New book emphasizes key role social interaction plays in creativity
While some organizational decision-makers focus their attention on capital and physical resources, a new book reveals that effective people management should take center stage in the innovation process.
People, papers and presentations for Jan. 18, 2022
Rice chemist James Tour is among 32 investigators in five countries who will collaborate on the “Mend the Gap!” project to heal spinal cord injuries.
Halting antibiotic resistance is a little less futile
Rice University bioscientists develop a microfluidic platform for high-throughput studies of how bacteria evolve antibiotic resistance.
Rice physicist Pengcheng Dai wins superconductivity award
Rice University physicist Pengcheng Dai and two European physicists have won the 2022 Heike Kamerlingh Onnes Prize, one of the leading awards for experimental research in superconductivity.
NSF funds Rice effort to measure, preserve quantum entanglement
Rice University physicist Guido Pagano has won a prestigious CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study quantum entanglement and develop new error-correcting tools for quantum computation.
Rice research shows childhood abuse can lead to poor stress management, worse health in adults
People who suffer abuse or neglect as children may have trouble managing stress later in life, a problem that’s linked to a host of negative health conditions, according to new research from Rice University.
Lost birds and mammals spell doom for some plants
In one of the first studies of its kind, researchers have gauged how biodiversity loss of birds and mammals will impact plants’ chances of adapting to human-induced climate warming.
Rice wins NEH grant to create digital database of Atlantic slave trade
Grant will further enhance Rice’s reputation as a center for Africa and African diaspora studies, digital humanities
Moody makes ‘Soundwaves’ for its spring show
Exhibition kicks off year of programming for art center’s fifth anniversary
New live video stream of Lovett Hall, Academic Quad available 24/7 online
A beautiful view of Lovett Hall, the Academic Quadrangle, the downtown Houston skyline and Hermann Park is now streaming online at all hours of the day and night, providing 24/7 video of one of the most iconic sights in Houston.
CAAAS lectures call for moral leadership in turbulent times
Robert Michael Franklin Jr., Marla Frederick, Lerone Martin and others to speak this semester at Rice
Josephine Abercrombie '46, Rice trustee emeritus and Abercrombie Lab namesake, dies at 95
Josephine Abercrombie, the Rice alumna, philanthropist, horse breeder and boxing promoter for whom Abercrombie Lab was named, died Jan. 5 at her home in Versailles, Kentucky. She was 95.
Men's basketball starts home conference slate with pair of victories
The Rice men's basketball team prevailed in its first two home Conference USA games of the season, defeating Middle Tennessee State University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Migrating holes help catalysts be productive
A theoretical model suggests electron holes that propagate at active sites on a catalyst migrate, triggering other sites that continue the process.
New book explores why mothers stay after their Houston neighborhoods flood over and over
When floodwaters recede, what ultimately convinces mothers to move their families or stay put?
