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Shepherd School’s Shih-Hui Chen selected as 2023 music award winner by American Academy of Arts and Letters

Shih-Hui Chen, a professor of composition and theory at The Shepherd School of Music , was selected as a 2023 music award winner by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Rice’s Hanyu Zhu wins NSF CAREER Award

Rice materials scientist Hanyu Zhu has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, which includes a five-year research grant to probe quantum materials modified by terahertz quantum fluctuations.

‘Blank Slate Monument’ paying homage to African American history, struggle for racial justice to make Texas debut on Rice campus March 3

An interactive sculpture paying tribute to African American history and the ongoing struggle for racial justice will be on display at Rice University throughout the month of March.

Fondren hosts reading series event about writing first book

The Rice Department of English’s Cherry Reading Series presented “Breaking Out! The Untold Stories of Writing and Publishing a First Book,” featuring moderator Bryan Washington and panelist authors Allegra Hyde, Christopher Gonzalez and Jean Kyoung Frazier, on Monday, Feb. 27.

Rice U. experts to be featured at CERAWeek 2023

A number of Rice University experts will participate in meetings and workshops at CERAWeek, the major energy industry conference that draws thousands of innovators, industry leaders and other attendees from around the world to Houston. Rice is also an affiliate partner of CERAWeek, which runs March 6-10.

Wastewater study monitors Houston schools for viral threats

A new study by Rice University and the Houston Health Department finds that wastewater-based monitoring is an effective way to detect viral outbreaks in schools.

Prairie Plots burning ignites new landscaping ideas at Rice

Rice University conducted its first prescribed burn on a roughly 10,000 square-foot area on campus Tuesday as part of a project meant to promote smarter and environmentally-conscious landscaping practices.

Glasscock’s latest ‘Facing Race’ course to address inequities, structural racism

The Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies ’ fifth course in its “Facing Race” series will explore strategies to counteract racial inequities in our city and nation.

Rice University joins national semiconductor research effort

Rice University is one of 14 academic institutions to join the Center for Heterogeneous Integration of Micro Electronic Systems, a $32.7 million project created by the Semiconductor Research Corporation’s Joint University Microelectronics Program 2.0.

Tapia discusses new book 'Losing The Precious Few'

Rice University’s Multicultural Community Relations department hosted a book presentation for Richard Tapia’s “Losing The Precious Few: How America Fails to Educate Its Minorities in Science and Engineering” Feb. 22 in Anne and Charles Duncan Hall’s McMurtry Auditorium.

Rice graduate studies office throws ‘Night at the Museum’ bash

Rice’s Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies hosted its annual “A Night at the Museum” graduate student recruitment event Feb. 25 at the Houston Museum of Natural Science’s Morian Hall of Paleontology, a fun-filled evening amid the museum’s spectacular collection of dinosaur skeletons and other paleontological wonders.

Learning Black history in Houston’s Fourth Ward

As part of Rice’s Black History Month programming sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs, students and members of the Rice community visited the Rutherford B.H. Yates Museum in Freedmen’s Town Feb. 17.

Marathon of mitzvahs

Rice students and community members were invited to the Central Quad Feb. 22 by Chabad at Rice to participate in the group’s latest Mitzvah Marathon “good deed drive.”

Rice Athletics to celebrate MacArthur winner Kiese Laymon, screen Bill Russell documentary at final men’s basketball game

Rice Professor Kiese Laymon, acclaimed author and 2022 MacArthur Foundation “genius grant” awardee , is set to be recognized by Rice Athletics during the final men’s basketball game of the season March 4 against the Florida International University Panthers at 2 p.m. in Tudor Fieldhouse. Following the game, attendees will be treated to a free screening of “Bill Russell: Legend” featuring narration written by Laymon.

Rice alum Cristian Măcelaru to lead Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra in March 4 symphony concert

A visit from internationally renowned guest conductor and Rice University Shepherd School alum Cristian Măcelaru coupled with a blend of traditional and new classical works are among the highlights planned for the school’s chamber and symphony orchestra performances March 3 and 4, respectively.