Rice's Danielle King named 2023 Association for Psychological Science Rising Star
Danielle King, an assistant professor of psychological sciences at Rice University, has been named a 2023 APS Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science.
Front-row seat to a thrilling triumph
Rice President Reginald DesRoches and his wife, University Associate Paula DesRoches, provided courtside support for the Owls men’s basketball team as it took on the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Jan. 26 at Tudor Fieldhouse.
People, papers and presentations for Jan. 30, 2023
Richard Baker, executive director for institutional equity and equal employment opportunity and Title IX coordinator, has been named to the editorial board of INSIGHT Into Diversity, a magazine and website dedicated to advancing conversation on diversity and inclusion.
Kory Evans wins NSF CAREER Award
Kory Evans, an assistant professor of biosciences at Rice University, has won a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award to study shape change in the skull of spiny ray-fin fishes across their evolutionary history.
Researchers can ‘see’ crystals perform their dance moves
Rice University researchers already knew the atoms in perovskites react favorably to light. Now they’ve seen precisely how the atoms move when the 2D materials are excited with light. Their study this week in Nature Physics details the first direct measurement of structural dynamics under light-induced excitation in 2D perovskites.
Volcanolike rupture could have caused magnetar slowdown
In October 2020, a highly magnetic neutron star called SGR 1935+2154 abruptly began spinning more slowly. In a Nature Astronomy study this month, Rice astrophysicist Matthew Baring and colleagues showed the magnetar’s rotational slowdown could have been caused by a volcanolike rupture near its magnetic pole.
RUPD’s Rodriguez new president of Houston-area police chiefs association
Rice University Police Department Chief Clemente Rodriguez was sworn in as the Houston Area Police Chiefs Association president this week.
Rice scientists’ discovery could lead to new Alzheimer’s therapies
A new approach to the study of amyloid-beta, a peptide associated with Alzheimer’s disease, has led Rice University scientists to findings that could have a significant impact on the understanding and potential treatment of the disease.
Rice Business’ online MBA program rises in US News rankings
MBA@Rice, the online program at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business, climbed higher in four categories in the latest edition of U.S News & World Report’s Best Online Programs rankings out today.
Naomi Halas named University Professor
Rice University has promoted nanotechnology pioneer Naomi Halas to its highest academic rank, University Professor. Halas, a 33-year member of Rice’s faculty, becomes only the 10th person and second woman to earn the title in Rice’s 111-year history.
Rice to host Islamic historian Nebil Husayn for fourth annual Kazimi Lecture
Whether you’re a Muslim, a scholar of religion or simply someone interested in the lessons history can teach us about contemporary debates around religion and politics, Rice’s fourth annual Kazimi Lecture in Shi’i Studies Feb. 23 by Nebil Husayn is sure to provide plenty to ponder.
For the first Owls After Dark event of the semester, the Rice Student Center partnered with the Doerr Institute for New Leaders to host a late-night Lego building competition Jan. 19 in the Rice Memorial Center’s Grand Hall.
Rice Owls and Houston art lovers were invited Jan. 20 by the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts to campus for the opening reception of “Butterflies,” an original multimedia video and sound installation created by Rice senior Ling DeBellis and University of Houston student composer Antonio Sanz Escallón.
Can you judge trustworthiness based on looks? Rice research says no
How many times have you heard someone say, “He looks trustworthy”? As it turns out, you can’t trust appearances..
Rice EMS to hold blood drive in honor of employee’s son Jan. 30-31
Rice University Emergency Medical Services will host a blood drive on campus Jan. 30-31 at Provisional Campus Facility Tent 1, located between the South Servery and Kraft Hall. It will take place between noon and 6 p.m. both days.
