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Ion and Houston Methodist to open health care innovation tech hub

Houston Methodist has joined the Ion as the first health care-centric partner in the growing innovation hub.

Record 17 Rice University graduate students named GEM Fellows

A record 17 graduate students at Rice University have been named 2022 Fellows of the National Graduate Education for Minorities Consortium.

Rice history professors offer timely course on Russia’s war with Ukraine

Russia shook the international order when President Vladimir Putin launched a massive military invasion of neighboring Ukraine in February 2022. This fall, nearly six months from the war’s beginning, a pair of Rice history scholars along with several guest experts will guide students through the causes and consequences of the conflict.

People, papers and presentations for Aug. 15, 2022

A paper co-authored by postdoctoral research associate Mohammad Salehi and President Reginald DesRoches, a professor of civil and environmental engineering and of mechanical engineering, was selected as the featured article for a recent volume of the journal Engineering Structures.

Rice welcomes Class of 2026 with open arms on jubilant move-in day

A light drizzle didn’t stand a chance of dampening spirits inside Rice’s hedges when the university’s incoming Class of 2026 arrived on campus Aug. 14 for their jubilant move-in day celebration.

Lee named Rice University’s director of internal audit

Lisa Lee has joined Rice University as director of internal audit.

OpenStax to publish new edition of bestselling organic chemistry textbook — and it will be free for all to use

OpenStax, Rice University’s educational technology initiative that provides students and instructors with free learning resources, will publish the 10th edition of Cornell University professor emeritus John McMurry’s bestselling organic chemistry textbook next year.

Mental health policy, destigmatization to be examined during Baker Institute webinar focused on midterms

An Aug. 17 webinar from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy — the first in a three-part series on health policy and how it will impact this year’s midterm elections — will examine what policymakers can do to destigmatize mental illness and improve access to care.

Smalley-Curl Institute rewards students’ summer research

The Smalley-Curl Institute held its annual Summer Research Colloquium Aug. 5.

Remembering Larry Rachleff, beloved conductor of Rice’s symphony and chamber orchestras

Larry Rachleff, the longtime conductor of the Rice Shepherd School of Music symphony and chamber orchestras who was renowned throughout the classical music world for his deep musical understanding, powerful interpretation of scores and rapport with performance ensembles, died Aug. 8 after a long battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He was 67.

Rice models moving ‘washers’ that help DNA replicate

Rice researchers model a key mechanism by which DNA replicates. The study could help identify new targets to treat disease.

Rice, Baylor developing implants to heal heart attack injuries

Rice and Baylor College of Medicine are creating tiny implants that can heal damage from heart attacks.

Halas, Nordlander win prestigious Eni Energy Transition Award

Rice’s Naomi Halas and Peter Nordlander have won the prestigious 2022 Eni Energy Transition Award.

Rice hosts workshop on improving low vision mobility

The Rice Workshop on Improving Mobility with Low Vision took place July 29 at the BioScience Research Collaborative and online.

O-Week 2022: Rice set to welcome incoming Class of 2026 Aug. 14

Just a few days shy of the start of O-Week, Rice’s time-honored new student orientation, every corner of campus is preparing for the arrival of the university’s second-largest incoming undergraduate class of all time on Aug. 14.