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OpenStax to vastly expand open education library with support from national foundations

OpenStax, Rice’s educational technology initiative, is vastly expanding its library of free textbooks, working toward a goal of ensuring that no student ever has to worry about textbook costs again. This work is possible as a result of new grants totaling $12.5 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Charles Koch Foundation and the Stand Together community.

National parks preserve more than species

National parks are safe havens for endangered and threatened species, but an analysis by Rice University data scientists finds parks and protected areas can preserve more than species.

CEOs with uncommon names tend to implement unconventional strategies

If you’re looking for an unconventional approach to doing business, select a CEO with an uncommon name, according to new research co-authored by an expert at Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business.

Rice goes GRE-optional for grad programs, will grant fee waivers to graduates of Texas schools

Rice is eliminating the Graduate Record Examinations standardized test requirement for its 2021 graduate programs.

Voters with highest COVID-19 risk more likely to cast mail ballots, survey shows

Voters with the highest risk of suffering COVID-19’s worst effects say they’re more likely to cast ballots by mail this November, even though many of them aren’t sure how to do it, according to a new survey from Rice University.

Student demand for environmental studies surges

Rice’s Center for Environmental Studies is responding with new and expanded courses, fall speaker series.

Funding flows into liquid fuel strategy

The National Science Foundation awards a $2 million collaborative grant for the development of methods to convert carbon dioxide into liquid fuels.

Boundaries no barrier for thermoelectricity

Rice researchers show how thermoelectricity hurdles some defects, but not others, in gold nanowires. The discovery has implications for making better thin-film electronic devices.

Rice football players march to protest racial injustice

Rice football players marched from Rice Stadium to the Academic Quad Sept. 4 to protest racial injustice.

Solomon, Siebach appear in science TV series 'Life 2.0'

Rice faculty members Scott Solomon and Kirsten Sieback appear in the first episode of "Life 2.0," a new television series that's available for streaming and slated to debut on the air this weekend.

Rice tops in Texas, No. 7 nationally in new Niche rankings

Rice University is ranked as the top university in Texas and one of the top universities nationwide in the latest ratings compiled by Niche.

Three research teams earn Dunn Awards

Three teams of Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine researchers have been named winners of the 2020 John S. Dunn Collaborative Research Awards.

If you see something, say something

Rice’s ethics hotline has always given people in the Rice community a way to anonymously report illegal, unethical or improper conduct without fear of backlash. Now faculty, staff, students and visitors can use it to report COVID-19-related infractions, including failure to wear masks and follow social distancing protocols.

Rice Business expert available to discuss Postal Service financials

The U.S. Postal Service was not created to be a traditional profit-making business, according to an accounting expert at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business.

Rice mourns artist Darra Keeton, professor emeritus of painting and drawing

Darra Rathbun Keeton, Rice professor emeritus of painting and drawing, died Aug. 28. She was 73.