Rice News Archive - 2021

Dateline Rice

Dateline Rice for June 8, 2021 Jun. 8, 2021

Dateline Rice for June 8, 2021

Hikmet Ersek

Webinar to examine remittances' impact on the global economy Jun. 7, 2021

Western Union President and CEO Hikmet Ersek will present new research on remittances — money sent home by migrants working abroad — and their impact on the global economy in a webinar hosted by Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy on Wednesday.

Natural Gas Silos

Interesting times ahead for the natural gas industry, say Baker Institute experts Jun. 7, 2021

The future of natural gas is complicated in a world where the drive for decarbonization and the need for human and economic development often collide, according to experts from Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

Rice University bioscientists Eric Wice (left) and Julia Saltz with the experimental setup they used to study the hereditary nature of individual's positions in social networks.

Popularity runs in families Jun. 7, 2021

f identical versions of 20 people lived out their lives in dozens of different worlds, would the same people be popular in each world?

The June 5 opening reception for “Brie Ruais: Movement at the Edge of the Land” at Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts featured a brief introduction by the artist, Ruais, followed by a preview of an original dance by choreographer Oliver Halkowich.

Movement at the Moody Jun. 7, 2021

The June 5 opening reception for “Brie Ruais: Movement at the Edge of the Land” at Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts featured a brief introduction by the artist, Ruais, followed by a preview of an original dance by choreographer Oliver Halkowich.

Following a final screening of "Last Night at the Alamo" in the Rice Cinema June 4, the Rice Media Center hosted an open house June 5 for friends of the 51-year-old building to say farewell before its scheduled demolition this summer. Its sister structure, the “Art Barn,” was razed in 2014.

A farewell to barns Jun. 7, 2021

Following a final screening of "Last Night at the Alamo" in the Rice Cinema June 4, the Rice Media Center hosted an open house June 5 for friends of the 51-year-old building to say farewell before its scheduled demolition this summer. Its sister structure, the “Art Barn,” was razed in 2014.

In her final act of installation before the exhibition opening June 5, artist Brie Ruais dug up a handful of damp clay from the lawn outside the Moody Center for the Arts and used it to draw a line across the gallery walls. It leads visitors to the galleries into her full exhibition, which includes abstract ceramic sculptures and large, site-specific earthen mounds among other works.

Claymation Jun. 7, 2021

In her final act of installation before the exhibition opening June 5, artist Brie Ruais dug up a handful of damp clay from the lawn outside the Moody Center for the Arts and used it to draw a line across the gallery walls. It leads visitors to the galleries into her full exhibition, which includes abstract ceramic sculptures and large, site-specific earthen mounds among other works.

Regular maintenance of James Turrell's “Twilight Epiphany” Skyspace includes spring cleaning, which took place after commencement in May, and requires a cherry picker and a team of pros to ensure the monumental piece of public art remains pristine. (Photos by Jeff Fitlow)

It's not easy being clean Jun. 7, 2021

Regular maintenance of James Turrell's “Twilight Epiphany” Skyspace includes spring cleaning, which took place after commencement in May, and requires a cherry picker and a team of pros to ensure the monumental piece of public art remains pristine.

People, Papers and Presentations PPP

People, papers and presentations Jul 7, 2021 Jun. 7, 2021

Physics and astronomy graduate student Asa Stahl is gaining international attention for his children’s book, “The Big Bang,” illustrated by his collaborator in England, Carly Allen-Fletcher. The book was nominated for the Ezra Jack Keats Award, is a finalist for Japan’s Sakura Medal, won an honor in the 2021 International Literacy Association's Children's and Young Adults' Book Awards and was named an Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students by the National Science Teachers Association and Children's Book Council.

Lydia Kavraki

NIH grant boosts computational search for cancer drugs Jun. 7, 2021

Computer scientist Lydia Kavraki of Rice University’s Brown School of Engineering has won a prestigious National Institutes of Health U01 grant to develop a new approach to model and analyze protein-ligand interactions in cancer research.

Dateline Rice

Dateline Rice for June 7, 2021 (Weekend Edition) Jun. 7, 2021

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Biden stays mum on state abortion laws with major test ahead for Roe Douglas Brinkley, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Professor in Humanities, is quoted in CNN, and his book review of "Mercury Rising" appeared in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. CNN (This article also appeared in more than 25 other media outlets.) http://dateline.rice/june-7-brinkley

A simple chemical process developed at Rice University creates light and highly absorbent aerogels based on covalent organic frameworks for environmental remediation or as membranes for batteries and other applications. (Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University)

Absorbent aerogels show some muscle Jun. 7, 2021

A simple chemical process developed at Rice University creates light and highly absorbent aerogels that can take a beating.

Dateline Rice

Dateline Rice for June 4, 2021 Jun. 4, 2021

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Mexico midterms: Why AMLO still has voters' hopes on his side Tony Payan, the Françoise and Edward Djerejian Fellow for Mexico Studies and director of the Center for the United States and Mexico at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, is quoted. The Christian Science Monitor http://dateline.rice/june-4-payan

Woman sitting on bed with head burrowed in arms

Bad romance: Negative relationships linked to worse physical and mental health in postpartum women Jun. 3, 2021

HOUSTON – (June 3, 2021) – Postpartum women in bad romantic relationships are not only more likely to suffer symptoms of depression, they are also at greater long-term risk of illness or death, according to new research from Rice University, Ohio State University and the University of California, Irvine.

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OpenStax Institutional Partner Program expands for next academic year Jun. 3, 2021

OpenStax, Rice’s educational technology initiative, will welcome a dozen new colleges and universities serving diverse students across the United States to its Institutional Partner Program.