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Graciela Sanchez, founder of San Antonio’s Esperanza Center, will deliver keynote address

Graciela Sanchez, founder of San Antonio’s Esperanza Center, will deliver keynote address.

Former engineering dean Sidney Burrus dies at 86

Charles Sidney Burrus — "Sid" to almost everyone — whose boyhood fascination with electricity set him on a path to become a pioneer in digital signal processing during a long and influential career at Rice University, died April 3.

Rice volleyball team headed to NCAA Tournament again

The Rice volleyball team has been rewarded for a 16-5 season with an at-large spot in the NCAA Tournament, the entirety of which is being played in Omaha, Nebraska.

'Occam’s Wedge' by Beverly Pepper makes striking debut as newest Rice Public Art sculpture

The 5,600-pound Cor-ten steel sculpture is one of the artist's final pieces.

Unconventional Students at Rice: Nyakwol's unconventional path to college football

When George Nyakwol ’21 steps onto the field at Rice Stadium, it’s a far cry from the soccer field his family used to play on in Sudan.  

New Student Association and Graduate Student Association members elected

Presidents look forward to a fresh fall semester.

New Art/New Music creates conversations across space, time and genre

Shepherd School students respond to contemporary works at the Moody with five pieces of music

Graduate symposium explores intersections of violence and care across disciplines

A dual graduate studies symposium on violence and care, complete with two keynotes, is slated later this month in a collaboration between Rice’s Department of English and the Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality (CSWGS)

Rice's Beatrice Riviere selected as fellow of professional mathematics society

The computational and applied mathematician is among 28 new fellows announced by the 14,000-member society.

Could Robinhood debacle lead to 'Robin Hood tax'?

New tax proposals are already being contemplated as a result of the Robinhood-GameStop controversy, according to an expert from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

Plan for residents stuck in extraterritorial jurisdictions wins Houston Policy Challenge

After a year that brought one challenge after another, Rice students competing in the 2021 Houston Policy Challenge (HPC) came to offer solutions.

Rice adds operations research major

Rice will offer a new major and bachelor of arts degree, operations research, this fall.

What's in a name? A hurdle for human development research, experts say

Scientists are struggling with public misconceptions on what embryoids are and what research on them entails, confusion that leads to policy decisions restricting access to important scientific exploration, according to a new paper by experts at Rice University — who blame the use of terms like synthetic or artificial embryos to describe them.

Carter Center and Rice’s Baker Institute launch panel discussion series on US election reform

Next week, The Carter Center and Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy are launching “The Carter-Baker Commission: 16 Years Later,” a series of five virtual events focused on key issues affecting U.S. elections and potential reforms.

Serving size, satisfaction influence food waste on campus

Understanding what drives food choices can help high-volume food service operations like universities reduce waste, according to a new study.