Energy leaders to discuss Houston’s advantages, future in transition to sustainability
How Houston can leverage its competitive advantages to lead the transition to a lower-carbon future will be the focus of an April 22 event at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy hosted by the institute’s Center for Energy Studies and the Renewable Energy Alliance Houston (REAL Houston).
Rice lab improves recipe for valuable chemical
Rice University theorists show why salt gives a significant speed boost to valuable 2D molybdenum disulfide, an effect they say may work for other 2D materials as well.
People, papers and presentations for April 18, 2022
Fred Oswald, a professor of psychological sciences, is one of 27 experts recently appointed to the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee, which will advise President Joe Biden and the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office.
The outcome of Russia’s war on Ukraine “will impact what happens with Russia, China, Iran and North Korea against not only the United States’ interests, but democracy,” the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said at a Baker Institute for Public Policy event April 14.
China’s energy infrastructure mapped by Baker Institute for 2022
Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy has released its latest China Energy Map, an open-source, interactive chart of the country’s energy infrastructure.
Leebron’s town hall, reception lunch set for April 21
Rice President David Leebron will deliver his town hall address April 21, and university staff members are invited to a lunch reception following the event.
Inspired students make intubation more intuitive
Rice University engineering students develop a simplified, wireless video laryngoscope to help clinicians intubate patients before procedures or in an emergency.
Rep. Michael McCaul to discuss US policy on Ukraine at the Baker Institute
Rep. Michael McCaul, ranking member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, will discuss United States policy regarding the war in Ukraine at an April 14 event hosted by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Semiconductor technology startup wins 2022 Rice Business Plan Competition
LIDROTEC, a student startup from RWTH Aachen University in Germany that aims to increase production in the semiconductor industry, took home the grand prize at the 2022 Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC).
Thanks to their groundbreaking research, McMurtry College junior Karen Wang and Sid Richardson College junior Joseph Asfouri were both recently awarded Goldwater Scholarships, America’s most prestigious awards for undergraduates studying natural sciences, engineering and mathematics.
Brockman Hall for Opera opens its doors for community open house
Rice’s Shepherd School of Music opened the doors to the new Brockman Hall for Opera April 9, welcoming more than 2,000 guests to a community open house.
Admitted students flock to campus as Owl Days return
Hundreds of admitted students and their families flocked to Rice campus April 8 and 11 for the first in-person Owl Days since 2019.
Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium celebrates its 20th year April 15
The Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium, Rice’s premier undergraduate research event, returns April 15.
The ConocoPhillips Applied Mathematics Program at Rice hosts teachers for its year-ending AMPosium!
Open enrollment for benefit plans begins April 15
Taxes might be top of mind these days, but it is also time for Rice employees to start thinking about their health, welfare and retirement benefits for the upcoming fiscal year.
