Rice News Archive - 2021

Dateline Rice

Dateline Rice for Dec. 14, 2021 Dec. 14, 2021

Dateline Rice for Dec. 14, 2021

Dateline Rice

Dateline Rice for Dec. 13, 2021 (Weekend Edition) Dec. 14, 2021

Dateline Rice for Dec. 13, 2021 (Weekend Edition)

Luis Campos

Historian of science Luis Campos joining Rice as Baker College Chair Dec. 14, 2021

Appointment in the History of Science, Technology and Innovation begins in spring

Baker College junior Xavier Elizondo

Inaugural cohort of Humanities Dean’s Fellows hails culture of collaboration Dec. 14, 2021

New program funds undergraduates passionate about humanities research

False-color image of myxobacterial colonies reminiscent of "The Starry Night."

Swirling bacteria mimic Van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’ Dec. 13, 2021

Scientists discovered a way to transform millions of predatory bacteria into swirling flash mobs reminiscent of painter Vincent Van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” as the unexpected result of experiments on a genetic circuit the creatures use to discern friend from foe.

Peter Rossky symposium

Symposium honors Rossky Dec. 13, 2021

Peter Rossky was honored with a symposium Dec. 6-7 at Rice's BioScience Research Collaborative.

Jewish Food course at Kenny & Ziggy's

Jewish Food class visits ‘deli maven’ for dinner Dec. 13, 2021

Students learned from Ziggy Gruber himself during an end-of-course dinner at his deli

MoS2 nanoribbons

Nickel’s need for speed makes unusual nanoribbons Dec. 13, 2021

It’s now possible to quickly make ultrathin nanoribbons of molybdenum disulfide, with a speedy nickel nanoparticle leading the way.

The faculty of Rice University’s Department of English, in a photograph used in the 1987 Campanile Yearbook. They are shown at one of the ramped entrances to Rayzor Hall, with faculty standing in front of the arched doorway or leaning or sitting on the guard rail along the ramp. From left to right: William Piper, Alan Grob, Terrence Doody, John Meixner, Edward Snow, Edward Doughtie, Wesley Morris, Walter Isle, Meredith Skura, Susan Wood, Jack Ward, Max Apple, and Mary Tobin.

Rice mourns Mary Tobin '73, longtime English lecturer, volunteer Dec. 13, 2021

The longtime fixture and friend of the Rice community died Nov. 23.

Marianne Gedigian. Photo by Chelsea Tanner.

Flutist Marianne Gedigian to join Rice's Shepherd School of Music Dec. 13, 2021

Marianne Gedigian, a seasoned international concert flutist and widely respected music educator, will join Rice University's Shepherd School of Music as professor of flute after the next academic year, starting July 1, 2023.

people, papers, presentations

People, papers and presentations for Dec. 13, 2021 Dec. 13, 2021

Janet Covington, director of internal audit, has received the Member Excellence in Service Award from the Association of College and University Auditors.

Dateline Rice

Dateline Rice for Dec. 10, 2021 Dec. 10, 2021

Dateline Rice for Dec. 10, 2021

Rice United Way Campaign 2021 week nine totals

Rice United Way Campaign hits 96% of $250,000 goal in week nine Dec. 10, 2021

Just over two months into the annual Rice United Way fundraising campaign, the effort has raised a total of $240,717, 96% of its $250,000 goal.

Illustration

Rice’s Technology Development Fund backs faculty projects Dec. 10, 2021

Nine projects proposed by Rice researchers have been granted seed funding by Creative Ventures' Technology Development Fund.

The Baker Institute

Experts to discuss role of oil in global energy transitions Dec. 10, 2021

Oil’s role in the global energy transitions will be the focus of an upcoming virtual and in-person event from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.