Farmers in developing countries can protect both profits and endangered species
HOUSTON – (Feb. 23, 2021) – Low-income livestock farmers in developing countries are often faced with a difficult dilemma: protect their animals from endangered predators, or spare the threatened species at the expense of their livestock and livelihood.
Rice mourns tragedy in Jones School family
The Rice community mourns with the family of Jones Graduate School of Business student Jackie Nguyen, whose mother and three young children died in a house fire Feb. 16 in Sugar Land.
When the going gets tough, Lovett gets going
After a major winter storm hit Texas last week, Lovett College residents wasted no time in assembling to take care of their community.
Leebron addresses Rice community following historic storm
Rice President David Leebron sent a message to the Rice community Feb. 19 following the historic winter storm that caused prolonged electricity and water outages across Texas.
Rice's Yingyan Lin receives NSF CAREER Award
Rice engineer Yingyan Lin has won a National Science CAREER Award to help close the gap between fast “deep learning” algorithm advances and slow accelerator development.
‘Women in Criminal Justice’ panel explores overlooked segments of incarcerated population
The Feb. 26 online conversation will convene reform advocates from across Texas.
Campaign promises more likely to be kept by governments run by women, research shows
Campaign promises more likely to be kept by governments run by women, research shows
DARPA backs Rice sensor to detect COVID-19 virus in air
Researchers receive funding for up to $1 million to develop a real-time electronic sensor able to detect minute amounts of the airborne virus that causes COVID-19 infection.
Be there with Martian geologist Kirsten Siebach as the Perseverance rover lands on Mars.
Study could explain tuberculosis bacteria paradox
Tuberculosis bacteria have evolved to remember stressful encounters and react quickly to future stress, according to a study by computational bioengineers at Rice University and infectious disease experts at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.
Sustainability across the entire value chain — rather than advances in technology alone — is required to solve the United States’ plastic waste problems, according to a new brief from Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Rice Business Plan Competition to announce 2021 teams
The Rice Business Plan Competition — the world's largest and richest student startup competition — will announce the teams invited to participate in this year's edition on Friday.
Laura Segatori named AIMBE fellow
Rice bioengineer Laura Segatori has been named a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
UTHealth, Rice advance oral cancer immunotherapy
Researchers at Rice and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston develop a hydrogel that could destroy oral cancer tumors.
