Owls clinch C-USA Tournament spot with walk-off win
A walk-off run by freshman infielder Ben Royo secured a spot in the Conference USA Tournament for Rice, as the Owls took down Florida International University 2-1 in the second game of the team’s final regular season series at Reckling Park May 19.
Rice U. announces latest cohort of Innovation Fellows
The Innovation Fellows program at Rice University has announced its latest cohort of talented researchers.
Rice announces new residential colleges, enhanced campus housing
Rice President Reginald DesRoches and Vice President for Finance and Administration Kelly Fox shared a message with the university community in a May 19 email.
President DesRoches speaks on STEM, diversity at Axios Local
Axios Houston hosted President Reginald DesRoches and a number of speakers at its May 16 event focusing on ways to expand Houston’s STEM workforce and increase diversity.
Rice mourns loss of Rodrigo Barnes
Rodrigo Barnes, one of the first four Black student-athletes to attend and compete for Rice University and a member of the Rice Athletics Hall of Fame, passed away on Tuesday, May 16 in Garland, Texas at the age of 73.
Rice U. chemist named to Chemical and Engineering News' Talented 12
Rice U.’s Raúl Hernández Sánchez is one of 12 early-career scientists named to Chemical and Engineering News’ 2023 Talented 12 cohort for his research in inorganic and supramolecular chemistry.
Rice, Baylor developing ‘glyco-immune’ checkpoint inhibitor
Researchers from Rice and Baylor College of Medicine are developing a first-of-its-kind “glyco-immune” checkpoint inhibitor for breast cancer survivors who develop metastatic bone cancer.
Woodson Research Center moves to new digital archive platform
Fondren Library’s Woodson Research Center recently announced it will move to a new archiving platform that will provide enhanced functionality and accessibility for its extensive digital cultural heritage materials.
‘Archives of the Impossible’ conference explores the cultivation of impossibility
An international conference challenging assumptions about reality itself and exploring paranormal phenomena across different cultures and generations was held May 11-13 at Rice.
World Bank Group president to discuss geoeconomic challenges at Baker Institute
David Malpass, World Bank Group president, will speak at a May 22 event hosted by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Rice’s Social Policy Analysis students address pressing issues in final projects
With projects focused on rural food insecurity to juvenile mental health courts to teen health clinics, Rice’s graduating seniors and some juniors in the university’s Social Policy Analysis program gathered earlier this month to present and discuss these and other yearlong research efforts.
Rice mourns longtime Statistics professor and alumnus John Dobelman ’79
The Rice community is mourning the loss of Statistics professor and alumnus John Dobelman ’79, who died May 9 at age 65.
Rice U.’s Anastasios Kyrillidis wins Amazon Research Award
Anastasios Kyrillidis, Rice University’s Noah Harding Assistant Professor of Computer Science, won one of 79 Amazon Research Awards (ARA) with a project titled “Efficient and affordable transformers for distributed platforms.”
Kinder Institute Luncheon recap
Houstonians’ views on social issues and the biggest challenges facing the region were revealed in the 2023 Kinder Houston Area Survey, which was released at a sold-out luncheon May 15 at the Marriott Marquis Houston.
New Rice U. research finds verbal prompts can make semi-automated driving safer
Semi-automated cars are becoming increasingly common, but real dangers exist when technology fails and drivers don’t intervene.
