HISD partners with Rice University to conduct districtwide study on educational equity
The Houston Independent School District (HISD) has partnered with Rice University’s Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC), a program of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research and School of Social Sciences, to conduct a comprehensive study on educational equity across the district.
Contact-tracing software takes top prize at Rice Design-A-Thon
Top honors went to a team of Rice engineering students who created software to approximate COVID-19 contact tracing in schools.
Remembering John Lewis: Activist, Civil Rights Icon and Humanitarian
The Black Male Leadership Initiative (BMLI), with support from the Dean of Undergraduates and Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance, is honored to have serendipitously met John Lewis during our cultural excursion in May 2019 to Atlanta
Japanese students create online cookbook of cross-cultural recipes
Ahead of a typical study-abroad trip for Rice in Japan, professor Naoko Ozaki tells her second-year Japanese students to prepare a recipe they’ll be able to make using ingredients found in Tokyo or the countryside town of Fujieda, Ozaki’s hometown.
Better wastewater treatment? It’s a wrap
A shield of graphene helps particles destroy antibiotic-resistant bacteria and the free-floating genes in wastewater treatment plants.
Humanities debuts unique Department of Transnational Asian Studies
The ‘Asia’ this department will study is nearly global.
Historically and geographically, the new department reaches from ancient Greece to the contemporary Americas.
People, papers and presentations July 20,2020
Kathy Ensor, the Noah G. Harding Professor of Statistics at Rice, has been elected the 117th president of the American Statistical Association.
Moody Center's Summer Music Series offers art and music without leaving the house
If you're looking for summertime artistic and musical experiences without leaving the house, look no further than the Rice University Moody Center for the Arts' Summer Music Series.
Alum Toni Antalis '81 takes reins at biochemistry and molecular biology society
Rice alumna Toni Antalis '81 became president of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology July 1.
President announces fall semester plans
President David Leebron provided updated information about Rice's decisions and plans for the fall semester via email July 17.
Changing CEO before IPO may raise valuation
HOUSTON – (July 17, 2020) – New research from Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business shows that a change in leadership before a startup’s initial public offering (IPO) can increase its valuation and performance.
Cells may tell if arthritis flare-ups are coming
Rice computer scientist Vicky Yao and colleagues find unique early warning marker
Global health students’ innovation not stopped by COVID-19
Students at Rice University and in Malawi present device designs to deal with the COVID-19 crisis during the Rice 360˚ Institute for Global Health Intern Showcase.
Indoor training facility a new tool for Rice athletes, campus community
Robert L. Waltrip Indoor Training Center's benefits to Rice campus extend beyond intercollegiate sports.
