Rice lab dives deep for DNA’s secrets Aug. 27, 2021
Structural biologist Yang Gao receives a five-year National Institutes of Health grant to detail how complex protein chains replicate DNA and fix errors on the fly. What they find could help treat genomic disease, including cancer.
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Night of the Owl goes virtual to honor athletic achievement Aug. 27, 2021
Cross country and track and field athlete Adolfo Carvalho and basketball player Erica Ogwumike claimed the night's biggest awards.
Owl swimmer Lettenberger takes silver medal at Paralympics Aug. 27, 2021
Rice swimmer Ahalya Lettenberger's late surge earned her a silver medal in the 200-meter individual medley SM7 final Aug. 27 at the Paralympics in Tokyo.
US must take responsibility for Afghan refugees, says expert Aug. 27, 2021
As some Afghan refugees fleeing the chaos in their home country head to the United States, Kelsey Norman, fellow for the Middle East and director of the Women’s Rights, Human Rights and Refugees Program at Rice's Baker Institute for Public Policy, argues that the U.S. is dodging responsibility by distributing most refugees across the globe, which will force them to wade through more bureaucracy.
Chetna Koshy named chief compliance officer Aug. 26, 2021
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Transnational Asian Studies expands its offerings with three new faculty members Aug. 25, 2021
‘A true pioneer,’ the department works across boundaries in space, time and discipline.
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Under my umbrella Aug. 25, 2021
Pool hopping Aug. 25, 2021
En pointe Aug. 25, 2021
New fellows program will help grad students, postdocs commercialize research Aug. 24, 2021
Rice is launching a new program aimed at giving graduate and postdoctoral students the tools to turn their hard-earned research into tangible solutions to real-world problems.
Physicists find room-temperature, 2D-to-1D topological transition Aug. 24, 2021
Physicists have discovered a room-temperature transition between 1D and 2D electrical conduction states in the topological insulator bismuth iodide.
Drive-through voting is a hit with Harris County voters, according to newly released Rice U. survey Aug. 24, 2021
HOUSTON – (Aug. 24, 2021) – As Texas legislators continue fighting over election reform, a new survey from researchers at Rice University finds that drive-through voting is a big hit with Harris County voters who chose to cast their 2020 general election ballots in their cars – even among Republicans.
