Rice's first Black student athletes feted in 50th anniversary celebration
To mark the 50th anniversary of a pair of momentous occasions in Rice history, six trailblazing Owls were honored at the First Black Student-Athletes Celebration Sept. 16 at the Ion.
Wehmeyer team receives $1.5 million NSF grant
A team of researchers headed by Geoff Wehmeyer, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Rice, has received a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) program to support work on large-scale materials made from oriented carbon nanotubes.
Bird’s enzyme points toward novel therapies
Rice University chemists find a rare genetic pathway that helps mammalian cells become drug factories or sensors by synthesizing noncanonical amino acids. The clues came from an uncommon bird.
On Sept. 15, Rice’s School of Social Sciences hosted the semester’s first “Research Relay,” providing an informal setting to allow faculty to learn about each other’s research, promote informal discussions and stimulate collaborations.
In addition to the football team’s 33-21 victory over the University of Louisiana at Lafayette — which snapped the Ragin’ Cajuns’ nation-best 15-game winning streak — the Rice volleyball and soccer teams notched triumphs of their own.
Solvent study solves solar cell durability puzzle
Rice engineers simplify the manufacture of high-efficiency perovskite solar cells.
Rice Architecture breaks ground for Cannady Hall
Rice University breaks ground for William T. Cannady Hall, a 25,000-square-foot building that will serve the renowned Rice School of Architecture.
Texas must tackle stem cell misinformation, say experts
Medical treatments that use stem cells have the potential to benefit patients facing serious diseases and injuries, but patients are not always aware that most treatments they are offered are experimental and can carry high risks, according to a report from the Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Physicists demo method for designing topological metals
Rice physicists and collaborators have demonstrated a new method for predicting whether metallic compounds are likely to host topological states that arise from strong electron interactions.
Interwoven: Charge and magnetism intertwine in kagome material
Rice physicists have discovered a quantum material where electrons engage in a collective dance that appears to be governed by both their electronic and magnetic natures.
The space selfie – a Spelfie, as it’s called – drew hundreds to Rice Stadium.
COVID-19 amplified hardship for many Harvey victims
A study shows the economic and mental health consequences on victims of Hurricane Harvey and COVID-19 were cumulative.
JFK: We will go to the moon. NASA: We will go farther
NASA and Rice celebrate the 60th anniversary of JFK's moon speech with a promise that his goal was just a beginning.
Owls flock to Student Activities Fair
Seasoned Rice Owls and new students alike were invited to the annual Student Activities Fair Sept. 1. Held in the student center and the adjacent Central Quad, Rice’s over 200 student clubs and campus departments set up shop to spread the word about their organizations and how interested students can get involved.
Rice anthropologists available to discuss ongoing impact of world's first memorial to a lost glacier
Three years after Rice anthropologists Cymene Howe and Dominic Boyer received worldwide media attention for hosting a funeral for Iceland's first major glacier lost to climate change, their project has inspired a Belgian performance artist to replace 1 ton of ice on the site of the former glacier.
