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Shepherd School concert honors Larry Rachleff
November 3, 2022
More than 500 students, faculty, staff and friends gathered at Stude Concert Hall to remember Rachleff, who died Aug. 8 of non-Hodgkin lymphoma at the age of 67. The evening included a celebratory reception, a video tribute recorded by former students and colleagues, and, befittingly, an orchestral concert to pay tribute to the educator.
Bacterial sensors send a jolt of electricity when triggered
November 2, 2022
Rice researchers develop programmable bacteria that sense contaminants and release an electronic signal in real time.
Biden appoints Rice's Ruth López Turley to National Board for Education Sciences
October 27, 2022
President Biden has appointed Ruth López Turley, director of Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research and professor of sociology, to the National Board for Education Sciences.
Even good gene edits can go bad
October 24, 2022
A Rice lab leads the effort to reveal threats to the efficacy of gene editing, even when it appears to be working.
‘No one more deserving or more prepared’: DesRoches celebrated at inaugural gala
October 24, 2022
After days of campuswide fêtes and the formal investiture of Reginald DesRoches Oct. 22, Rice’s eighth president and his family were honored at a glittering inaugural gala, where DesRoches was touted for his leadership, compassion and grand vision for the university’s future.
Rice President Reginald DesRoches inaugurated in historic investiture
October 22, 2022
Rice University celebrated the latest chapter in its storied history Oct. 22 as Reginald DesRoches was formally inaugurated as the school’s eighth president in its 110-year history during an historic, sun-kissed investiture ceremony.
Inauguration kicks off with food and fun
October 21, 2022
Oct. 20, the first day of inauguration ceremonies for Rice President Reginald DesRoches, university faculty and staff were invited to come together in celebration of the occasion.
Rice’s Kiese Laymon awarded ‘genius grant’ MacArthur Fellowship
October 12, 2022
Rice University English professor and acclaimed author Kiese Laymon has been awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, the prestigious honor popularly known as the “genius grant.”
Physicists use ‘electron correlations’ to control topological materials
October 11, 2022
Physicists from Rice and other institutions have discovered a way to switch topological states on and off.
Masha Gessen to discuss Ukraine, Russia and threats to democracy in fall Campbell Lectures
October 10, 2022
Renowned author and journalist Masha Gessen will be on campus Nov. 7 and 8 for the annual Campbell Lecture Series, hosted by the School of Humanities.