Unconventional Students at Rice 2021: Nithya Gillipelli bridges the gap between languages
In junior high, Nithya Gillipelli fell in love with the Spanish language and Hispanic culture.
Rise in credit scores amid COVID-19 may render them obsolete, says Baker Institute expert
Consumer credit scores steadily increased throughout 2020, but an expert from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy says unintended consequences are emerging.
Preventing life-threatening pediatric condition starts with pandemic safeguards
HOUSTON – (May 12, 2021) – Adults can be the first line of defense when it comes to avoiding the worst outcomes from multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), a rare but potentially deadly condition linked to COVID-19, according to a new review article from Rice University epidemiologists.
Taylor Crain on creating the Rice she wanted to see
The storyteller and world-builder leaves a lasting legacy as she looks ahead.
40th Kinder Houston Area Survey: Hope for future despite pandemic's challenges
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought an array of challenges, but Houstonians remain optimistic about their personal futures, according to the 2021 Kinder Houston Area Survey. In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, Houston’s usually positive feelings about race relations are on the decline. And more people than ever want the government to play a bigger role in solving the country's problems and addressing the growing inequalities.
Feds back probe of understudied gut nervous system
Rice University neurobiologist Rosa Uribe has won a five-year, $2 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how the enteric nervous system develops.
How planets form controls elements essential for life
How a planet comes together has implications for whether it retains the nitrogen, carbon and water that eventually give rise to life.
7 nights of streaming: Spring chamber music festival goes virtual
Even as many performance venues remain shuttered, Rice University Shepherd School students continue to do what they do best. The biannual Chamber Music Festival will once again be offered in a virtual format through the school's YouTube channel May 17-23.
Kassim wins prestigious dissertation completion fellowship
A series of setbacks didn’t deter this Rice grad student, who is soon to publish his second book.
Timing is everything in new implant tech
Rice engineers' wireless implants now allow for multiple stimulators to be programmed and magnetically powered from a single transmitter.
Rice student wins design competition aimed at addressing food scarcity in New Orleans
Estefania Barajas, a Rice Architecture graduate student, has won the Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans’ Edible Planter Box Design Competition.
Rice physicist Stanislav Sazykin dies at 49
Stanislav Sazykin, an associate research professor of physics and astronomy who was highly respected in his field of space science, died suddenly on May 3 at 49. The cause of his death has not yet been determined.
Ostherr’s online database offers a ‘different framing of what an intervention can look like.’
8 selected for Rice Alumni board; president and president-elect announced
Eight alumni have been selected to serve on the Association of Rice Alumni (ARA) Board of Directors: Travis San Pedro, Alejandro Chaoul, Amy Good, Meg Brigman, David Leal, Robert Lundin, Bobby Dixon and Ian Akash Morrison.