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The bowl-bound Rice Owls will soon find out which postseason football game they will be competing in with the announcement being made Dec. 3 on ESPN....

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...

OpenStax’s newest textbook, “Workplace Software and Skills,” addresses the evolving needs of college and university students preparing for their caree...

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

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 H...

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

An international audience of more than three dozen quantum researchers, including Rice’s Pengcheng Dai, Randall Hulet, Douglas Natelson, Han Pu, Ming...
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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 University’s Jones Graduate School of Business ranks No. 6 nationally for its online Master of Business Administration program, according to Poets&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.

Rice students unveil ‘HART in the World: Rome’ exhibition based on studies abroad
Ten Rice students showcased an exhibition titled “HART in the World: Rome,” capturing their experiences on a study abroad trip to the Eternal City through photographs, sketches and research projects at Herring Hall on Nov. 14.

Rice receives $2.5M grant to support inclusive STEM education
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute awarded Rice University with $2.5 million spanning over five years as part of its Driving Change initiative designed to connect research universities that are working to build inclusive learning environments for students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Rice Owls and artist Preetika Rajgariah celebrate Diwali
Rice University’s Moody Center for the Arts paired up local artist Preetika Rajgariah with student groups Rice South Asian Society, Rice Bhangra and Rice Riyaaz to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights.

As the holiday season approaches, Rice’s Shepherd School of Music has a number of events on tap for concertgoers to enjoy.

University message on relocation of William Marsh Rice statue and remains
The following is a message from the Rice University Board of Trustees, university leadership and the descendants of the university’s founder, William Marsh Rice.

Grant backs research on teaching networks to make better decisions
Rice’s Santiago Segarra and Ashutosh Sabharwal have won a grant from the DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory to develop a machine learning framework that improves military communication networks’ decision-making processes. The research could also help inform applications such as self-driving vehicles and cyber intrusion detection.

Numerous Rice Owls up for Grammy gold
A number of Rice University Shepherd School of Music alumni will be up for Grammy gold at the 66th annual Grammy Awards ceremony Feb. 4 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

Rice research: DACA uncertainty leads to psychological stress for recipients
After former President Donald Trump announced the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in 2017, beneficiaries of it experienced significantly higher levels of distress and post-traumatic stress diagnoses than their non-DACA counterparts, according to a new study from Rice University.