Rice to release 41st annual Kinder Houston Area Survey
Houstonians’ views on the economy, crime, the pandemic and other issues related to the city’s demographic transformations will be revealed in the 2022 Kinder Houston Area Survey, which will be released at a May 17 at a luncheon at the Marriott Marquis Houston.
May 15 lunar eclipse promises outstanding views
Rice’s campus observatory will host a public viewing May 15 for a well-timed total lunar eclipse.
Crystal study may resolve DNA mystery
Rice University bioscientists have uncovered a tiny detail that could help understand how DNA replicates with such astounding accuracy.
Rice360 honors Virginia Sall ’71 with Global Champion Award
Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies honored Rice alumnae Virginia Sall and Dr. Tara Barry on May 6.
Financing the transition: Students raise $200k to launch Rice New Energy Fund
Shikhar Verma ’24 launched the student-managed Rice New Energy Fund (RNEF), the nation’s first student-managed investment fund focused on the energy transition. Its goal is to generate returns for the fund with sustainability initiatives while advancing decarbonization, student finance education and team diversity.
All degree candidates were invited to attend the May 7 plenary commencement ceremony
A group of Lovetteers gave their mortarboards a test toss ahead of their march into Rice Stadium
Rice seniors linked arms with their friends and O-Week groups as they marched through the Sallyport
Candidates for advanced degrees sported mortarboards with messages at their investiture
Djerejian and Boles to discuss role and future of think tanks
Ambassador Edward Djerejian, director of Rice University’s globally top-ranked Baker Institute for Public Policy, will reflect on his 28-year directorship and discuss the future of think tanks in a special Director’s Lecture Series event May 12 with Rice historian John Boles.
Graduate student gets call to Brookhaven
Graduate student Dale Lowder has been selected by the Department of Energy to work and study at Brookhaven National Laboratory this fall.
Resilient Class of 2022 celebrates degrees earned, lessons learned at Leebron’s final commencement
Over two days of festivities, Rice’s 109th commencement celebrated a resilient class of undergraduate and graduate students, most of whom spent the majority of their Rice careers under the specter of COVID-19. The final May 7 ceremony marked the first universitywide commencement in three years.
Casbarian, Doty, Leebron and Sun receive ARA’s Gold Medal at 2022 Laureates Awards
At the Association of Rice Alumni’s 2022 Laureates Awards ceremony May 7, the group bestowed its highest honor — the Gold Medal Award — to Rice Architecture’s John Casbarian ’69 ’72 and Janice Doty ’60. Rice President David Leebron and wife Y. Ping Sun were also awarded the ARA’s Gold Medal for their 18 years of service to the university.
Daniel Preston wins NSF CAREER Award
Daniel Preston wins a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to develop textile-based wearable robots.
Rice U. launches new small-business accelerator
BlueLaunch, the latest initiative from the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, provides hands-on training and mentoring designed to support the success of Rice-affiliated small-business entrepreneurs in any industry.
