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Giving teams autonomy optimizes creativity, report says

March 28, 2022

A new paper from Rice Business incorporating decades of research offers insights on the best way to design innovative teams.

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People, papers and presentations for March 28, 2022

March 28, 2022

Kimberly Jones , a doctoral candidate in Rice’s Department of History, has been selected as one of eight WW Dissertation Fellows in Women’s Studies for 2022 by the Institute for Citizens and Scholars and will receive $5,000 to go toward expenses incurred while completing her work.

Elizabeth Petrick and Timothy Morton

Fall Big Questions courses to cover the nature of facts, what makes bodies normal or abnormal

March 24, 2022

Each semester’s slate of Big Questions courses offered by the School of Humanities starts students’ minds churning over thought-provoking topics. So this fall’s offerings are no surprise: one promises to spur Rice scholars to think critically about what makes bodies normal as opposed to abnormal, while the other course will push students to examine just what, exactly, is a fact.

Duncan College freshman Jamal Sayid

Sayid selected as Frederick Douglass Global Fellow

March 24, 2022

Prestigious international leadership program for students of color takes place in Ireland

Dennis Sullivan

A ‘quasi-juvenile delinquent’ at Rice rises to the top -- again

March 23, 2022

Rice University alumnus Dennis Sullivan wins the Abel Prize in Mathematics.

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Rice announces tuition for 2022-23 academic year

March 23, 2022

Undergraduate tuition for the 2022-23 school year will be $54,100, an increase of $2,030 over the current year. The total cost, including $15,000 for on-campus room and board and $863 in mandatory fees, will increase 3.5% to $69,963.

A theory by Rice University researchers suggests growing graphene on a surface that undulates like an egg crate would stress it enough to create a minute electromagnetic field. The phenomenon could be useful for creating 2D electron optics or valleytronics devices. (Credit: Illustration by Henry Yu/Rice University)

Don’t underestimate undulating graphene

March 23, 2022

A theory by Rice University scientists suggests putting graphene on an undulating surface stresses it enough to create a minute electromagnetic field. The phenomenon could be useful for creating 2D electron optics or valleytronics devices.

Medical costs

More hospital price transparency needed to slow rising costs, says Baker Institute report

March 22, 2022

The rising costs of hospital care -- among the major contributors to rising health care costs as a whole -- can be alleviated by requiring hospitals to be more transparent on the prices of their services, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

Tyler Martin. Photo credit: Jeff Fitlow

Rice student Tyler Martin to play for nationwide audience on 'Performance Today'

March 21, 2022

Graduate student in flute performance Tyler Martin will represent Rice’s Shepherd School of Music as part of American Public Media’s “Performance Today” Young Artists in Residence series. His segments will be available online April 4 and will air on APM that week.

Windmills

Wind, solar could replace coal power in Texas

March 21, 2022

A fraction of the wind and solar projects already proposed in Texas could eliminate the state’s remaining coal power plants and their emissions, according to Rice University engineers.

Rice president David Leebron welcomed a delegation from Brazil at Cohen House March 10, 2022. With him are Marcos Pontes, the Brazilian Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, and Ambassador Maria Izabel Vieira from the Consulate General of Brazil in Houston.Rice president David Leebron welcomed a delegation from Brazil at Cohen House March 10, 2022. With him are Marcos Pontes, the Brazilian Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, and Ambassador Maria Izabel Vieira from the Consulate General

Brazilian science minister Pontes returns to Rice

March 21, 2022

Brasil@Rice hosted Marcos Pontes March 10 as part of his trip to Houston.

Julie Fette, associate professor of French studies

Fette awarded Fulbright grant to research migration, citizenship in French children’s literature

March 21, 2022

Grant recognizes a career dedicated to cultural ambassadorship between France and the United States

Students and families arriving for Owl Days in 2018

Owl Days are back after two-year pandemic break

March 21, 2022

For the first time since 2019, the Rice community will once again welcome hundreds of newly admitted students to campus for Owl Days 2022 on April 8 and 11.

Thomas Senftle

Thomas Senftle wins NSF CAREER Award

March 21, 2022

Rice University chemical and biomolecular engineer Thomas Senftle has won a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to advance machine learning techniques for designing new catalysts.

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Run not just fun for Rice students, elementary partners

March 21, 2022

Getting out and mentoring elementary students in physical fitness turns out to be just as beneficial for college students, Rice University study finds.

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