OpenStax, an educational initiative of Rice and the largest publisher of open educational resources, in partnership with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, has completed the publication of its OER Nursing Essentials project to help address the ongoing shortage of nurses nationwide.
The Moody Center for the Arts at Rice launches its fall 2024 season with “Do Ho Suh: In Process,” an exhibition that takes visitors inside the artist’s studio, highlighting his unique collaborative practice that often blends art and engineering.
Rice University will honor Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs Sept. 15 through Oct. 15, with its own inclusive mission and vision: Latine Heritage Month.
Hordge-Freeman received the American Sociological Association 2024 Gordon Hirabayashi Human Rights Book Award by the Section on Sociology of Human Rights and the 2024 Outstanding Recent Contribution Award by the Section on the Sociology of Emotions.
Rice’s Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance hosted a celebration at Cohen House Aug. 28 to launch the new Religion and Public Life Center (RPLC). The center’s goal is to use research on religion to build common ground for the common good.
Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy welcomed author, politician and former international civil servant Shashi Tharoor Sept. 6 for a deep-dive conversation into how India is positioning itself as a key player on the world stage.
The New York Times chief White House correspondent Peter Baker and New Yorker staff writer Susan Glasser had a moderated conversation about the 2024 election Sept. 5 at Rice Baker Institute for Public Policy. Baker and Glasser have authored several books about American politics, including “The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III.” The dialogue was a comprehensive analysis of the key issues, campaign strategies and electoral dynamics shaping the upcoming election.
In a first for Rice’s Shepherd School of Music, Grammy Award®-winning soprano Ana María Martínez will host a Spanish-language recital in celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month.