Doerr Institute’s Kolditz honored at West Point
Tom Kolditz, the founding director of Rice’s Doerr Institute for New Leaders, recently received a Distinguished Former Faculty Award from the U.S. Military Academy.
Vaping bans are ineffective, say Baker Institute experts
HOUSTON -- (March 3, 2020) – Vaping products have contributed to a decline in cigarette smoking but have increased the number of middle and high school students who are addicted to nicotine — a problem that can only be effectively addressed through regulation of advertising — according to drug policy experts at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Rice satellite OwlSat set to launch in 2022
OwlSat, a small research satellite designed by Rice University students to monitor ultraviolet radiation, is set to launch into orbit in 2022.
A new location for the annual Study Abroad Photo Contest saw the yearly exhibition inside Brochstein Pavilion Feb. 28,
Kavraki honored by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
Rice University computer scientist Lydia Kavraki has received the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Pioneer Award for her fundamental contributions to robot design.
‘Smart water’ may aid oil recovery
Rice University engineers study the mechanism that would allow “smart water" to aid oil recovery from reservoirs.
International grad students host classes for young adults with special needs
A group of young adults was absorbing new words in Quechua, an Incan language native to Ecuador, in one corner of a spacious, sunny room in Herring Hall.
Social Sciences turns 40: A look back
More than a third of Rice undergraduates major in the social sciences, making it tough to imagine that Rice's School of Social Sciences didn't exist 40 years ago.
Rice’s Betty and Jacob Friedman Holistic Garden has new residents: a flock of chickens.
Heart nanofiber breakthrough awaits your STAT Madness vote
Joint Texas Heart Institute/Rice University research into using carbon nanotube fibers to bridge damaged areas of hearts is part of this year's STAT Madness, a competition to choose the year's best university-based bioscience project.
Rice students tackle criminal justice reform at Houston Policy Challenge
One of the toughest public policy issues of our time was tackled by teams of Rice students who gathered to pitch their ideas on how to improve criminal justice policy in the Houston area.