People, papers and presentations - May 28, 2021
May 28, 2021
People, papers and presentations - May 28, 2021
Unconventional Students at Rice 2021: Christen Smajstrla inspires the next generation
May 28, 2021
After getting her two degrees from Rice, she would return to her Central Texas hometown of Schulenberg and become a school teacher. But somewhere along the way through her years at Rice, something changed.
Molecular jiggling has implications for carbon nanotube fibers
May 28, 2021
New research suggests the jiggling motion of carbon nanotubes suspended in liquid solutions could have implications for the structure, processing and properties of nanotube fibers formed from those solutions.
Moshe Vardi earns top computer science honor
May 27, 2021
Rice's Moshe Vardi has won the 2021 ACM/AAAI Allen Newell Award for his influential work at the interface of logic and computer science.
Biologists construct a ‘periodic table’ for cell nuclei
May 27, 2021
A team of biologists studying the tree of life has unveiled a new classification system for cell nuclei, and discovered a method for transmuting one type of cell nucleus into another.
Leebron to step down from Rice presidency in June 2022
May 26, 2021
HOUSTON – (May 26, 2021) – Rice University President David Leebron has announced he plans to leave his position at the end of the next academic year after nearly two decades at the helm of one of the nation’s premier institutions of higher learning.
Bacteria have sensors to shut toxin down
May 26, 2021
Researchers at Rice University and the University of Idaho helped identify a protein that senses and binds to formaldehyde to tell cells that toxic formaldehyde is building up.
World’s largest database on history of slave trade now housed at Rice
May 24, 2021
SlaveVoyages.org is the result of years of research, reengineered for the future by Rice and a newly formed consortium.
Mexico’s democracy examined in Baker Institute webinar
May 24, 2021
Ahead of upcoming midterm elections in Mexico, a half-day event from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy will examine the future of democracy in the country.
Rice builds FIRST flood-alert system for City of Houston
May 24, 2021
SSPEED Center's early-warning system covers hospitals, nursing homes, other critical facilities on Brays, Sims, Hunting and White Oak bayous.
Pristine quantum criticality found
May 24, 2021
U.S. and Austrian physicists searching for evidence of quantum criticality in topological materials have found one of the most pristine examples yet observed.
Rice Shepherd School student, alum winners of Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
May 24, 2021
Rice Shepherd School student Emily Treigle and alum Duke Kim '18 were named grand finals winners of the 2021 Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition.
Grande-Allen named fellow of medical and biological engineering academy
May 20, 2021
Bioengineer Jane Grande-Allen has been named one of 26 fellows of the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering for 2021.