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Thrane retiring after 16 years as VP for Public Affairs

President Reginald DesRoches delivered the news in an email to the Rice community Dec. 22.

Daylong wastewater samples yield surprises

Rice engineers find snapshots lead to bias in testing wastewater for antibiotic-resistant genes.

Owls come up short on field, but bowl trip otherwise full of fun

The Rice football team came up short in its first postseason appearance since 2014, but that didn't stop the Owl faithful from enjoying the sights and sounds surrounding last week's the LendingTree Bowl.

Mikos wins Jensen Tissue Engineering Award

Bioengineer Antonios Mikos receives the 2023 Jensen Tissue Engineering Award.

DesRoches outlines 2023 goals to faculty

President Reginald DesRoches delivers his inaugural State of the University

Rice flashes new life into lithium-ion anodes

Rice chemists use flash Joule heating to recover graphite anodes from spent lithium-ion batteries.

Rice’s Houston Jewish History Archive to become Joan and Stanford Alexander South Texas Jewish Archives

In appreciation of the Alexander family of Houston's longtime support of Jewish Studies in the School of Humanities and the Woodson Research Center in Fondren Library, Rice will name the Houston Jewish History Archive the Joan and Stanford Alexander South Texas Jewish Archives effective Jan. 1.

Padgett named NSF BRITE Fellow

Rice University engineer Jamie Padgett is one of five United States researchers to be named a National Science Foundation BRITE Fellow.

US names two Rice students inaugural Quad Fellows

Two Rice graduate students are among the inaugural recipients of the Quad Fellowship.

‘A driving force and visionary leader’: LA Opera’s Joshua Winograde to head Rice Shepherd School’s Opera Studies

Joshua Winograde, one of the nation’s leading arts administrators, will join Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music as professor of opera and director of Opera Studies in July.