New book from Rice anthropologist: ‘Our fossilized civilization has no sustainable future’
What would the world look like with no fossils — and therefore no fossil fuels?
Duke-Makerere team claims first place in Rice360 design competition
A team of undergraduate students from Duke University and Makerere University won the top prize at the Rice360 Institute’s annual Global Health Technologies Design Competition as 24 international teams representing seven countries participated in the event April 12.
Rice and LSC celebrated the renewal of a memorandum of understanding and the signing of an articulation agreement to allow transfer students in LSC’s Take Flight Program to receive Rice credit for core science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses completed at LSC.
Rice engineering student builds Rice campus out of Lego pieces
Rice engineering student Andrew Linhart built a full scale model of the Rice campus using over 8,000 Lego pieces and help from his friends.
Woodson’s First Folio makes guest appearance at HSPVA’s ‘Book of Will’
Before the curtain rose on opening night of the Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts ’ (HSPVA) performance of “The Book of Will,” the actors, technical team and faculty advisors gathered on stage to greet a special visitor: a part of the First Folio, the first published collection of Shakespeare’s plays, from Rice University’s Woodson Research Center.
Student research highlighted during Social Sciences Undergraduate Research + Creative Symposium
Research on racial identity and fair pay, mental and physical health, foreign affairs and other topics was on display at the Social Sciences Undergraduate Research + Creative Symposium (SSURS) held April 11 at Rice University’s Kraft Hall.
Rice’s Lane Martin elected as Materials Research Society fellow
Rice’s Lane Martin was elected a fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS) “for seminal contributions to the science of ferroelectric and multiferroic thin film materials.”
Poetry meets AI: Nick Flynn and David Rokeby premiere groundbreaking collaboration at the Moody
The groundbreaking collaboration between poet Nick Flynn and media artist David Rokeby unveiled a fusion of poetry and artificial intelligence (AI) at an April 12 event at Rice University’s Moody Center for the Arts.
Five Rice student startups to compete for more than $100,000
Rice’s entrepreneurship center, the Liu Idea Lab for Innovative and Entrepreneurship (Lilie), is hosting its annual Napier Rice Launch Challenge Championship (NRLC) to elevate and celebrate the best startups from every corner of campus.
Office of Sustainability spotlights Earth Month with festival in Rice Memorial Center
The Office of Sustainability recently hosted a festival to celebrate April’s designation as Earth Month in the Rice Memorial Center’s Grand Hall.
Rice University’s Global RICE Empowers Academics and Training (GREAT) Project continues to bridge cultures and foster inclusive learning experiences.
Rice University, in collaboration with the University of Houston, IPTalons and the Society of Research Administrators International, will host a first-of-its-kind national workshop to examine the burgeoning field of research on research security to inform future laws, policies and guidelines aimed at enhancing research security around the world.
First curved data link sidesteps key 6G wireless challenge
Researchers at Rice and Brown University have demonstrated the world’s first curved data link, an achievement that could revolutionize wireless communications.
Rice hosts natural sciences undergraduate research symposium
Rice University hosted the inaugural Natural Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium April 11 in a celebration of research across various natural sciences disciplines.
2024 Huff Engineering Design Showcase winners announced
The Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen (OEDK), Rice’s premier undergraduate engineering makerspace, announced the winners of its annual Harrell and Carolyn Huff Engineering Design Showcase and competition, which took place April 11 at the Ion, during an award ceremony following the event.