Homecoming 2021 set to kick off with virtual and on-campus events galore
This year, Rice is combining its traditional homecoming and families weekend programming under the Owl Together banner: a weeklong celebration of Rice past, present and future with an eclectic mix of events held both virtually and in person.
Matthew Tejada to talk environmental justice and humanism Oct. 26
Top-ranking EPA official headlines this semester’s Walter Isle Lecture
The ethics of studying ancient DNA: Rice scholar helps craft global guidelines
Geneticists and archaeologists studying ancient DNA should engage with stakeholders in the places where they conduct research, minimize damage to human remains and share their data, according to new guidelines outlined in a paper co-authored by a Rice University anthropologist and published today in Nature.
Annual Rice United Way Campaign nears $100,000 in contributions
One week into the annual Rice United Way fundraising campaign, the campuswide effort has already raked in $97,265, nearly 40% of its $250,000 goal.
Rice Business professor Jack Gill honored with Legacy Award
Jack Gill, a Rice Business professor, entrepreneur and venture capitalist, received a Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers Legacy Award at the group's 25th annual conference.
Rice’s Baker Institute among finalists for Climate Challenge Cup
An innovative project led by Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy is among 12 finalists named today in the first international Climate Challenge Cup competition. The winners will be announced at an innovation showcase and ceremony Nov. 10 at COP26, the United Nations 2021 Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland.
Venezuelan artist and educator Gerardo Rosales unveiled his latest mural Oct. 15 at the Moody Center for the Arts.
Baker College senior Magdah Omer debuted their first solo art exhibition Oct. 15 at Sleepy Cyborg.
Rivière named Association for Women in Mathematics fellow
Rice University’s Béatrice Rivière has been named a fellow of the Association for Women in Mathematics.
Johannes von Moltke takes on the ‘geist in the machine’
Third talk in the ‘Cinema and the Post-Human’ lecture series takes place Nov. 5
The Game Theory Society was created in 1999 to promote research, teaching and application of game theory.
Dancers from the Filipino Young Professionals of Houston performed folk dances on the central quad Oct. 8.
HP CEO to discuss future of science and technology sector, impact of remote work
Antonio Neri, president and CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise — which recently relocated its global corporate headquarters to the Houston area — will discuss the role of funding in scientific innovation and the future of science and technology companies in an upcoming webinar from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
People, papers and presentations for Oct. 18, 2021
People, papers and presentations for Oct. 18, 2021
Anticorrosion coating sets new benchmark
Rice engineers adapt a compound to serve as a universal anticorrosive coating for steel.
