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Kristof implores grads to ‘bridge the empathy gap’

May 15, 2021

Empathy is needed more than ever, said Nicholas Kristof, who encouraged two years of Rice University graduates to use their skill and kindness to make a difference, even if their actions only seem to be a “drop in the bucket.”

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Architecture’s Gálvez to show winning ideas about air

May 13, 2021

Gálvez, a visiting critic at Rice Architecture, will mount an exhibition based on ideas that won her an Architectural League of New York award.

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Unconventional Students at Rice 2021: Nithya Gillipelli bridges the gap between languages

May 13, 2021

In junior high, Nithya Gillipelli fell in love with the Spanish language and Hispanic culture. 

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Rise in credit scores amid COVID-19 may render them obsolete, says Baker Institute expert

May 12, 2021

Consumer credit scores steadily increased throughout 2020, but an expert from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy says unintended consequences are emerging.

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Preventing life-threatening pediatric condition starts with pandemic safeguards                   

May 12, 2021

HOUSTON – (May 12, 2021) – Adults can be the first line of defense when it comes to avoiding the worst outcomes from multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), a rare but potentially deadly condition linked to COVID-19, according to a new review article from Rice University epidemiologists.

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Taylor Crain on creating the Rice she wanted to see

May 12, 2021

The storyteller and world-builder leaves a lasting legacy as she looks ahead.

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40th Kinder Houston Area Survey: Hope for future despite pandemic's challenges

May 11, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought an array of challenges, but Houstonians remain optimistic about their personal futures, according to the 2021 Kinder Houston Area Survey. In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, Houston’s usually positive feelings about race relations are on the decline. And more people than ever want the government to play a bigger role in solving the country's problems and addressing the growing inequalities.

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Feds back probe of understudied gut nervous system

May 10, 2021

Rice University neurobiologist Rosa Uribe has won a five-year, $2 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how the enteric nervous system develops.

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At home with Shepherd School musicians: Instrument demos available online

May 10, 2021

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How planets form controls elements essential for life

May 10, 2021

How a planet comes together has implications for whether it retains the nitrogen, carbon and water that eventually give rise to life.

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7 nights of streaming: Spring chamber music festival goes virtual

May 10, 2021

Even as many performance venues remain shuttered, Rice University Shepherd School students continue to do what they do best. The biannual Chamber Music Festival will once again be offered in a virtual format through the school's YouTube channel May 17-23.

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Kassim wins prestigious dissertation completion fellowship

May 10, 2021

A series of setbacks didn’t deter this Rice grad student, who is soon to publish his second book.

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Timing is everything in new implant tech

May 10, 2021

Rice engineers' wireless implants now allow for multiple stimulators to be programmed and magnetically powered from a single transmitter.

Estefania Barajas

Rice student wins design competition aimed at addressing food scarcity in New Orleans

May 10, 2021

Estefania Barajas, a Rice Architecture graduate student, has won the Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans’ Edible Planter Box Design Competition.

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Rice physicist Stanislav Sazykin dies at 49

May 10, 2021

Stanislav Sazykin, an associate research professor of physics and astronomy who was highly respected in his field of space science, died suddenly on May 3 at 49. The cause of his death has not yet been determined.

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