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‘Enjoy every moment’: Rice December graduates reflect on journey, future plans

More than 700 Owls will graduate Dec. 5 during Rice University’s 2023 December commencement ceremony.

Rice Architecture holds launch event for newest edition of Cite magazine

Rice University’s School of Architecture hosted a launch event to unveil “Cite 104,” the latest edition of Cite: The Architecture and Design Review of Houston, and to celebrate the publication’s 40th anniversary Nov. 15 at Basket Books & Art.

Leaders from US, French space industries to discuss future of spaceflight at Rice Global Paris Center

Key leaders from the Houston and French space industries will discuss the future of spaceflight at a conference at the Rice Global Paris Center Dec. 4-6.

Newest OpenStax textbook provides essential workplace skills to students

OpenStax’s newest textbook, “Workplace Software and Skills,” addresses the evolving needs of college and university students preparing for their careers with free, customizable resources. Just like the other 65 textbooks freely available in Rice University’s OpenStax library, this textbook is openly licensed and peer-reviewed. 

Disc around star observed in another galaxy for the first time

Astronomers have uncovered evidence of an extragalactic accretion disk for the first time.

Acclaimed author, MacArthur Fellow Imani Perry speaks at Rice Humanities’ Campbell Lectures

Imani Perry led two consecutive nights of engaging and wide-ranging discussions Nov. 15-16 at Rice University as the latest speaker in the School of Humanities’ Campbell Lecture Series.

Three Owls receive AAC All-Conference honors

Rice volleyball had three players receive all-conference honors, the American Athletic Conference announced Nov. 28.

Rice physicists launch extreme quantum materials symposium

An international audience of more than three dozen quantum researchers, including Rice’s Pengcheng Dai, Randall Hulet, Douglas Natelson, Han Pu, Ming Yi and Boris Yakobson, attended the Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship Symposium on Extreme Quantum Materials at Rice Nov. 9.

Rice’s Pedro Alvarez wins Chinese Chemical Society’s Outstanding Achievement Award

Pedro Alvarez, the George R. Brown Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rice, received an Outstanding Achievement Award from the Chinese Chemical Society for his “long-term systematic contributions in basic research and technology development in the field of environmental chemistry.”

Rice economist Peter Hartley receives top honor from US Association for Energy Economics

Peter Hartley, the George A. Peterkin Professor of Economics at Rice, is the 2023 recipient of the United States Association for Energy Economics (USAEE) Adelman-Frankel Award.

Rice clinches bowl eligibility for second consecutive season

The Rice Owls are bowl-eligible after a 24-21 win over Florida Atlantic University at Rice Stadium on Nov. 25.

People, papers and presentations for Nov. 27, 2023

People, papers and presentations

Kavli Exploration Award backs Rice-led sustainable carbon materials research

An international team of scientists led by Rice’s Matteo Pasquali has won a $4.1 million grant to optimize carbon nanotube synthesis. The award is a joint effort by The Kavli Foundation, with a $1.9 million Exploration Award in Nanoscience for Sustainability, and Rice’s Carbon Hub, which contributed an additional $2.2 million.

Rice Business online MBA ranks No. 6 nationally, according to Poets&Quants

Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business ranks No. 6 nationally for its online Master of Business Administration program, according to Poets and Quants rankings released today. MBA@Rice is the fastest-growing program at the business school since its launch in 2018.

‘Strange metal’ is strangely quiet in noise experiment

Rice experiments have provided the first direct evidence that electricity seems to flow through “strange metals” in an unusual liquid-like form. The first “shot noise” experiments on a strange metal from the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) are detailed this week in Science by physicists from both universities.