Focke honored by Rice Board of Trustees
The Rice Board of Trustees recently recognized Amanda Focke, the head of special collections at the Woodson Research Center in Fondren Library, for her service to Rice’s students, staff and alumni throughout her 18-year career at the university.
Strong signals show how proteins come and go
Rice University bioscientists develop a versatile gene signal amplifier that can not only do a better job of detecting the expression of chromosomal genes than current methods but can potentially be used to detect any cellular gene.
Heart nanofibers make STAT Madness Round 2
The Rice/Texas Heart Institute project to use nanotube fibers to repair damaged hearts makes Round 2 of STAT Madness.
New research offers a groovy answer to the question of what causes carbon nanotubes to align in ultrathin crystalline films discovered at Rice.
Robert Ladd elected Rice Board of Trustees chair
Rice University alumnus Robert T. Ladd ’78 has been elected chair of the Rice Board of Trustees, effective July 1.
Scientists create model to predict multipathogen epidemics
In one of the first studies of its kind, bioscientists from Rice University and the University of Michigan have shown how to use the interactions between pathogens in individual hosts to predict the severity of multipathogen epidemics.
Paul Celan conference brings international experts on poetry to Rice
As one of the most important and influential poets of the 20th century, Paul Celan’s life and work reflect a central ethical and literary concern of his own time: “Can one still write poetry after Auschwitz?”
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,
