Dateline Rice for Nov. 23, 2020 (Weekend Edition) Dec. 23, 2020
A Houston, les étudiants échafaudent un tribunal anti-COVID An article details Rice's student-run COVID Community Court, which was established to adjudicate public health violations on campus. Emily Garza, director of student judicial programs, and McMurtry College junior Melody Xiao are quoted. Libération (An English translation is not available.)
Dateline Rice Nov. 9, 2020 (Weekend Edition) Dec. 22, 2020
Dateline Rice for Dec. 22, 2020 Dec. 22, 2020
Jupiter and Saturn's great conjunction captured in stunning images Patrick Hartigan, professor of physics and astronomy, is quoted in numerous articles about the Dec. 21 event in which Jupiter and Saturn appeared so close to each other in the sky that they looked like a “double planet” for the first time since the Middle Ages. Univision Houston features several images of the conjunction over Lovett Hall.
‘Soft’ nanoparticles give plasmons new potential Dec. 22, 2020
Bigger is not always better, but here’s something that starts small and gets better as it gets bigger.
Rice University on winter break Dec. 23-Jan. 4 Dec. 22, 2020
Light flips genetic switch in bacteria inside transparent worms Dec. 22, 2020
Researchers from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine have shown that colored light can both activate and deactivate genes of gut bacteria in the intestines of worms. The research shows how optogenetic technology can be used to investigate the health impacts of gut bacteria.
Ostherr awarded DeBakey Fellowship for computational health research Dec. 21, 2020
The award supports research at the world's largest medical library at the National Institutes of Health.
Rice commits to Racial Equity Principles Dec. 21, 2020
Rice University President David Leebron has joined leaders of Houston’s business community in committing to the Greater Houston Partnership’s Racial Equity Principles.
Athletic programs report now available Dec. 21, 2020
'PODS Squad' wraps up fall semester at Rice Dec. 21, 2020
Dateline Rice for Dec. 21, 2020 (Weekend Edition) Dec. 21, 2020
Patrick Hartigan, professor of physics and astronomy, is interviewed about the Dec. 21 event in which Jupiter and Saturn will appear so close to each other in the sky they will look like a “double planet” for the first time since the Middle Ages.
Dateline Rice for Nov. 20, 2020 Dec. 20, 2020
With a little help from science, musicians at the Houston Symphony made their return to the stage An article and broadcast mention collaborative research between Rice and the Houston Symphony to determine how far a musician or vocalist's droplets are pushed into the atmosphere when they perform. Co-author Ashok Veeraraghavan, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and of computer science, is quoted.
Dateline Rice for Dec. 18, 2020 Dec. 18, 2020
Early lockdowns slowed COVID-19 spread, Rice report says Numerous articles and broadcasts mentions that stay-at-home orders are likely the biggest factor in reducing the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S., according to a new Rice study. Co-author Vivian Ho, the James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy's Center for Health and Biosciences, is quoted or interviewed in several articles; she is quoted in The Texas Tribune about the coronavirus vaccine's possible effect on Texas unemployment rates; and her op-ed about insurance pricing is cited in The Eagle.
