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Dateline Rice for Dec. 9, 2021 Dec. 9, 2021

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Rice University statisticians matched health data from earlier studies that linked asthma attacks among schoolchildren and cardiac arrest to pollution in Houston neighborhoods to determine where planting “super trees” would have the most benefit. In this map, the red hatch marks show regions of high incidence of ambulance-treated asthma attacks and/or cardiac arrest.

‘Super trees’ may help save Houston … and beyond Dec. 9, 2021

Rice statisticians are part of a study sharing strategies to identify “super trees” for urban areas that help mitigate pollution, flooding and heat.

Newest Rice alumni celebrated at winter commencement Dec. 9, 2021

August and December Rice graduates walk across the stage Dec. 7 in Tudor Fieldhouse.

Rice’s Doerr Institute expands CoachRICE program to serve other institutions Dec. 9, 2021

The Doerr Institute for New Leaders at Rice University is expanding its CoachRICE leadership coaching program, providing other institutions of higher education with training to improve how they develop students as high-potential leaders.

Leebron receives diversity award Dec. 9, 2021

President David Leebron was honored with the 2021 Diversity Champion Award from the Association of Chinese American Professionals.

NEST360 wins 2021 Innovating for Impact Partnership Award Dec. 8, 2021

NEST360, an international alliance with roots at Rice University’s Rice 360º Institute for Global Health, has won the Global Health Technologies Coalition 2021 Innovating for Impact Partnership Award for its efforts to end preventable newborn deaths in African hospitals.

Neighbors talk after Hurricane Harvey. Photo by Brandon Martin.

Hurricane Harvey led to poorer physical, mental health among Houston adults Dec. 8, 2021

Hurricane Harvey had a significant impact on the mental and physical health of Houstonians, especially those living in areas that suffered the most structural damage, according to a new study from Rice University.

Dateline Rice for Dec. 7, 2021 Dec. 7, 2021

Dateline Rice for Dec. 7, 2021

12 questions for Nichole Ayers, Rice’s newest astronaut Dec. 7, 2021

Rice alumna and fighter pilot Nichole Ayers joins NASA's astronaut corps.

A ring of red cells representing the mesoderm germ layer appear in a stem-cell gastrulation model developed by the Rice University lab of bioscientist Aryeh Warmflash. The lab has received National Science Foundation backing to model how individual embryonic cells process the signals that prompt them to differentiate.

NSF grant supports study of cells’ early decisions Dec. 7, 2021

Rice University receives National Science Foundation support to build a model of cell differentiation during the earliest stage of life. The model could help improve researchers’ ability to direct stem cells to a given fate.

Should digital advertisers be taxed on the data they collect from us? Dec. 7, 2021

Is it legal — or even appropriate — for governments to tax digital advertisers on the user data collected from consumers? That’s one of the many questions public policy makers must grapple with as they look for new ways to collect taxes from the digital economy, according to a new policy brief from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

Dateline Rice for dec. 6, 2021 (Weekend Edition) Dec. 6, 2021

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