnets.
‘Sharing concrete examples of leadership challenges’: Rice students learn from leaders at NASA
Widely recognized for developing leaders, Rice’s Doerr Institute for New Leaders took its students to a place full of them earlier this month, visiting the NASA Johnson Space Center.
Rice football team to honor service members during Navy game
One of the themes for Rice University’s football game against the Naval Academy Nov. 2 is “Salute to Service,” and no two students better represent the values of both institutions than Kai Hartman and Thara Venkateswaran.
Cancer Bioengineering Collaborative hosts kickoff event, awards first round of seed grants
Leaders and researchers from Rice and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center came together this month to celebrate the launch of the Cancer Bioengineering Collaborative, first announced earlier this summer.
Reactor developed at Rice could make direct air capture more energy efficient
Rice researchers have developed an electrochemical reactor that has the potential to drastically reduce energy consumption and cost for direct air capture.
Faculty of Rice’s Shepherd School react to discovery of new Chopin waltz
The recent discovery of a new Frédéric Chopin waltz has reverberated throughout the classical music world, capturing the attention of scholars, performers and audiences alike.
Renowned conceptual artist Mel Chin to headline Rice’s Campbell Lecture Series
Mel Chin, an internationally acclaimed conceptual artist and MacArthur Fellow, will bring his thought-provoking perspective to Rice’s Campbell Lecture Series Nov. 12-13.
