Thanks to their groundbreaking research, McMurtry College junior Karen Wang and Sid Richardson College junior Joseph Asfouri were both recently awarded Goldwater Scholarships, America’s most prestigious awards for undergraduates studying natural sciences, engineering and mathematics.
Brockman Hall for Opera opens its doors for community open house
Rice’s Shepherd School of Music opened the doors to the new Brockman Hall for Opera April 9, welcoming more than 2,000 guests to a community open house.
Admitted students flock to campus as Owl Days return
Hundreds of admitted students and their families flocked to Rice campus April 8 and 11 for the first in-person Owl Days since 2019.
Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium celebrates its 20th year April 15
The Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium, Rice’s premier undergraduate research event, returns April 15.
The ConocoPhillips Applied Mathematics Program at Rice hosts teachers for its year-ending AMPosium!
Open enrollment for benefit plans begins April 15
Taxes might be top of mind these days, but it is also time for Rice employees to start thinking about their health, welfare and retirement benefits for the upcoming fiscal year.
‘GasLift’ by allies could help Europe offset loss of Russian gas, say Baker Institute experts
Stopgap options including an infusion of gas from allied nations could help Europe maintain enough energy supplies to offset a potential cutoff from Russian gas, according to experts from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Rice University English professor Tomás Morín wins prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship
Rice University professor Tomás Morín has won a 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship, an honor bestowed annually by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to a slate of the world’s top scholars, artists, writers and scientists.
Kaiyuan Yang wins NSF CAREER Award
Electrical and computer engineer Kaiyuan Yang wins a National Science Foundation CAREER Award.
A new view for science and engineering
Luay Nakhleh, the William and Stephanie Sick Dean of the George R. Brown School of Engineering, toured the construction site of the new Engineering and Science Building on April 5.
Treated plastic waste good at grabbing carbon dioxide
Rice University chemists treat waste plastic to absorb carbon dioxide from flue gas streams more efficiently than current processes.
Abducted journalist Austin Tice named James A. Baker III Prize for Excellence in Leadership honoree
The James A. Baker III Prize for Excellence in Leadership will be awarded to Austin Tice, an American journalist taken hostage in Syria nearly a decade ago, during an April 13 ceremony at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Marc and Debra Tice, his parents, will accept the honor on his behalf.
Georgia Tech team wins Rice360 Design Competition
A Georgia Tech team won Rice360’s annual undergraduate design competition for global health technologies.
Living sensor research wins federal backing
Rice researchers are leading a federally funded project to improve communications between microelectronics and microorganisms.
On April 2, Rice’s beloved Beer Bike returned in largely pre-pandemic form: races, water balloon fights and all.
