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Roland Smith receives namesake award from American Association of Blacks in Higher Education

The American Association of Blacks in Higher Education (AABHE) recognized this fact March 16 by awarding him the first Dr. Roland B. Smith Jr. Leadership Award. In addition to his work at Rice and within the larger community, Smith is the director of partnerships of the AABHE, an organization he’s served in a variety of leadership roles since 1986, including a term as its president.

Houston students get time with astronauts aboard ISS

Students from eight Houston-area schools will take part in a live Q-and-A session with two astronauts aboard the International Space Station on Thursday, April 8.

Houston Methodist, Rice U. launch neuroprosthetic collaboration

Rice and Houston Methodist are partnering to solve clinical problems with neurorobotics at the new Center for Translational Neural Prosthetics and Interfaces, a collaboration that brings together scientists, clinicians, engineers and surgeons.

Houston flooding polluted reefs more than 100 miles offshore

Flower Garden Banks fouled by runoff from 2017's Harvey and 2016's Tax Day floods, Rice research finds.

Rice’s OpenStax opens applications for 2021-2022 Institutional Partner Program

OpenStax, Rice’s educational technology initiative, announced today that applications for its 2021-2022 Institutional Partner Program are now open. U.S. colleges and universities looking to expand open education advocacy and adoption of open educational resources (OER) to support their students can apply for the free program.

Rice Business Plan Competition events to be livestreamed

Three events during this week's Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC) — the world's largest and richest student startup competition — will be livestreamed.

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.