Students in Naoko Ozaki’s first-year Japanese course met for the first time face to face May 4 after a semester spent learning together online.
Unconventional Students at Rice 2021: Izzy Samperio gets ‘cute and gnarly’ in the arts
During the summer of 2017, Izzy Samperio got a head start on her college education before she was even enrolled at Rice. She attended a weeklong Black Humanities Seminar taught by Alexander Byrd.
Students’ model could help avoid costly natural gas compressor shutdowns
A student project to predict the need for maintenance in natural gas compressors and avoid unexpected shutdowns has won this year’s Data to Knowledge Lab Showcase.
‘Red Book’ story map reveals history of Houston wards’ thriving Black communities
The spatial data retrieved by Rice from the rare 1915 book is now available for free public use via Fondren Library's Woodson Research Center.
Past immigration policy can guide future policy, say trio of Baker Institute papers
HOUSTON – (May 6, 2021) – With President Joe Biden’s proposed immigration reforms facing scrutiny from both sides of the aisle, the authors of three papers on the topic from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy are available to discuss how the past can inform future policy.
The landmark Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson upheld the doctrine of "separate but equal," but for many decades after that segregation was enforced in virtually all aspects of life, including the military.
Baker Institute's Abbey inducted into Texas Aviation Hall of Fame
George Abbey, senior fellow in space policy at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, was inducted to the Lone Star Flight Museum's Texas Aviation Hall of Fame during a virtual ceremony May 6.
In graphene process, resistance is useful
Lab uses laser-induced graphene process to create micron-scale patterns in photoresist for consumer electronics and more.
Nagarajaiah named distinguished member of American Society of Civil Engineers
Satish Nagarajaiah, a professor of civil and environmental engineering and of mechanical engineering at Rice’s Brown School of Engineering, has been elected a distinguished member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Rice adds Master of Engineering Management and Leadership degree
The Rice University Faculty Senate has approved the creation of a new professional master’s degree in the George R. Brown School of Engineering, the Master of Engineering Management and Leadership (MEML), to become available to students beginning in the fall.
Award-winning writer Kiese Laymon joining English faculty
The critically acclaimed memoirist and essayist will be the Libby Shearn Moody Professor of Creative Writing and English, starting Jan. 1, 2022.
Study explores how private equity acquisitions impact hospitals
Private equity investment in hospitals has grown substantially in the 21st century, and it accelerated in the years leading up the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dashboard developed at Rice will help Texas schools open safely amid pandemic
HOUSTON – (May 5, 2021) – A new dashboard developed by public health researchers at Rice University's Texas Policy Lab (TPL) will help school districts in Texas and parents of school-age students make better and more informed decisions about COVID-19 mitigation amid the pandemic.
Duncan College senior L Diop, Wiess College senior Daniel Davis and Martell College senior Julia Huang snapped photos of their fellow graduates-to-be last week outside Lovett Hall. Find more of the trio’s senior portrait work on their Instagram at @2.8portraits.