Halas, Nordlander win prestigious Eni Energy Transition Award
August 8, 2022
Rice’s Naomi Halas and Peter Nordlander have won the prestigious 2022 Eni Energy Transition Award.
Reversing decline in college enrollment hinges on labor market, says Baker Institute expert
August 8, 2022
When and if enrollment levels rebound depends mainly on the strength of the labor market, which hinges on the economy’s response to Federal Reserve interest rate hikes designed to combat inflation, argues Joyce Beebe, fellow in public finance at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, in a recent blog post.
Water can’t touch this sanded, powdered surface
August 4, 2022
Rice scientists and engineers develop a one-step method involving sandpaper and powder to make robust superhydrophobic materials.
Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator announces Class 2 startups
August 4, 2022
The Rice Alliance Clean Energy Accelerator’s second annual class will put a spotlight on 17 early- to mid-stage startups that collectively have already raised more than $54.5 million.
Cherukuri named Rice University’s first vice president for innovation
August 2, 2022
Paul Cherukuri, the executive director of the Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering, has been named Rice University’s first vice president for innovation.
Most but not all Texas coaches say they’ll plan for climate change
August 1, 2022
A survey of Texas college and high school coaches, trainers and athletic directors suggests many are not taking climate change into account as they plan their programs’ futures.
VegSense makes sense for forest studies
August 1, 2022
Rice ecologists have created open-source software to rapidly gather field data with Microsoft’s mixed reality headset.
Next-generation networks with fast changes and increased security
July 31, 2022
Rice computer scientists are leading the development of programmable networks that respond to change in seconds without downtime.
Ken Kennedy Institute will host AI in Health Conference Nov. 7-9
July 31, 2022
Rice's Ken Kennedy Institute is organizing and hosting the AI in Health Conference Nov. 7-9 at the BioScience Research Collaborative.
Ramesh named Rice University’s vice president for research
July 29, 2022
Ramamoorthy Ramesh, a condensed matter physicist and materials scientist with more than 25 years in academia, industry, national labs and government service, has been named Rice University’s vice president for research.
July 27, 2022
OwlSpark, Rice University’s high-growth tech startup accelerator, is celebrating 10 years of facilitating entrepreneurship and its 10th cohort, along with debuting the inaugural class of the small business accelerator BlueLaunch, which is focused on growing ventures of any industry.
Caring for loved ones with dementia is stressful. Rice researchers aim to help.
July 26, 2022
Providing care for people with dementia is a physically demanding and emotionally taxing job that often falls upon loved ones, whose own health can suffer as a result.
July 25, 2022
Even if they’ve never served time in prison, people who have felony convictions still have difficulty accessing stable housing, according to new research from a Rice University sociologist.
Rice’s Kelley Center to celebrate 45 years as patent and trademark resource center
July 25, 2022
The Kelley Center for Government Information, part of Rice University’s Fondren Library, is celebrating 45 years as a patent and trademark resource center with a party July 28.
Rice improves catalyst that destroys ‘forever chemicals’ with sunlight
July 25, 2022
Rice chemical engineers have improved their light-powered catalyst for destroying forever chemical PFOA.